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Princes Masterpiece.. is it the 1999 double album?...
1999 Little Red Corvette..DMSR..Lady Cab Driver..International Lover...on and on... is it Purple Rain? you know the songs is it Sign of the Times? SOTT..IIWYGF..etc...etc.... what do you feel is Prince's masterpiece..? | |
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Parade | |
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Two masterpieces and thats more than some post impressionests:
Sign O the Times Parade | |
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Purple Rain | |
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wlcm2thdwn said: Purple Rain
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SOTT .. | |
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Commercial breakthrough..."1999."
Album of the decade..."Purple Rain." Masterpiece..."SOTT." On no album did he bring everything together better than "SOTT." Even more amazing is what could have been...the original "Crystal Ball" album would have been one for the ages...hard to believe that some of the songs he left on the cutting room floor were of that calibur...just amazing. | |
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Tough call, but my answer for today is 1999. One reason I feel it's his masterpiece is because it was his bold "breakthough" album. A double album filled with pop, funk, electronic music, soul, ballads and some very unusual and experimental stuff. It was, and still is, a bold statement from an artist who had yet to break through to superstar status.
Yeah, I know I said "bold" twice, but I feel it's appropriate. |
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1) Sign o the Times
2) Purple Rain Gold Experience is close IMO "Paisley Park is in your Heart" | |
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1) SOTT
2) PR 3) 1999 4) DM 5) Parade 6) Gold not necessarily in the order that i like them, but these are, objectively, probably his best from beginning to end. "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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Sign O The Times, duh. | |
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purplesweat said: Sign O The Times, duh.
like  @ Ur signature | |
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theodore said: purplesweat said: Sign O The Times, duh.
like @ Ur signature | |
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You forgot The Black Album.
 The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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Crystall Ball the original 3LP set [Edited 7/7/07 0:05am] | |
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LilCub said: Crystall Ball the original 3LP set
[Edited 7/7/07 0:05am] even better, Camille. "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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parade
the truth news | |
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ATWIAD should b included- for the sheer guts it took 2 release something so different after PR, especially after the success PR enjoyed-IMO
it has some great tracks- Raspberry Beret, Paisley Park, Pop Life, America others in no particular order 1999 PR Parade SOTT seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before   | |
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without a doubt Parade
Parade is the equivalent of The Beatles' Revolver before SOTT/Sgt Pepper | |
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theodore said: wlcm2thdwn said: Purple Rain
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oh and uh.... 1999 | |
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SOTT hands down, the best pop album of the late 80's.  | |
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I think that Prince came out with no less than 6 masterpieces
1)Dirty Mind 2)1999 3)Purple Rain 4)Sign O the Times 5)The Gold Experience 6)The Rainbow Children JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!! | |
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Paris9748430 said: I think that Prince came out with no less than 6 masterpieces
1)Dirty Mind 2)1999 3)Purple Rain 4)Sign O the Times 5)The Gold Experience 6)The Rainbow Children Just add Parade and the Love Symbol Album  | |
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Christ 
That's impossible to pick. I mean I love Parade, SOTT, Purple Rain, SOTT,  , and Gold.
ALL of them have flaws, and ALL of them blow me the fuck away at times. If I really had to pick, I'd say Purple Rain, even though SOTT is the obvious critic's choice. Purple Rain is 8 songs of relentless GAWT Damness. I love Prince. | |
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 Parade is flawless | |
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theodore said: Parade is flawless Sorry, but I ALWAYS skip Do you lie  | |
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JoeTyler said: theodore said: Parade is flawless Sorry, but I ALWAYS skip Do you lie I used to skip it alot. The first few times I heard it, I was thinking WTF? This is a stupid ass song. The little loungey sound, the wierd vocal treatment, the overly gay vibe. But after a few rotations, I started to think it had a smoothness to it. And then I started to picture Prince singing it directly to me, in a little french maid outfit, with his little doe eyes, his cute little perm, his soft, supple , full lips, his caramel tan skin, his fuzzy chest leading down to his nappy... erm.. where was I  Oh yeah, I like the song enough now.  | |
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