1. Diamonds And Pearls (9/10)
2. The Gold Experience (9/10)
3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (8/10)
4. Symbol (8/10)
5. Graffiti Bridge (8/10)
6. Emancipation (7/10)
7. Come (7/10)
8. Newpower Soul (6/10)
9. Chaos And Disorder (6/10)
10. Exodus (6/10)
11. The Truth (6/10)
12. The Vault (5/10)
13. Gold Nigga (5/10)

1. Graffiti Bridge (4/10)
2. Diamonds And Pearls (8/10)
3. (6/10)
4. Goldnigga (haven't got it yet)
5. Come (6/10)
6. Exodus (8/10)
7. The Gold Experience (10/10)
8. Chaos And Disorder (7/10)
9. Emancipation (6/10)
10. The Truth (7/10)
11. Newpower Soul (6/10)
12. The Vault (7/10)
13. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2/10)

I feel I have to put in the list the best album Prince couldn't release in 1994, even if it's not a proper album, but by far the best thing he did in the '90s:

14. The Undertaker (10/10)

I would definitely say that diamond and pearls and the gold experience where the best of the nineties not to impressed by the others with the exception of the truth album.

Grafiti Bridge(6/10)
D&p(7/10)
The symbol Album(6/10)
come(4/10)
TGE(7.5/10)
chaos & disorder(3/10),The vault3/10)
Emancipation(8/10)
Crystal Ball(6/10)
the truth(7/10)
NPS(5/10)
Rave(6/10)

thedoveoflove said:

only ones ive properly heard and same ratings

If the NPG albums count, do Kamasutra and Child Of The Sun?





Prince albums only, best to worst IMO:

Come
C&D

The Gold Experience
Graffiti Bridge
D&P
The Truth
Crystal Ball
Emancipation
The Vault...OF4S
Rave



And no, The Black Album does NOT count.

Sophianestesia said:

[Edited 8/19/08 13:44pm]

1. Graffiti Bridge (4/10)
2. Diamonds And Pearls (6/10)
3. (8/10)
4. Goldnigga (Never heard of it)
5. Come (8/10)
6. Exodus (7/10)
7. The Gold Experience (8/10)
8. Chaos And Disorder (5/10)
9. Emancipation (7/10)
10. The Truth (0/10)
11. Newpower Soul (1/10)
12. The Vault (5/10)
13. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (3/10)

1. Diomands and Pearls 5/10
2. Symbol 6/10
3. Come 7/10
4. TGE 9/10
5. Emancipation 8/10
6. Girl 6 10/10
7. The Vault 4/10
8. Rave 7/10

1. Diamonds And Pearls (9/10)
2. The Gold Experience (9/10)
3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (9/10)
4. Symbol (8/10)
5. Graffiti Bridge (9/10)
6. Emancipation (10/10)
7. Come (8/10)
8. Newpower Soul (10/10)
9. Chaos And Disorder (5/10)
10. Exodus (5/10)
11. The Truth (5/10)
12. The Vault (5/10)
13. Gold Nigga (5/10)

rolling said:

i liked rave in2 as well, and but was soarly dissappointed with Emancipation with the exception of a few good tracks. i have yet to listen to the rest on the list.

I can't rate collections of songs. Each song has something to offer in one way or another. In my opinion this idea is too general.

1. Diamonds And Pearls (10/10)
2. The Gold Experience (10/10)
3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (9/10)
4. Symbol (10/10)
5. Graffiti Bridge (7/10)
6. Emancipation (9/10)
7. Come (10/10)
8. Newpower Soul (8/10)
9. Chaos And Disorder (7/10)
10. Exodus (4/10)
11. The Truth (3/10)
12. The Vault (8/10)
13. Gold Nigga (7/10)

1. Diamonds And Pearls (9/10)
2. The Gold Experience (9 1/2/10)
3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (3/10)
4. Symbol (8 1/2/10)
5. Graffiti Bridge (6/10)
6. Emancipation (5/10)
7. Come (9/10)
8. Newpower Soul (5/10)
9. Chaos And Disorder (7/10)
10. Exodus (9/10)
11. The Truth (9 1/2/10)
12. The Vault (9 1/2/10)
13. Gold Nigga (3/10)

1. Crystal Ball (w/ The Truth)
2. Emancipation
3. Graffiti Bridge
4. New Power Soul
5. Symbol
6. Diamonds and Pearls
7. Come
8. Gold Experience
9. Chaos and Disorder
10. Exodus

I'm no sure that I could complete this, but my favorite album from the 90's is come (am I the only 1?)
1. come
2. grafitti Bridge
2. symbol
3. D&P
4. Gold experience
So many of my favorite songs are on grafitti bridge, so..

