1. 1999
2. Dirty Mind
3. Controversy
4. Purple Rain

"Prince" is my number 5 choice but since we can only list albums from the 1980s, I guess it would be "Batman".

InsatiableCream said:

Don't sleep on silverchild either.

1. 1999
2. Lovesexy
3. Prince (it was huge in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1980)
4. Parade
5. Purple Rain

gcu1 said:

squirrelgrease said:

No ?

theodore said:

Dammit. I forgot about 1999. I've been listening to ATWIAD and UTCM very heavily lately, so I'm in that mode.

I really don't know if I could jettison any of the others. Maybe The Funk Bible, cause it was pulled and not really officially released in the '80s...

Picking 5 from that decade is hella tough.

squirrelgrease said:

1999 can easily replace Purple Rain

squirrelgrease said:

I debated* whether or not I should include this album on my list, but since wasn't officially released til '94,
I left it out.









*(Don't worry y'all. This debate which I had with myself lasted only about 2.3 seconds. Ever since I got my GED, & then embarked on a career as a masked crimefighter, I just don't have that kind of free-time on my hands anymore. Todays world of rampant social, political & economic injustice & corruption ill-affords me with the luxury of such time-killers (....which, coincidently, is also the name of the super-criminal organization I'm currently on the trail of. So if any of you members of said crime-outfit is reading this right now, heed my words when I say.....
not all the gods in heaven will stay you from wrath, o' base villians!! VENGEANCE WILL BE MINE!!!)

silverchild said:

1/2 Sign of the Times
1/2 Parade
3. Around the world in a day
4. Lovesexy
5. The Black Album

Riverpoet31 said:

Hell Yeah! The psychedelic era!!!

Excellent Choices!

.....

1. Sign Of The Times
2. 1999
3. Purple Rain
4. Batman
5. Controversy

theodore said:

Not easy for me. I would pull ATWIAD before Purple Rain. But I'm not gonna do it.

Illustrator said:

squirrelgrease said:

KingTaharqa said:

mine 2... and in that order.

I'm very glad you started this thread since I've finally established my top 5. I even told some orgers last night that these are the top 5 that every Prince fan should not do without. Even if you're not a fan, you still need these.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

I used to have Lovesexy as number 5, but I've come to realize that Parade is better.

1999
Dirty Mind
Controversy
Lovesexy
Around The World In A Day

I play these the most
although I'm starting to
play SOTT more & more

Parade

Sign O The Times / 1999 (tied couln't leave either out)

Purple Rain

Around The World in a Day

lovesexy



In no real order.

1) Purple Rain
2) Batman
3) SOTT
4) 1999
5) Dirty Mind

1999
Purple Rain
Controversy
SOTT
Dirty Mind

On a side note,
Prince & For You are tied as my favorite Prince 70's albums.

Okay, this is geeky, but I wanted to see what all these added up to, so I assigned 5 points for each number one, 4 for each number two, etc. (Someone had a tie for first, so I gave 4.5 points for each of those, and someone said no particular order, so I gave three points for each of that person's picks.)

1. 1999 (110 total points, 28 mentions out of 32 total ballots)
2. Sign 'O' the Times (97.5, 29)
3. Purple Rain (90, 25)
4. Dirty Mind (45, 19)
5. Parade (38.5, 14)
6. Controversy (30, 13)
7. Lovesexy (28, 11)
8. Around the World in a Day (20, 10)
9. The Black Album (10, 6)
10. Batman (9, 4)
11. Prince (3, 1)

The top three had nine number one mentions, and the next three each had one. So I guess there is a consensus about what Prince's three best albums (of the '80s) are. (And I guess they need to keep me busier at work.)

JPMcGee said:

I don't know about the rest of your stats but Parade had at least 2 #1 mentions.

jtfolden said:

I didn't count the tie for first as a true #1 ranking.

#5 Dirty Mind
#4 Around The World In A Day
#3 Purple Rain
#2 Sign O' The Times
#1 Parade