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Prince makes Time Magazine's top 100 albums 2x In short, see the 80's section for Purple Rain and SOTT.
From http://www.time.com/time/...100albums/ The All-TIME 100 Albums All-TIME 100 Albums Illustration for TIME by QuickHoney 1 of 101 Next By JOSH TYRANGIEL AND ALAN LIGHT Published: Monday, November 13, 2006 So here's how we chose the albums for the All-TIME 100. We researched and listened and agonized until we had a list of the greatest and most influential records ever - and then everyone complained because there was no Pink Floyd on it. And that's exactly how it should be. We hope you'll treat the All-TIME 100 as a great musical parlor game. Read and listen to the arguments for the selections, then tell us what we missed or got wrong. Or even possibly what we got right. The Complete List 2000s Album Artist Label/Year Released The Essential Hank Williams Collection: Turn Back the Years Hank Williams Mercury, 2005 The College Dropout Kanye West Roc-a-Fella, 2004 Portrait of a Legend 1951 - 1964 Sam Cooke ABKCO Music & Records, 2003 Elvis: 30 No. 1 Hits Elvis Presley BMG/Elvis, 2002 The Anthology, 1947 - 1972 Muddy Waters Chess, 2001 Kid A Radiohead Capitol, 2000 Stankonia Outkast LaFace, 2000 Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey UMG Recordings, 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem Interscope, 2000 1990s Album Artist Label/Year Released Sunrise Elvis Presley BMG / Elvis, 1999 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams Universal, 1998 OK Computer Radiohead Capitol, 1997 Time Out of Mind Bob Dylan Sony, 1997 Endtroducing... DJ Shadow Mo' Wax, 1996 (What's the Story) Morning Glory Oasis Sony, 1995 Live Through This Hole Geffen, 1994 My Life Mary J. Blige MCA, 1994 Ready to Die The Notorious B.I.G. Bad Boy, 1994 Slanted and Enchanted Pavement Matador, 1992 The Chronic Dr. Dre Death Row/Interscope, 1992 Achtung Baby U2 Island, 1991 Nevermind Nirvana DGC Records, 1991 Out of Time R.E.M. Warner Brothers, 1991 Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) Various Artists Abkco, 1991 Ropin' The Wind Garth Brooks Capitol, 1991 Star Time James Brown Polydor, 1991 The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest Jive, 1991 1980s Album Artist Label/Year Released Like a Prayer Madonna Sire/London/Rhino, 1989 Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys Capitol, 1989 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Jive, 1989 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy Def Jam/Columbia, 1988 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A Priority, 1988 Document R.E.M. I.R.S. Records, 1987 Paid in Full Eric B. and Rakim Island, 1987 Sign O' The Times Prince Paisley Park, 1987 The Joshua Tree U2 Island, 1987 Graceland Paul Simon Warner Brothers, 1986 Master of Puppets Metallica Elektra/Wea, 1986 Raising Hell Run-DMC Arista Records/Profile, 1986 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers Island/Tuff Gong, 1984 Purple Rain Prince Warner Brothers, 1984 Stop Making Sense Talking Heads Warner Brothers/Wea, 1984 The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry MCA, 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson Sony, 1982 Back in Black AC/DC Atlantic, 1980 1970s Album Artist Label/Year Released London Calling The Clash Sony, 1979 One Nation Under a Groove Parliament / Funkadelic Warner Brothers, 1978 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977 Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Brothers, 1977 Hotel California The Eagles Elektra/Wea, 1976 Ramones The Ramones Sire, 1976 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Motown, 1976 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Sony, 1975 Horses Patti Smith Arista, 1975 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Sony, 1975 Call Me Al Green The Right Stuff, 1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John MCA, 1973 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie RCA, 1972 Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones Virgin, 1972 Talking Book Stevie Wonder UMG Recordings, 1972 The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists Island, 1972 Blue Joni Mitchell Warner Brothers/Wea, 1971 Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton RCA, 1971 Hunky Dory David Bowie RCA, 1971 Led Zeppelin IV (a.k.a. Zoso) Led Zeppelin Wea International, 1971 Paranoid Black Sabbath Warner Brothers, 1971 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones Virgin, 1971 Tapestry Carole King Ode/A&M, 1971 What's Going On Marvin Gaye Motown, 1971 Who's Next The Who Mobile Fidelity, 1971 After the Gold Rush Neil Young Reprise, 1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel Columbia, 1970 John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Apple/EMI, 1970 Moondance Van Morrison Warner Brothers/Wea, 1970 1960s Album Artist Label/Year Released Abbey Road The Beatles Capitol, 1969 Bitches Brew Miles Davis Sony, 1969 Stand! Sly & the Family Stone Epic, 1969 The Band The Band Capitol, 1969 Astral Weeks Van Morrison Warner Brothers/Wea, 1968 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash Sony, 1968 Lady Soul Aretha Franklin Atlantic, 1968 The Beatles ("The White Album") The Beatles Capitol, 1968 Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience Experience Hendrix, 1967 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin Atlantic, 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles Capitol, 1967 The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground Polydor/Pgd, 1967 Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan Columbia, 1966 Pet Sounds The Beach Boys DCC, 1966 Revolver The Beatles Capitol, 1966 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan Columbia, 1965 Otis Blue Otis Redding Atlantic, 1965 Rubber Soul The Beatles Capitol, 1965 A Love Supreme John Coltrane Impulse, 1964 Live at the Apollo (1963) James Brown Polydor, 1963 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles ABC/Paramount, 1962 King of the Delta Blues Singers Robert Johnson Columbia, 1961 1950s Album Artist Label/Year Released Kind of Blue Miles Davis Sony, 1959 Here's Little Richard Little Richard Specialty, 1957 Songs for Swingin' Lovers Frank Sinatra Capitol, 1955 In the Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra Capitol, 1954 [Edited 1/2/07 12:10pm] I am MrVictor.... | |
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Here's Time's reasoning for the choices of PR and SOTT....
