I need to get some new (old) Prince on and i'm debating on which one to get first. Please give me your opinions i'm all ears. Keep in mind that my fave Prince album is Controversy, I love synths and 80's music in general. Which one would me more up my alley? Or is it a different album by Prince altogther?? I already have, Dirty Mind, Purple Rain and Come.

Cheers!

I love ATWIAD, but there's no comparison. Sign 'o' The Times smokes it.


The problem is that they are so vastly different that you might as well try and get both.

Also, SOTT is not an album that grabbed me right away. I liked it just enough to play it again (which more or less I was prone to do since I was a devout Prince fan back in the day). It's one of those albums you like more and more upon repeat listening.

Imago said:

thanks. i have a feeling most people will suggest this one first but lets see...

Imago said:

The same thing happened to me when my Mom got me SOTT back in 87. I didn't "get" it till I was 19, 11 years later

As for the question, go with SOTT, then get ATWIAD. Have fun!

Imago said:

Sign 'O' the Times takes a while to start getting into, I agree. It's like a new pair of underwear, at first it's constricting, but after a while it becomes a part of you.

Personally, my first Prince album was SOTT. After repeat listening, I had to have more.

The first disc I found really accessible. SOTT, Play in the Sunshine, Housequake, Ballad of D. Parker....all great cuts.

I think what I liked about that album is that it sounds like a genius at play in his own home-cooking studio.

Lots of drum machine, lots of raw performances.

u can't go wrong either way!
i'd suggest atwiad. lovely album & seems old school compared 2 sott. i dunno, sott in league of it's own.
i'm not suggesting it's better or i prefer it, but it's very different 2 anything else he'd done up 2 tht point. it's very cool & very nice pile of songs...better brace yourself!

LizaWoman08 said:

HAHA just imagined Garth saying that...so funny.

DaisyDishwaterBlonde said:

thanks everyone. i think i may have to go with SOTT first and then i'll check out the other one. sounds like they are both great albums!

LizaWoman08 said:

I liked it. I just wanted another Purple Rain or 1999. But you can definately tell if it's going to be a classic album if upon repeat listenings, it keeps getting better and better. None of his newer albums do that to me. They mostly start off sounding snappy, then I shelve them. Now, years and years later, I can still listen to SOTT skipping on "Slow Love" and sometimes "It's gonna b a beautiful night" (hey, I'm tired of those songs, k? )

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Flowers2 said:

I listen to ATWIAD all the time

Sign O' The Times is a very complex album, it grows on U through the years and in the end, U cannot stop listening to it.

Around the world in a day is a much easier listen, so my advice is, go for it first.

This is the easiest question yet....Sign o the Times. It is a classic inside and outside of Prince circles for many reasons.. Plus, you will get more music.

sott all the way

SOTT ITS A GREAT CD

Life is short. Get SOTT.

Housequake, Starfish and Coffee, Adore, Play In The Sunshine, If I Was Your Girlfriend, The Cross are all feautured on SOTT and for just one of those songs alone (especially Adore) its well worth buying! ATWIAD is also a brilliant body of work...but its a grower and u need to listen to it a few times before u like it, As in with SOTT, I loved it on its first whirl
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Sophianestesia said:

Im Sorry but i totally disagree there ATWIAD isnt at all very commercial sounding or as easy on the ears as SOTT and ATWIAD was the 4th album i brought 3 years ago when i was a new fan and u know from the title track its kinda psychdelic (an on first listen plain fuckin weird) and even ATWIAD is now one of my fave albums now(as i mentioned above its a grower) it dosent have enough catchy tunes that grab u on first listen (apart from raspberry beret and pop life) infact even tho SOTT is longer, i certainley dont think its harder to listen threw even tho it may be more complex (cuz of diffrent styles etc), infact for Starfish and Coffe and Adore alone SOTT is worth buyin over AWTIAD
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SIGN OF THE TIMES FOR SURE!!!

optimus said:

U may have your point, but consider this: I am too fucking weird No joke there!

At my first listen to 'Around the world in a day' back in 1993, every song caught me except 'Condition of the heart' and 'Temptation'.

dancerella said:

OK - you have Come, but are forced to decide between ATWIAD and SOTT?

dancerella said:

In that case ur best goin for the album 1999, which has plenty of synths etc

Listen to me okay. Buy these Prince albums in this order and you can thank me later. Sign 'O' The Times. Diamonds and Pearls. 1999. Around The World In a Day. Emancipation. The Gold Experience. Lovesexy. The Black Album. 3121. The Rainbow Children. There you have it. the cream of the crop.