purplecam said:

yea... Thriller is still awesome to listen to and to see the whole music video for.i think Thriller was like the longest music video ever (its close to 15 mins.).

krazzikittie said:

Wow, your level of stupidity is simply stunning!!!

Thriller Vs Purple Rain

1. Let's Go Crazy Vs Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Take Me With You Vs Baby Be Mine
3. The Beautiful Ones Vs The Girl Is Mine
4. Computer Blue Vs Thriller
5. Darling Nikki Vs Beat It
6. When Doves Cry Vs Billie Jean
7. I Would Die For You Vs Human Nature
8. Baby I'm A Star Vs P.Y.T
9. Purple Rain Vs The Lady In My Life

Purple Rain Wins! Thriller really isn't that strong of an album, Bad is MUCH MUCH better.
[Edited 4/2/07 7:19am]

If Purple Rain had come out first, there would be no argument. For me, it's obviously Purple Rain over Thriller.

What Thriller had going for it was that it was first - it broke a lot of ground for a black artist on "white" radio and TV. His videos were some of the very first on MTV.

As an album, Thriller does sound dated and contains a few filler songs.

Definitely Purple Rain!

Princology05 said:

Damn...u must be under 20 years old! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU PICK UP THRILLER. It is one of the best pop albums ever created. Off the Wall also falls into that category.

To answer ur question, I would have to pick Thriller. I love PR, but it is not my favorite Prince album at all.

daPrettyman said:

I'm actually turning 20 in May lol.

daPrettyman said:

i was recently talking to someone about 20 years old, and he was talking about Michael Jackson, and he asked if I knew the album where he's wearing a white suit on the cover.

I said "you mean Thriller, the biggest album of all time?" It was hard to imagine the question. Everyone who was there remembers Thriller

But that's the way it works. I knew people growing up who didn't know Rumours or Calypso.

NDRU said:

calypso?

LittleSmedley said:

"Day-O! Day-a-a Oh! Daylight come and we wanna go home." Harry Belafonte

It was one of the biggest albums aver.

NDRU said:

Thanks NDRU. That's gonna be in my f***** head all day now...

DAY-O! DAY-a-a- Oh!"

Purple Rain without a doubt. Though I think Thriller is a great album, I always viewed it as being overrated. I actually enjoyed "Off the Wall" more. I would even take "1999" over Thriller.

If you have NOT heard Thriller, how can you make an honest choice?

Personally, Thriller does it for me over Purple Rain.

Haystack said:

LittleSmedley said:

me too

daPrettyman said:

Classic MJ, is Destiny-78, Off The Wall-79, Truimph-80, Thriller-82. He make 4 classic albums in 4 years, albeit two of them with his brothers, and yet in the last 20 yrs he could only come up with 4 albums that imo are at the very most just alright...just goes to show the 5 yr gaps in the long run were a bad idea.

I was all Thriller until I heard Purple Rain.

For me it is Purple Rain

Back then...when the 2 albums were both hot...I liked Thriller better.

But now I'd definately have to say PR!

krazzikittie said:

I agree.



Umm I don't think it's like that at all.

krazzikittie said:

that has to be the worst analogy ever, a better one to show that you know what the majority is going to say (and in ur case your ur naive self and immaturity) would be like, "it's like going to a gay bar and asking the guys if they'd fuck carmen electra"(no offense to gay ppl).

Nothinbutjoy said:

That is exactly how I was. PR just came and did something to me even though Thriller was my favorite album at the time when I was a kid.

Isn't it strange how well PR has held up over years and Thriller has done the opposite. It would be interesting to compare the catalog sales of the two artists after 1990. Does anybody have this info?

jdcxc said:

I think it's other way around. Thriller sounds fresh whereas PR sounds dated in some parts. You can't compare their 90s catalogs because Michael only released 3 albums in the decade

bboy87 said:

I was more interested in seeing how well their classic 80's albums have been selling over the years. I would guess that Prince sells a lot more Purple Rain albums these days than Michael sells Thriller copies (U.S. sales only).

jdcxc said:

Well, Thriller was re-certified this past November for selling 104 million. PR sells decently but not what Thriller has

purplecam said:

Co-sign... they were both great at the time but PR blew Thriller out the water in my house... especially after the movie. I kept waiting for MJ to come back and out do it but IMO it didn't happen for me.

I get the impression that Thriller still sells very well...especially during Halloween.

Militant said:

My choices would be the same as yours except I'd opt for Wanna Be Startin Something and Baby I'm a Star. Wouldn't change the score though.

thriller since i don't think i've heard the whole purple rain album
[Edited 4/18/07 12:24pm]