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The Ladder!!!!
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Don't know if I'd call it the BEST,but it is a great song indeed!

Diamonds & Pearls is definitely among the best and one of my personal favorites. The instrumentals he used at the bridge are incredible, really showcases his brilliance.

But I think he has done better, like:

Gold & Purple Rain (my top 2 favorite ballads and Prince songs overall)
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That's what I think of as a Ballad. I don't feel Diamonds and Pearls is a ballad, though...

Is Joy in repetition a ballad? Then that's my favourite one.

Jochem said:

Yeah, the definition of what a ballad is really tricky... half the time, I'm not sure if a song is or isn't... (whether it is or isn't a ballad) isn't really what I think about when I think about a song in general...

No.

Not even close

Did you that Prince will dance a ballad naked for you,
if that's what will get you off?

I HATE THIS SONG, SICKLY SWEET !

No, imo The One, International Lover, Do Me Baby, Purple Rain, Another Lonely Christmas, It's Gonna Be Lonely, Adore, I Hate U and The Dance - to name a few - are much better ballads...
D&P is a bit too sweet

I love the song, especially since it's one of those I grew up with, but he's written lots of others that are just as good or even better. Do Me Baby, Adore, Nothing Compares 2 U, TMBGITW, Purple Rain, just to name a few.

here's an interesting question.

What percentage of Prince's songs would count as ballads?

50%? 35%? 75%?

He's written so many... that it's kind hard to choose.

I like "Diamonds & Pearls" a lot, but there are better ballads.

Ah, no.

I really dislike the video now. Too much like a perfume commercial. But, I like the song.

no. nothing about it seperates it from the glut of good Prince ballads, but never achieves what the great ones do.

And what Prince ballads do you consider great and why don't you put Diamonds and Pearls in that category?

not THE best, but one of the best.

"ALL I CAN DO, IS JUST OFFER YOU MY LOOOOOVE!!!!! MMMMM HMMMMM"

KingTaharqa said:

I'll say this... it's a million times better than the BSB "All I have to give"... that one thing above reminded me of it:

But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I could live
I wish I could give the world to you
But love is all I have to give

I like BSB music, but that song is just . Of course, BSB didn't write that song, so it naturally it reeks of "phony" 2 me.

"Diamonds & Pearls" has so many good qualities. It wouldn't call it is best, but definitely one of his best (and one of my favorites)

scriptgirl said:

Great: Free; Adore; Do Me, Baby; Crucial; Extraordinary; How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

those are examples of top of the tier ballads that I qualify as great.

Diamonds and Pearls is very good, and goes in that next tier that would include the likes of When 2 R in Love, Insatiable, Scandalous

The Beautiful Ones

FuNkeNsteiN said:

i'm loving the ladder at the minute, d&p is a gr8 song though, love the video especially when he slides of the sofa and does the splits

My fav song of all time



Love it!!!

theodore said:

that's definitely a good one. co-sign

Near the bottom of the list, in my oppinion. MANY, far better, ballads are available on most albums.

She Loves Me 4 Me, and Slow Love.

U Make My Sun Shine

This song is lovely!!!

No. It's a nice track but it's a bit too formulaic and I've always found the lyrics to be rather sub-par.

I think The One is about the best ballad I've heard from him.

No. Possibly one of the worst of his well-known songs.

theodore said: