Since I'm facing this dramatic event (click on the link, I only have tis album on the HD of the laptop...

It's so dreamy and cute!

I think it's a great album front to back.

A bit raw, a bit whimsical and devoid of all of the tricks Prince would pull out in the future, I still think it stands up well as a first album. Prince, of course, went on to bigger and better (in most people's opinions) records, but I really think For You should be appreciated more and discussed more. This is where it all began.

Crazy You, In Love, Just As Long As We're Together, I'm Yours are my favorite songs.

I love the album, too. I love it because he's obviously so young and trying so hard to make everything perfect. It's a little too smooth and overproduced (shades of things to come), but it's a great snapshot of what music was like in the late 70s -- and who Prince was in relation to that.

i like it

Best album by Prince!

It's quite hard to defend this statement, but I'll try. It's an ALBUM, from A to Z. It doesn't have any real lowpoints. There isn't a track that has to be skipped. And it's definitely Prince, it's all there, soul, funk and rock.

I love the beginning, a cappela, great way to present yourself. He should try this more (even though sSlo wasn't that great, especially in the flow of the album). "All of this and more, is for you": Great opening.

Crazy you is perfect, the waterdrop drums, gentle guitar, sweet! Just as long, just as the alternate version, great groove.

I For You. I listen to it all the time. My favorites are My Love is Forever, Just as Long as We're Together, In Love, and I'm Yours.

Sander said:

I completely agree. When I listen to it, I never skip tracks. All the songs are great

coltrane3 said:

That just might be the only drawback, it doesn't show what's to come. No hint of the bold synths or stripped grooves.

Genesia said:

Thats exactly how i feel about it,

Great album indeed.

Great album indeed.

I listen to it and sing it very often.

Great Album, My all time fav. I can feel the innocence in this piece.

I think it's a solid album from beginning to end and really justifies all the hype around him at the time. The Prince album may have been more commercial and accessible but this one seems to have more sweat and tears in it.

Crazy U is my jam

I love this album! I love the gorgeous acapella opener. I love the 70's sound. I love that Prince was fresh, innocent, and naughty all at the same time. I love that it had awesome dance tunes, as well as sweet ballads. It's really a great album. I am sad that I didn't pick it up sooner.

trc1 said:

Really? I thought I would stand alone on having it as my favorite album!

Sander said:

Oh heavens no! back at ya It was the beginning a beautiful journey in my opinion.

A great album. I waited long to get it and - and what a surprise! I do love early Prince, his first two albums have a special place in my heart (ok, as does the rest

I see it as a very strong album without any lowpoints. Though it does not completely match the Prince album for me (hehe, no Bambi).

I love Baby, So Blue and esp. Crazy You, which I think is simply beautiful.

Hey ppl give "In Love" some love
For You was the second Prince album I bought on cassette in '88 and I had no idea what it was about till I heard it.
Its just a pure discothon,good vibe,dancing album but"In Love"just makes me wanna dance and smile everytime I hear it plus the added bonus of Prince sounding so sweet and innocent through-out.
A class album and hard 2 believe apparently Rolling Stone magazine once voted it in the top 5 of the worst debut albums by a major player.Sheeeeesh!!!!!

It's a quality album from start to finish. For someone of only 19 to produce something like that, they have to be exceptionally skilled!
[Edited 5/3/07 12:20pm]

FunkJam said:

seriously!
Prince did an awesome job -- it was totally his baby from beginning to end, and to have done so well, more power to him! and it came, and he conquered.

dear folks,

sod has just hear for the first time (well, three times in row) ...

Just As Long As We're Together... the 11 min version from Atlanta1980.
I need schock treatment now. Andre!
After all these years, I cant believe it...
Damn, Prince, release LIVE stuff!

greetings from vienna

I bought the tape in 84 and just upgraded to CD last year. I love the intro...He sounds like a choir of angels. I really think his voice carries this album until you realize he's doing all the instruments too!!!!!

Great,first try!

one of my favorite songs- Soft and Wet

FunkJam said:

I agree. GREAT first album.

jtfolden said:

I totally disagree . I've always thought that "Prince" actually feels like a proper debut in a major label, while "For You" sounds like a cheap demo EP released by an independent label But I like the album, though.
[Edited 5/4/07 7:25am]

JoeTyler said:

I wish there were more cheap demos like this

I love it. It was an album I listened to a lot when I first bought it in 1985.I bought it same day as ATWIAD came out and bought Prince and Dirty Mind on the same day. To be able to buy 4 such albums for the first time all in one day...WOW what a memory, what a Day ( and months that followed digesting them).

That was my birthday money gone but completed the Prince collection ( I'd bought 1999 and Controversy soon after PR).

Listening to For You now, I still think it's a great debut. I always loved So Blue and Crazy You..well I loved the whole album. happy days,lol.