I can't decide about the rest, I feel equal ambivalance to most of it, with the exception of a few songs

Graffiti Bridge
Diamonds & Pearls

Come
The Gold Experience
Chaos & Disorder
Emancipation
The Truth
Crystal Ball
The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

.
[Edited 9/5/08 4:51am]

I love them and have them all.

Graffiti bridge - 8 (Just Prince's songs)
Diamonds & Pearls - 7
Symbol - 9
Come - 6
The Gold experience - 9
Choas & Disorder - 9
The Hits & B sides - 10
Emancipation - 8
New power soul - 5
The vault - 7
Crystal Ball - 8
Rave unto the joy fantastic - 7

1. Diamonds And Pearls (9/10)
2. The Gold Experience (10/10)
3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (8/10)
4. Symbol (9/10)
5. Graffiti Bridge (8/10)
6. Emancipation (9/10)
7. Come (6/10)
8. Newpower Soul (6/10)
9. Chaos And Disorder (7/10)
10. Exodus (6/10)
11. The Truth (6/10)
12. The Vault (4/10)
13. Gold Nigga (5/10)

I can’t say I would or could rate the 90's albums, most are lost under the good ones or thrown away, but the two that still pop up are The Truth and Come, not Grade A, but good step children that I will acknowledge their existence.


So, in no particular order


The Truth

Come
[Edited 8/20/08 20:26pm]

Sophianestesia said:

1. Graffiti Bridge [Prince songs only] (7/10)
2. Diamonds And Pearls (7/10)
3. (9/10)
4. Goldnigga (7/10)
5. Come (5/10) [Original config with orignal versions 8/10]
6. Exodus (6/10) [it was kinda fresh]
7. The Gold Experience (8/10) [Should have been 10/10 with original versions]
8. Chaos And Disorder (9/10) [10/10 with orginal Zannalee and inlcluding Empty Room, Da Bang and Calhoun Square and w/o I rock and dig u better dead]
9. Emancipation (3/10) [soooo disappointing]
10. The Truth (7/10) [should have been totally acoustic]
11. Newpower Soul (0/10)
12. The Vault (6/10)
13. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2/10) [only becasue it included Baby Knows and So far, so pleased]

The Undertaker 11/10 - if only it inlcuded more tracks and why can't we have another!!!!!?????

KAB said:

That'd be awesome, huh?

By the way, it's a pleasure seein' U around here again, KAB.

thedoveoflove said:

Can't be bothered to rate them all as I only ever listen to The Truth and The Vault (both of which I love). The rest I could pick songs of that I love but as albums they don't float my boat. Here's an imcomplete list.

1. The Truth
2. The Vault
3. Diamonds & Pearls
4. Gold







13. Rave Unto...

Sophianestesia said:

Indeed it would be awesome!

And thanks!x

I'll try doing mini-reviews of the ones I've heard:

Graffiti Bridge: Messy... Some strong tracks, some decent, and some very poor ones

Diamonds and Pearls: Not bad at all, very run-of-the-mill though... It does suffer from early 90's pop music over production

: It does include one of my top P songs in the 90's (7), but I don't know... very forgettable... sorry

The Gold Experience: This is Awesomeness in album form! ... It can rival his 80's output IMO...

Yeah... still need to listen to the rest, and these reviews aren't definite, I might need more listens to appreciate them more (or less ). And yes, I prefer his 80's work more (Sorry 90's fans )

Diamonds And Pearls (8/10)
The Gold Experience (6/10)
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (7/10)
Symbol (8/10)
Graffiti Bridge (7/10)
Emancipation (5/10)
Come (10/10)
Newpower Soul (4/10)
Chaos And Disorder (9/10)
Exodus (8/10)
The Truth (7/10)
The Vault (7/10)
Gold Nigga (4/10)

Here's mines:

Crystal Ball (10/10)
Come (8/10)
Newpower Soul (10/10)
Chaos And Disorder (6/10)
Exodus (4/10)
The Truth (3/10)
The Vault (6.5/10)
Gold Nigga (5/10)
Diamonds And Pearls (8/10)
The Gold Experience (8.5/10)
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (6/10)
Symbol (8/10)
Graffiti Bridge (7/10)
Emancipation (10/10)

I honestly think everyone is biased, the majority of his 90's music SUCKS!

I only like a few singles here and there throughout the 90's, and the only albums that sound strong are new power soul and chaos and disorder, and even then I'm giving them too much credit. Give me 70's and 80's prince anyday!

NouveauDance said:

someone who finally read the thread correctly prince/ albums ONLY ..gold nigga, exodus and NEW POWER SOUL r NPG albums people

graffiti bridge 8/10
diamonds and pearls 8/10
9/10
hits and b sides new tracks only 7/10
come 9/10
the gold experience 10/10
chaos and disorder 8/10
emancipation 10/10
crystal ball 6/10
the vault 5/10
rave un2 the joy fantastic 6/10