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Lovesexy Underrated: Emancipation Rave un2 the joy fantastic That's some of them. | |
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My take on overrated/underrated is party based on opinions I see expressed here:
Overrated: 1999 -- Great first 3 songs. Every song after is too long by half. Around the World in a Day -- alot of fans seem desperate to love this deeply flawed album. I see it all the time with other groups I like. It's like the red-headed stepchild that gets no love, so the hardcore fans rush over to give it some. But 3 great songs doesn't make a great album. Underrated: Batman--mixed rock guitar with dance beats. The Batman references prematurely aged it. He didn't really rock the guitar again until Gold Experience. Come--There is no Prince album like this one. Reason enough to like it. He tries on more styles than anything else he released in the 90s. This was the first Prince album with truly awful promotion and suffers in people's memories because of it. wtf edit [Edited 4/22/06 14:30pm] | |
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I notice a lot of people are saying Lovesexy is overrated. Maybe but Live it was an amazing tour.
Overrated~ D&P Underrated~ The Truth [Edited 4/22/06 9:14am] "The little 1 will escort u 2 the places within ur mind" | |
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CaptainJack said: rudeboynpg said: Overrated:
Parade Lovesexy N.E.W.S. Musicology Underrated: The Black Album Batman
The Hits/B-Sides Come Gold Chaos & Disorder Emancipation Crystal Ball New Power Soul The Vault Rave The Rainbow Children [Edited 4/22/06 5:15am] Is NEWS over-rated?? It seems so from what I've read before. Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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Why am I getting so upset seeing 1999 in overrated lists?
That album is anything but overrated. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Underated, possibly the Gold Experiece, altho For You shows the fledgling genius in Disco mood ! Over rated Id say Diamonds and Pearls - the beginning of a decline in my opinion - Prince is at his creative best on the whole when he uses drum machines. | |
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Moonbeam said: Why am I getting so upset seeing 1999 in overrated lists?
That album is anything but overrated. Yes, 1999 is my favourite Prince album! Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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CaptainJack said: most OVERRATED are definitely LOVESEXY
god, I hate that album. and Diamonds and Pearls, but it's not bad Most underrated Rave O.K LOVESEXY over rated !!! Lets start with this 1... you claim Lovesexy over rated yet Diamonds & Pearls under ???? I sometimes wonder what you lot actually hear, you can listen but do you really hear ??? LOVESEXY is a masterpiece, filled with gems!! Watch the drum programme, lyrics...the MESSAGE..As usual there is no comparison b4 its time during and after ??? Compare that to Daddy Pop.????? ( sorry cheesy tune) PARADE, SOTT, CONTROVERSY.....Genuis at work...those other albums were stop gaps..He was playiny with Ya`ll !!!!! Don`t get me wrong, i`m in awe of him and his music but you KNOW the difference between masterpiece and a good piece of work. Example.. Anna Stesia.!!!! Adore !!!! The whole of Parade !!!! Do ME baby !!!! Diamonda and Pearls.. Don`t get me wrong i have the album but theres no comparison.. Question....Any 1 out there.... I WISH U HEAVEN 
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Nemo said: (Nemo's opinion)
Somebody's getting a bit upset. I've listenned to Lovesexy hundreds, if not more, times in my life and I enjoy it alot. But I had to track the album after ripping it to mp3, so that I could skip parts I didn't like. To me, it's overrated. I can see why people get upset though. At my age, these albums dropped in Highschool, which is a period of time in which we take our musical heros very seriously, and music evokes still strong emotions in us. So there is some nastalgic emotion I wrap around his 80's output. But when listen to stuff objectively, I fail to see why an album like Dirty Mind leaves an album like "Chaos and Disorder" in the dust.  | |
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One thing I really don't like with Lovesexy is that it's all recorded in one piece. It's just annoying! | |
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u2prnce said: My take on overrated/underrated is party based on opinions I see expressed here:
Overrated: 1999 -- Great first 3 songs. Every song after is too long by half. Around the World in a Day -- alot of fans seem desperate to love this deeply flawed album. I see it all the time with other groups I like. It's like the red-headed stepchild that gets no love, so the hardcore fans rush over to give it some. But 3 great songs doesn't make a great album. Couldn't agree more, on both counts. 1999 would've benefited greatly from the use of the "edit" button. | |
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eccotides said: u2prnce said: My take on overrated/underrated is party based on opinions I see expressed here:
Overrated: 1999 -- Great first 3 songs. Every song after is too long by half. Around the World in a Day -- alot of fans seem desperate to love this deeply flawed album. I see it all the time with other groups I like. It's like the red-headed stepchild that gets no love, so the hardcore fans rush over to give it some. But 3 great songs doesn't make a great album. Couldn't agree more, on both counts. 1999 would've benefited greatly from the use of the "edit" button. Couldn't disagree more. 1999 is maybe over- rated, but I don't think the songs are over- long. I often skip the three first tracks, and listen to the others. And Around the World in a Day is not over- rated. It is very much under- rated I would say. All 9 tracks there are brilliant. It's my favourite Prince album. | |
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Overrated:
Black Underrated: The Gold Experience Old friends for sale Batman | |
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under rated
parade the gold experience (+> (it's not the greatest, but there's far more good stuff on there that people don't apprecieate) over rated D& P (it's not bad, it's just not that good either.) and even though i love, love, love it; Purple Rain (it pains me to type it, but it's not his best, but people act like it is, so therefore it's over rated.) O Join me under the waterfall
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Under-rated
