hey funky people, what is your best prince album title track. I cant decide between 1999, purple rain, controversy and grafiti bridge.

Thriller, by far

meaning, best song that's a title track?

or song title that makes for a great album title?

Christaro said:

Get OUTTA here!

Controversy.

ThrillUorKillU said:

I think the best title tracks are supposed to be a representative of what the album is all about.. and also doesn't OVERPOWER the other tracks.

Purple Rain, Gold and Planet Earth are awesome... but they kinda make you expect great things from all of the other songs in the album.
Gold is worth waiting for, but it's almost like an experience in itself (that's just me, though).
Purple Rain is beyond incredible, as we all know... but it's almost as if its in the class by itself (duh!!) and puts some of the less impressive tracks to shame (but its lucky that a lot of the tracks are just as impressive in other ways, TB1's, When Doves Cry, Darling Nikki... 2 name a few).

Putting Planet Earth at the beginning of the album was kind of a bad move cuz you expect huge things from the other tracks... not that I'm complaining, I love the album as a whole, but maybe the placement was just bad

Having said that... I think that 1999 and Diamonds & Pearls are the best... and 3121 does make a good statment for itself too. It represents what the album's all about (futuristic fantasy)... and then some.

for you (6)
dirty mind (7)
controversy (7)
1999 (5)
purple rain (8)
around the world in a day (7.5)
(christopher tracy's) parade (9)
sign o the times (8)
lovesexy (7)
grafitty bridge (3)
diamonds and pearls (5)
come (7) -electronic version would have been a 9
gold (7.5)
chaos & disorder (6)
emancipation (4)
kamasutra (3)
the truth (8)
crystal ball (10)
new power soul (3)
rave un2 the joy fantastic (7)
the chocolate invasion (5.5)
the rainbow children (9)
xpectation (6)
musicology (6)
3121 (7.5)
planet earth (3)



i guess my favs are thus a tie between Parade and The Rainbow Children
for 2nd place and Crystal Ball firmly on the #1 altho it's not from an
official complete "album" as such, altho it was the title track of the
official 1987 crystal ball and then for the compilation set.

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[Edited 11/29/07 17:03pm]

Mine would be "The Truth".

"I wanna be your Lover"
[Edited 11/29/07 17:27pm]

IstenSzek said:

Wow, "Chirstopher's Tracy's Parade" a 9? Over Purple Rain, 1999 and Controversy?

I would give kudos to Around the World In a Day , but the obvious are Sign O the Times and Purple Rain and 1999

Rinluv said:

hell yes i love that song beyond words. whenever i whistle, i always
whistle the opening to the parade album. for 18 years now