Which albums by Prince (or any other artist) cemented your interest? Which albums were the first to be released after you became a fan?

For me, "The Gold Experience" was the first album by Prince that I had anticipated so greatly. I saw the "Soul Train" performance and immediately fell in love with "Now." My brother came upon the "Platinum" CD with "Endorphinmachine" among others, furthering my interest in its release. Unfortunately, we all had to wait for its release, but I couldn't wait to tear it open and put it in once it finally saw the light of day. I was not disappointed at all, and to this day it remains one of my favorites.

Other albums that I have anticipated greatly:

Prince- Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
Prince- The Rainbow Children
The Cure- BloodFlowers
Eurythmics- Peace
Bjork- Homogenic
Janet Jackson- All for You
Blondie- No Exit
[This message was edited Thu Jul 25 19:02:48 PDT 2002 by Moonbeam]

Moonbeam said:

great album!

HellerHighwater said:

Well worth the wait! It single-handedly helped me to get through a really tough time in my life.

Batman,

after Lovesexy, and I read a Rolling Stone article at the time that said he recorded it in like 2 weeks or 2 days or hours or something crazy. That was the first time I learned about P's prolific music output.

I had to hear this album.

Oh,

also Madonna's LIKE A PRAYER
and anything by Pet Shop Boys like BILINGUAL
and George Michael's OLDER, which didn't work out
and Michael Jackson's DANGEROUS, which worked out
Bjork's POST was really exciting
Deborah Harry's album (title?) with that song 'Communion'
got me going...that was a good album
ACE OF BASE got me reeling but turned out too complicated with their second BRIDGE album (but I still believe in them!)
I'll think of some more

The Symbol Album, after seeing the D&P tour I coudn't wait and it's still one of my favourites.
Also the Gold Experience after seeing the preceeding tour.
It's funny but both those albums where badly marketed and they where full of great tracks and so many possible hit singles.
I think if Warner Brothers or Prince, who ever was to blame, had got their act together things would have been a lot different today.

Moonbeam said:

Disintegration did the exact same for me.

(Apparently I can't spell today...)
[This message was edited Thu Jul 25 19:43:49 PDT 2002 by CarrieMpls]

Waited in excrutiating antici...pation for:

Purple Rain and all subsequent Prince releases
U2-All That You Cant Leave Behind
Concrete Blonde-Mexican Moon
The Cult-Beyond Good and Evil
Meshell Ndegeocello--Bitter, Peace Beyond Passion, Cookie
Pretenders-Viva L'More
D'angelo-Voodoo
GnR-Use Your Illusion
Dammit Janet-RN, Control
Alanis...

The next MPGMC Disc!
And the next one...and the next one...

thriller(special edition)
prince(come)

i am still waiting to get:
bad(special)

SIGN O THE TIMES

Lovesexy... after previously releasing five of my favourie albums in a row, i couldnt wait to hear it... initially i was disappointed, but in a short time it was up there with his previous five as one of my favourites.

Moonbeam said:

Ditto, minus the "Soul Train" performance, but with the added appetite whetting "The Beautiful Experience" special, "WNPG" 1/2 hour on BBC Radio 1 where I first heard "Tora Tora" play the studio version of "Now", then there was a BBC2 Sunday Show special where he played "Billy Jack Bitch" live, then a day or two later I saw the Ultimate Live Experience (or Gold tour) concert at Wembley Arena (still my favourite live Prince show so far), where I heard Gold (and that guitar solo) for the first time and thinking about it now still makes my neck bristle and eyes water! The only disappointment for me was the omission of Days of Wild, and the slight changes to Endorphinmachine from the Interactive CD-ROM/Platinum bootleg version. The Gold Experience was easily my most anticipated CD ever (so far).

I remember eagerly awaiting the "Purple Rain" album in 1984.Those were the days before the Internet,so I had to call up the record stores to see when the release date was.

These day,I eagerly await the upcoming Madonna CD
[This message was edited Fri Jul 26 6:51:24 PDT 2002 by DavidEye]

TRC & ONA

Sign The Times after hearing the title track i could not wait for it to be released!
87 in full effect! and Prince was back with a double album... oh yeah...

Crystal-friggin'-Ball

Unfortunately I was not able 2 participate in the online fiasco, however, I WAS 2 poor 2 afford the album and besides..it wasn't even available in stores yet.

So I waited...and waited...and waited...and finally I got it like 3 years later.