Purple Rain is my all-time favorite album.

"hugged him twice!"

YOU HUGGED HIM? WHOA.



And, yes, ofcourse, he is #1. 24 years of lovin' him.

diana7777 said:

err, well hugged him once properly on stage and the other was more of a lunge during the ONA sound check in London [can't believe i actually did that!]

This is a very cool thread, but people on this site r a little blinkered.

Favorite album and title song is Diamonds and Pearls-check out the avie

The Gold Experience

Purple Rain and Parade are tied for my favorite album of all time.

wlcm2thdwn said:

Really?,even more than SOTT, TRC?.

Songs In The Key Of Life

No, the Beatles have a few that I like better than Prince's.

NDRU said:

Like I've said before, I don't think of such things, but I'll have to agree with you here. The Beatles: ah yes those Beatles.

Sargent Peppers Lonly Hearts Club Band.
Magical Mistery Tour.

Mine is Sleater-Kinney's One Beat.
But Parade and Purple Rain are close behind.

really interesting feedback from all, cheers. I really hope that P goes on to make a handful of Albums where he just lets go and does what he wants and not for moment think about sales, sounding like JB or Miles! or providing a vehicle for young chicks to add their 'input'!.

I really can't choose between The White Album and Parade for my all time fav album. right now it's The White Album, but I'm sure it will be Parade when it's summer again.

BT11 said:

Do the seasons factor into it, or is it just the ebb & flow of your tastes? I find certain music sound better during certain seasons. Maybe the White Album is winter music. Prince is fairly summery (with exceptions of course).

No 1 of all time??
Of course I don't know what lies ahead - that is one thing I can say for sure.
Whenever I moved and could only take a limited amount of "stuff" the firat CD I always grapped was SOTT.
Maybe one day it will be something else, maybe it won't.
Love,
A

PS Second album always was ATWIAD and then Barbara Streisand
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SOTT is probably the album i have listened to the most of all of my collection. All time favourit (as the years pass by) is probably Pink Floyd (The Wall). Prince's music (in general, not all songs) seem to have some trouble to survive the years. (They are not really classics, for that reason).

My top 3:

Purple Rain
Ziggy Stardust
Ekectric Ladyland

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

agree with Ziggy and Electric Ladyland [i listened to that today!], P.Rain doesn't even come close to those two IMHO!.

Downward Spiral NIN

remko said:

this may sound awful but i find tracks on there sound dated now. When it was released ,like Lovesexy , there was nothing else like it out there. Hot Thing, It, Play in The Sunshine [which sounds now sounds like a Seasame ST. track!] and others sound like good B sides. SOTT as an album has not aged well like many, many other classic albums.

funkyhead said:

These are my all time favorite artists. Ziggy is a masterpiece and EL is one of those albums in which everything came together to form an instant classic.

PR is a favorite. The only reason I would not give it the outright #1 spot is because I think P had several albums that might have been better (e.g. 1999), but I would say all three are in a tie for my favorite

NDRU said:

That's exactly what I mean, the seasons are definately a factor. Parade is the ultimate summer album to me! I rarely spin it in the cold months.

BT11 said:

I generally agree, but it's funny this year I was feeling like Sometimes it Snows In April was actually a great Christmas song.

It doesn't exactly make sense, but I often feel lonely at Christmas (especially surrounded by family) and that song captured the mood perfectly.

No certian order and I know I'll think of something left out.

Prince - Purple Rain
Red Hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magic
U2 achung baby
Beatles - magical mystery tour (all ready mentioned)
Violent Femmes

Favorite album of all time: Sign "O" The Times
Favorite song of all time: I Would Die For You

Just because I am a Prince fan does not automatically make his stuff my favorite. I listen to a lot of music, most of which honestly is better than Prince's work.

My close second favorite album of all time would be Achtung Baby.

like super, i would say he is in my top ten but not in my top spot. i guess lovesexy and or parade would be the top album from him on my list.

but then parade is a wendy and lisa album.


(just teasing...)

Love Prince to pieces but my all time favorite is Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on The Edge of Town" this kind of music is about real life and can change real lives. As much as I love prince, there is nothing that i can really relate to on a topical basis, i have never been promiscuous, narcissistic or really into image so I am left just admiring his brilliance.

I've really enjoyed reading the comments on this thread. Some of the choices have surprised me, and some I expected. My top 10 favourite Albums are:

Purple Rain
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie
Captain Fantastic - Elton
ShowBiz - Muse
SignOtheTimes
A night at the Opera - Queen
Blue Moves - Elton
Emancipation
The Kick inside - KateBush (If you havent heard Kates first album, check it out)
1999

yxl1 said:

you were going well until you mentioned Emancipation!