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The most overrated and the most underrated Prince album?: name them Most overrated:
The Rainbow Children (halfbaken jazz-rock, brainwashed lyrics, i really dont understand real 'fans' who say this is a great record...they don't get IT) Most underrated: Diamonds and Pearls (No, its not Prince the 'freaky' innovator from the eighties, but when it comes to songwriting skills, creating an overall enjoyable album, this is one of his Top 5 albums) | |
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Overrated: Parade
Underrated: Controversy Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Overrated: Lovesexy
Underrated: The Gold Experience | |
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Overrated: The Rainbow Children
Underrated: Come | |
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Allright, Vainandy.
I have seen you here so many times 'slaughtering' the Parade album. But please try to convince me how an album like controversy, filled with a way too long, selfobserved ballad like Do me baby, a painfully awkward attempt at punk-rock called 'Ronnie, talk to Russia' (with awfull lyrics) and Prince-by-the-numbers tracks like Lets Work and Jack U off, can compete with an ambivalent, subtle exercise in art like Parade? Good luck with it. | |
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Overrated: Purple Rain
Underrated: Graffiti Bridge | |
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Going by sales, and my own opinion...
Underrated: The Vault-Old Friends 4 Sale Overrated: Musicology If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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Nice choices, squirelgrease,
The vault: old friends 4 sale is (excluding the way too formulaic ballad 'extraordinary) a fresh, loose album showing that Prince was trying new things with the NPG around that time: a more loose, jazzy, soulfull sound. | |
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Overrated: Musicology
Underrated: The Rainbow Children (throw the lyric sheet away and just listen to the music!!!) |
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Riverpoet31 said: Allright, Vainandy.
I have seen you here so many times 'slaughtering' the Parade album. But please try to convince me how an album like controversy, filled with a way too long, selfobserved ballad like Do me baby, a painfully awkward attempt at punk-rock called 'Ronnie, talk to Russia' (with awfull lyrics) and Prince-by-the-numbers tracks like Lets Work and Jack U off, can compete with an ambivalent, subtle exercise in art like Parade? Good luck with it. That's the problem with it, "art" or in other words, "artsy/fartsy". The hell with that shit. Make hard funk and rock ONLY, leave the nerdy classical shit to Lawrence Welk. . . [Edited 5/5/07 19:58pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Stymie said: Overrated: Purple Rain
Underrated: Graffiti Bridge  | |
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TonyVanDam said: Stymie said: Overrated: Purple Rain
Underrated: Graffiti Bridge | |
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Stymie said: Overrated: Purple Rain
Underrated: Graffiti Bridge  | |
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Stymie said: TonyVanDam said: You think the guitar solo was too long? One of my old co-workers said that was the only thing about PR he didn't like. | |
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Overrated: Purple Rain
Underrated: Xpectation  | |
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wonder505 said: Stymie said: Overrated: Purple Rain
Underrated: Graffiti Bridge 
Overrated: Musicology Underrated: Around The World In A Day | |
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these type of questions are tough since I always want to list more than one...So.... 
overrated- Lovesexy (excempting Anna Stesia), D&P, and TRC underrated- 78-81 all of them, AND, C&D  .
JMO! (and I may change my mind at any time )Ask where they're going, they'll tell U – "Nowhere"
They've taken a lifetime lease on Paisley Park ...  | |
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Overrated:
Commercially - Purple Rain (Yeah, yeah, but 1999 or SOTT should have had those sales) Fanbase - The Rainbow Children (egads...) Underrated: Commercially -  (should have been loads of hits off that one)
fanbase - Come and C&D (These get tossed aside in the politics of 'contractual obligation' wayyy too much when it's obvious Prince really liked some of that music originally) | |
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over-rated: The Gold Experience (Purple Rain part two my ass)
under-rated: Chaos and Disorder (aside from the ragga and rap shit, a really good, short and to the point rocker) | |
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^^Glad to see other "defenders" of C&D. Ask where they're going, they'll tell U – "Nowhere"
They've taken a lifetime lease on Paisley Park ... | |
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paisley16 said: ^^Glad to see other "defenders" of C&D.
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Overrated: Dirty Mind
Underrated: NewPower Soul ..... Just say "NO" to cow mucus consumption! | |
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Overated (Im Gonna Get Killed For Saying This):
PURPLE RAIN. Only becuase ive never seen why its so populer?? NewPOwer Soul Is Princes best album in my eyes. Underated: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic | |
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over... SOTT (ouch! but have never warmed to it)
under... The Slaughterhouse. oh yes. | |
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^ hell i agree, overrated: SOTT - too uneven to be justly considered the masterpiece. it's got some of his best things ever (title track, duh), but some of the weaker stuff alongside (play in the sunshine). shouldn't have been a double.
my underrated? The Truth - i don't see it talked about too often and it's a shame, coz it's one hell of an album sporting amazing songwriting and cool laid-back 'tude. new to funk, naive in every way | |
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Overrated: Studio Version (The Rainbow Children) I love it live..
Underrated: Batman | |
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The most overrated albums:
'GOLD', 'Diamonds & Pearls". The most underrated albums: 'For You', 'Controversy', 'New PowerSoul', 'Rainbow Children', & 'N.E.W.S.'. "He's a musician's musician..." |
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I don't know to what extent I'd call D&P overrated, but it's the one I listen to least. | |
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vainandy said: That's the problem with it, "art" or in other words, "artsy/fartsy". The hell with that shit. Make hard funk and rock ONLY, leave the nerdy classical shit to Lawrence Welk. . . [Edited 5/5/07 19:58pm] come on ppl..both albums are great ...that is why Prince is such a master, he made these two awesome albums, that are each so different, artsy and funky..love them both..... I think THE GOLD EXPERIENCE was extremely underrated I don't know about overrrated  | |
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Overrated- easily "Musicology"- it may have been his "comeback" but a very weak album
Underrated- "The Gold Experience"-should have been a monster seller, mishandled by Prince and the music label. [Edited 5/6/07 7:45am] | |
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