8. Prince, 3121, 530,000. What's Prince doing on a list like this? Anybody can have an album that under-performs, to use a favored industry euphemism. 3121 charted in March 2006. It was Prince's fourth album to reach #1; his first to do since Batman in 1989. "Black Sweat" was the only song from the album to make the Hot 100. It spent one week on the chart at #60.

http://new.music.yahoo.co...-1-albums/

there are 13 albums that reached #1 in 2006 on that list.
i guess that says something about current charts and the
sales of albums.

beyond all that, what the heck kind of list is that with
people finding gripe even over #1 albums.

I just read this on Yahoo. That's insane.

I actually love 3121.

3121 sucked major ass.

purplesweat said:

reads comment.

looks @ avatar.

re-reads comment.

double checks avatar.

ignores comment.

xperience319 said:

Wow, you judge people by the artists they like?

Is it okay if I presume you're a religious recluse who paraded around in women's underwear in the 80s?

Remember I joined this forum for a reason, buddy, I like Prince's music too.

That doesn't mean I have to like everything he does, nor do my other musical tastes have anything to do with...well...anything. I simply posted my opinion on the album here and that was that.

SynthiaRose said:

Yes, it's great

I listened 2 "3121," last night and even though I love Prince's records the first time around, the appreciation 4 the music gets deeper as the years go by. Prince music has always had that lasting charm.

purplesweat said:

come on, admit it.
he´s got a point there.

xperience319 said:

That's hilarious! but I admit I did the very same thing!!
Who cares what others don't like? I like 3121 and that's all that counts to me.
[Edited 11/23/08 6:39am]

amit1234 said:

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It tells you what is going on in the music industry right now. No one is selling a vast amount of CDS and some of you need to wake up to the reality.

3121 makes me feel like a natural woman

Because this album reached #1 on pure hype alone, not it's musical content.

NouveauDance said:

I like the music on this album, it is much better than musicology

LizaWoman08 said:

I agree.

xperience319 said:

omg! I can’t stop laughing at your reply

The album sucks and didn't deserve to do well.

Even compared to the rest of the shit that's out there these days, it still sucks.

LizaWoman08 said:

I totally agree with that and I liked Musicology.

LizaWoman08 said:

What can i say? I try.

purplesweat said:

i could care less. i played the 3121 cd a lot and love the whole experience, CD, live shows, last days of NPGMC

I really liked 3121, a lot, and for the record, I hated 'Musicology', but I learned long ago, that you cannot judge an album based on how well it sold. Record sales do not equate to an albums relevance, especially years down the road.

LizaWoman08 said:

The fact that you (or any of us) like it isn't under discussion, it's why the general public didn't like it, despite it reaching #1 for a week.

It got there on hype, P.R. and timing - like a lot of #1 records.



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[Edited 11/23/08 14:13pm]

It has its moments

NouveauDance said:

Most albums don't reach number one on musical content.
How do you know if it's any good unless you take a chance that the single isn't just a fluke on the album?

So I'd say it's just the reverse. Hype gets you there, it takes content to keep you there.

Rightly said:

Actually, no, he doesn't have anything resembling a point. He wanted to be nasty and immature so he was. End of story. I'm not changing my avatar anytime soon so you all either need to get used to it and grow up or ignore it and grow up. You choose.

InsatiableCream said:

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purplesweat said:

i think i love you.

xperience319 said:

who, me.
I understand

Hez alwayz #1.