PR: "The fact that Prince was the most gifted musician in modern times — well, at least since Stevie Wonder — wasn't in question. And with 1999, his previous release, the Minneapolis dynamo demonstrated that he could write for the pop charts and not only his multicultural cult of funkateers. But by streamlining his songs and moving his guitar-hero wizardry up front, Prince made the decision that Purple Rain — the movie and its soundtrack — would be the project to catapult him to megastardom. The quasi-biopic featured a laughable script but riveting performance footage, and the grinding, angular "When Doves Cry" (with the bass line removed from the track for extra weirdness) is one of the greatest singles of all time. For all his erratic genius in the years that followed, Purple Rain guaranteed that Prince's music would 4ever live 2 see the dawn." SOTT: " With songs culled from a series of aborted albums during the nadir of Prince's Purple Rain hangover, Sign O' the Times has no business being anything but a career-sinking mess. Instead, it's the best album of the 80s. Most of this is attributable to genius; Prince flips back and forth between R&B and rock like a kid popping wheelies, but that's more virtuosity than the G word. Genius is knowing that "If I Was Your Girlfriend" and "The Cross" don't need much adornment and the "Housequake" does. Genius is also the ability to usher in a succession of female vocalists—Camille, Susannah, Sheila E. and Sheena Easton, playing way out of her league—and coax career-defining performances out of them."  I am MrVictor.... | |
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xpsiter said: Here's Time's reasoning for the choices of PR and SOTT....
PR: "The fact that Prince was the most gifted musician in modern times — well, at least since Stevie Wonder — wasn't in question. And with 1999, his previous release, the Minneapolis dynamo demonstrated that he could write for the pop charts and not only his multicultural cult of funkateers. But by streamlining his songs and moving his guitar-hero wizardry up front, Prince made the decision that Purple Rain — the movie and its soundtrack — would be the project to catapult him to megastardom. The quasi-biopic featured a laughable script but riveting performance footage, and the grinding, angular "When Doves Cry" (with the bass line removed from the track for extra weirdness) is one of the greatest singles of all time. For all his erratic genius in the years that followed, Purple Rain guaranteed that Prince's music would 4ever live 2 see the dawn." SOTT: " With songs culled from a series of aborted albums during the nadir of Prince's Purple Rain hangover, Sign O' the Times has no business being anything but a career-sinking mess. Instead, it's the best album of the 80s. Most of this is attributable to genius; Prince flips back and forth between R&B and rock like a kid popping wheelies, but that's more virtuosity than the G word. Genius is knowing that "If I Was Your Girlfriend" and "The Cross" don't need much adornment and the "Housequake" does. Genius is also the ability to usher in a succession of female vocalists—Camille, Susannah, Sheila E. and Sheena Easton, playing way out of her league—and coax career-defining performances out of them." Do some people still think Camille's a real person?   love is god, god is love, girls and boys love god above | |
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r1ghteousone said: Do some people still think Camille's a real person? [/quote]
I'm thinking so... I am MrVictor.... | |
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LMAO, what does it say about music in this century when 4 out of the 9 albums from the 2000's are comprised of songs recorded in the 1950's? | |
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If you added the album 1999, that's my holy Prince trinity of albums. |
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RodeoSchro said: LMAO, what does it say about music in this century when 4 out of the 9 albums from the 2000's are comprised of songs recorded in the 1950's?
Good point.  I am MrVictor.... | |
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great, thanks! | |
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