NDRU said:

In your opinion then, do you feel this is the best album of Prince's?

I like your take on this album, makes it sound interesting to someone who never heard it before.

CJanssen said:

Me too, I'm lost when they use the initials.

Moonbeam said:

Wow! Just wow! Great review, I think I need to listen to this album too!

No

'1999' is Prince's best album,imo.

Jeffiner said:

Joshy said:

i'm laughing at ur signature..U CAN'T C ME

wildgoldenhoney said:

but it's the truth really it is

L4OATheOriginal said:

...but I love it...sniff, sniff...

1999 was the first Prince album i ever bought so it holds sentiment for me.As other people have said its as fresh now as it was then,a true masterpiece.
The only track that i find "weak" is the title track.Im not saying its rubbish,its just that i have to be in the right frame of mind to listen to it.

1999 is defo in my top 5.

muirdo said:

I agree because 1999 was a catchy pop song definitely top 40. easy to absorb for the casual fan..... where as the other songs on the album were more different, unique sound that was funky and fresh, with flavors that a more serious fan could savor.

1999 was like the 5-course-dinner candy that the fat blueberry girl at in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory ate.....
one album that is the full course musical experience.

Whatever you're smokin, pass me some of that.

This is the only album, besides Lovesexy that I ever bought in my whole life where I liked every song. This is my favorite Prince album.

364035 said:

For me there was something special in the spirit of all the Prince albums made in probably the first 10 years of his career Im not saying there wasnt or isnt great albums after that period I just mean there was some type of roll he was on in that era in my oppinion.

I definitly wouldnt put 1999 amongst Prince's worst albums, no way.

killer classic Prince tracks ... 1999, Little Red Corvette, Lady Cab Driver,
Lets Pretend We're Married, Delirious, Free, .


For Me Prince's lesser albums would be

New Power Soul, best track is Come on,

Im not big fan of Musicology ...the title track is the best and there's couple other good tracks on it the rest of it Im not diggin much.

Rave, except for about 3 tracks.

there are couple more mediocre ones I could add but I'll leave it at.

OskarKristio2 said:

Aww... I really loved ur first statement there. And I admit you're right. There's a certain spirit (some call it higher-quality) to Prince's music in the 80's that he doesn't quite have anymore. Not that he ever lost spirit. It's energy. Energy is transferred, not created or destroyed... the shape that spirit takes is just different, I guess, these days... that's all I can really say in his defense. [sorry im a science major taking Physics currently]

But there is something special about the 80's that makes it hard to match. All kinds of great music came from the 80's. I was expecting 1999 to be chock for of AWESOME 80's music. But trust Prince to do what you don't expect of him. I was caught off guard at first because he wasn't doing what everyone else was doing. I felt like an idiot for thinking that 1999 was full of generic/stereotypical 80's music. Prince doesn't follow the trends. What it seems like he does is he takes what he hears and goes in a different direction.

Free, Lady Cab Driver, International Lover, Something in the Water (Does not Compute) are perfect examples of songs that threw me a bit because that's not what I heard in the 80's. There was nothing like it out at the time.

I'm stating the obvious here, of course, but Prince caught a lot of attention because he does his music differently than everyone else's. I was the idiot for thinking I'd get something when he gives me something different. Somtimes, though, it does take me a little while to understand his thinking and once I do, I'm good to go

Once I get Lovesexy, I'll have about all of his 80's albums. Then after listening to it and SOTT, I'll really experience what you were saying, how he was on such a hot streak in the 80's and few other things he's done since compare. By listening to all of them one after the other. Can't wait to take that ride.

wildgoldenhoney said:

I think it might be his best, but it's got a lot of competition!

Maybe Purple Rain has a better flow to it, and maybe Sign o the Times is more creative & varied, but 1999 really captured all those things that Prince will forever be assiciated with--funk, sex, drum machines, synths, coolness, catchy songs, one man band, unique sound, embarassing heavy breathing...

NDRU said:

My high school boyfriend LOVED Prince... he would wear his hair like Prince (long jerri) and when he sang Prince songs... he would do that heavy breathing... even the looks that Prince would give the camera ... etc... except my boyfriend had plain brown eyes.. not those hypnotic hazel eyes that Prince has. It was funny even back then.

Yeah, I agree. It is P's worst album. It's one of the worst albums ever recorded. And Santa will be coming soon as well. So u better watch out. U better not cry. Wow, what a fucking bait thread.

NDRU said:

WELL... I just happened to get this album today! "I bought 1999 for $11.99!"

Now I will be able to listen for all this with fresh ears! Actually I liked International Lover from the first listen of that song.

Joshy said:

If that song wasn't played in a club, u can bet a fight would break out. That’s how tight this song was and still is. Hell, let DMSR play in a club right now and look around 2 see if anyone is still sitting.

364035 said:

This is blatantly a wind-up! 1999 is the bomb! It is currently my favourite Prince album. Never mind the eighties CD leveling - tweak your bass up another 1/4 and add a little more treble = Funk explosion. If he remastered this album it would sound as fresh today as it did 25 years ago. Today, people are remembering the 25th anniversary of the release of Thriller. I love Thriller but give me 1999 anyday.

NDRU said:

Oh, one of those new P "fans" who have discovered him with Musicology or 3121 and who don't know anything about the 80's...

As for the worse album... I don't think so, It was intriguing as I listened to it in my car. Haven't formed an opinion yet but I did notice in 1999 about judgment day. I never noticed that before.

cont... So now I'm gonna listen to it more closely.

1999's probably his only album I've never got on CD ! Don't know why !!
Great tracks, but it's never grabed me like the other 80's albums. Still miles better than anything from the 90's onwards though.

1999 is a beast of an album, one of those rare albums you can actually listen to all the way through. I absolutely love DMSR, Lady Cab Driver, All the Critics Love you in New York, Little Red Corvette, 1999, Delirious, International Lover I could go on and on, how can anyone say this isnt a great album?

1999 is genius and really doeant get the credit it deserves.
[Edited 12/4/07 3:56am]

wildgoldenhoney said:

Good for you. It really is a great album. Only a few songs I might not call classic.

NDRU said:

So far so good.

Although I can't stop listening to International Lover. On my way to work this morning I began to cry a little. I don't know why, it may just be a few words he sang and the way he sang it that had an effect on me, I was puzzled by my reaction. But I'm alright now! (Just a bit emotional)

If it can move one to tears, must be good!

yer what planet u come from dude its a funky album best u smoke a big one a press play again