1) Goldnigga 2) COME 3) The Rainbow Children over-rated: 1) Musicology [Edited 4/23/06 10:25am] | |
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gcu1 said: skywalker said: Overrated----most albums released before 1989
Underrated---most albums released from 1989 onwards. I know that is a sweeping statement, but there is a HEAVY bias towards early Prince. Agreed! For me, most specifically, Dirty Mind is his weakest, flattest, most overrated uninspired effort to date. On those rare occasions when I actually attempt to listen to it, I thank GOD for Newpower Soul...or just about any other Prince album for that matter...including Kamasutra!!! U CAN'T BE SERIOUS!! Dirty Mind overrated? Uninspired? We're all entitled to our opinions, such that they are like assholes (everyone having one and all), but I have to go the other way on this one....the whole NPS/psuedo-rapper thing just doesn't do it for me at all....it seems to me for the most part that this era is Prince trying to fit the mainstream....granted, his less than great (to me) is still 150% better than the shit that passes for music these days....but to call Dirty Mind flat and uninspired just doesn't work for me....sorry...sue me....but I can't get past the point that when this album came out, as a freshmen in high school I was able to sing "Head" to girls and not get the shit kicked out of me....so on that principle alone, its one of his greatest triumphs.... He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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Imago said: Nemo said: (Nemo's opinion)
Somebody's getting a bit upset. I've listenned to Lovesexy hundreds, if not more, times in my life and I enjoy it alot. But I had to track the album after ripping it to mp3, so that I could skip parts I didn't like. To me, it's overrated. I can see why people get upset though. At my age, these albums dropped in Highschool, which is a period of time in which we take our musical heros very seriously, and music evokes still strong emotions in us. So there is some nastalgic emotion I wrap around his 80's output. But when listen to stuff objectively, I fail to see why an album like Dirty Mind leaves an album like "Chaos and Disorder" in the dust. I must be retarded because for the life of me I don't get the whole Dirty Mind/Chaos n Disorder analogy....Chaos and Disorder was my second Prince frisbee CD (after grafilthy bridge)....while DM gets replaced every 6 months just to keep it fresh....I guess I just fall in the aforementioned category of my faves coming out when I was a teen (pre-89 stuff)....and my loyalty being deeply based upon that material....I love his music, but this constant bad-mouthing of his best material in favor of his "look at me, I'm a rapper too" period is ludicrous.... and just for the record, his most underrated album is ....
most overrated is Chaos....second only to the bridge in garbage factor.... my opinion for those who are planning to flame me..... ain't nuthin' but a chkn  He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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Gomp said: MOST UNDERRATED Albums:
1. 3121 2. Come 3. Emancipation 4. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic 5. Musicology MOST OVERRATED Albums 1. 1999 2. Controversy 3. The Gold Experience overrated- lovesexy black album sometimes emancipation...sometimes not. musicology rainbow children underrated- purple rain? . . . [Edited 5/3/06 2:54am] | |
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Can't help but thinking some people are REALLY messin' with our minds here, like the starter of this topic 4 instance..... you must be joking, please say you do?!
Overrated... any album after '89 apart from Gold Experience and Rainbow Children. I (obviously) don't listen to song lyrics, rather buy a Bob Dylan album if I would.. MOST overrated 3121, I really tried but only found 1 decent tune, beeing the titletrack. The rest won't be remembered in 2 years time, it's actually not the first time the press' writing 'best work in years' ... same thing happened to 'Musicology', did I miss out on same albums since or was it really the album before '3121'??! | |
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The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale Batman overrated: Controversy | |
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Most overrated album:
'Around The World In A Day'---I never understood all the hype.Only a few songs ("Paisley Park","Pop Life") are superb. Most underrated album: 'Prince'---his second album is perfect.Every song is great. | |
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u2prnce said: Overrated:
Around the World in a Day -- alot of fans seem desperate to love this deeply flawed album. I see it all the time with other groups I like. It's like the red-headed stepchild that gets no love, so the hardcore fans rush over to give it some. But 3 great songs doesn't make a great album. I totally agree! I honestly don't see what's so great about this album.Much of it is derivative and only a few songs are truly outstanding.Overall,it's a very weak follow-up to 'Purple Rain'. | |
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The Rainbow Children N.E.W.S. OVERRATED: Controversy |
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Moonbeam said: Why am I getting so upset seeing 1999 in overrated lists?
That album is anything but overrated. Yeah,I can't believe that some fans think it's overrated  | |
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IMO
Overrated: Lovesexy (although I do like this album a lot) Underrated: The Rainbow Children | |
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I love how people are suggesting "The Gold Experience" is underrated. What planet are ya'll from where TGE doesn't get its deserved props here? Lawd.
Underrated: Hands down, The Vault. Overrated: Dirty fuckin' Mind. I'm so tired of people praising this album when the production is ganked, the songs (other than When U Were Mine, Gotta Broken Heart Again, and Partyup) sound half-assed with annoyingly nasal falsetto, and they have that screeching synth. | |
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The "One Nite Alone..." piano CD is vastly underrated.
. "You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person." | |
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Underrated: Emancipation, Chaos & Disorder, Rave
Overrated: Musicology | |
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Underated album- Choas and disorder/Graffit bridge
over rated- The rainbow children |
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