Thought it would be fun to rate all Prince studio albums out of 10 and see how the new ones are shaping up against the classics! Personally I feel that Prince is back on form in a massive way and I'm very impressed with the new material. I've not included the NPGMC ones as I don't have all of them but if you have them rate them too as would like to see what y'all think of them too! I'll Start:


For You - 7/10
Prince - 7/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 10/10
1999 -10/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 10/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 9/10
Lovesexy - 9/10
Batman 10/10
Graffiti Bridge - 8/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 10/10
Symbol - 9/10
Come - 8/10
The Black Album - 8/10
Exodus 8/10
Gold 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 8/10
Emancipation - 5/10
Crystal ball - 7/10
New Power Soul - 6/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 6/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
The Rainbow Children - 10/10
Musicology - 6/10
3121 - 5/10
Planet Earth 6/10
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Lotusflow3r - 10/10
MPLSound - 9/10
[Edited 4/12/09 9:14am]

For You - 8/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 9/10
1999 -8/10
Purple Rain - 9/10
Around The World In A Day - 10/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 10/10
Batman 9/10
Graffiti Bridge - 8/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 9/10
Symbol - 9/10
Come - 9/10
The Black Album - 8/10
Exodus 9/10
Gold 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 4/10
Emancipation - 8/10
Crystal ball - 8/10
New Power Soul - 6/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 7/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
Rave in2 the Joy Fantastic - 9/10
The Rainbow Children - 10/10
One nite alone piano - 8/10
The chocolate invasion - 7/10
The Slaughterhouse - 8/10
N.E.W.S - 8/10
C-note - 8/10
One nite alone live - 9/10
Musicology - 8/10
3121 - 9/10
Planet Earth 7/10
Indigo nights - 9/10
Lotusflow3r - 10/10
MPLSound - 9/10
[Edited 4/12/09 9:55am]

garywobby said:[quote]

For You - 8/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 9/10
1999 -8/10
Purple Rain - 9/10
Around The World In A Day - 10/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 10/10
Batman 9/10
Graffiti Bridge - 8/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 9/10
Symbol - 9/10
Come - 9/10
The Black Album - 8/10
Exodus 9/10
Gold 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 4/10
Emancipation - 8/10
Crystal ball - 8/10
New Power Soul - 6/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 7/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
Rave in2 the Joy Fantastic - 9/10
The Rainbow Children - 10/10
One nite alone piano - 8/10
The chocolate invasion - 7/10
The Slaughterhouse - 8/10
N.E.W.S - 8/10
C-note - 8/10
One nite alone live - 9/10
Musicology - 8/10
3121 - 9/10
Planet Earth 7/10
Indigo nights - 9/10
Lotusflow3r - 10/10
MPLSound - 9/10
[Edited 4/12/09 9:55am]
[/For You - 7/10
Prince - 7/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 9/10
1999 -10/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 8/10
Parade - 7/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 8/10
Batman 8/10
Graffiti Bridge - 7/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 8/10
Symbol - 9/10
Come - 8/10
The Black Album - 7/10
Exodus 9/10
Gold 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 7/10
Emancipation - 8/10
Crystal ball - 7/10
New Power Soul - 6/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 6/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 6/10
The Rainbow Children - 8/10
Musicology - 7/10
3121 - 7/10
Planet Earth 6/10
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Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLSound - 9/10
]

For You - 6/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 7/10
1999 -10/10
Purple Rain - 9/10
Around The World In A Day - 9/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 9/10
Lovesexy - 9/10
Batman 7/10
Graffiti Bridge - 7/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 6/10
Symbol - 6/10
Come - 9/10
The Black Album - 8/10
Exodus 7/10
Gold 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 7/10
Emancipation - 7/10
Crystal ball - 7/10
The Truth - 10/10
New Power Soul - 6/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 7/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 6/10
The Rainbow Children - 10/10
One nite alone piano - 8/10
The chocolate invasion - 7/10
The Slaughterhouse - 6/10
N.E.W.S - 8/10
C-note - 9/10
One nite alone live - 5/10
Xpectation - 8/10
Musicology - 4/10
3121 - 7/10
Planet Earth 3/10
Indigo nights - 5/10
Lotusflow3r - 10/10
MPLSound - 7/10

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[Edited 4/12/09 11:19am]

Here we go.

Out of 10:

For You (8)
Prince (8)
Dirty Mind (10)
Controversy (9)
1999 (10)
Purple Rain (10)
Around The World In A Day (10)
Parade (10)
Sign "O" The Times (10)
Lovesexy (10)
Batman (8)
Graffiti Bridge (8)
Diamonds & Pearls (9)
Love Symbol Album (9)
Come (9)
Black Album (9)
The Gold Experience (10)
Chaos & Disorder (6)
Emancipation (8)
Crystal Ball (8)
The Truth (6)
Kamasutra (0)+
Newpower Soul (4)
The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale (6)
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (6)
Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (7)
The Rainbow Children (9)
N.E.W.S. (2)+
ONA... Live (2)*
Musicology (6)
The Chocolate Invasion (6)
Slaughterhouse (6)
3121 (6)
Planet Earth (5)
Indigo Nights (2)*
Lotus Flower (8)
MPLSound (8)


+) Boring.... ZzZZzzZZzzZ
& *) I really don't like Prince's live albums


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[Edited 4/12/09 12:05pm]

garywobby said:

Wow looks like I gotta track down rave into the joy fantastic, is really that much better? Wish it was on iTunes
Also been dying to hear Chocolate invasion & slaughterhouse, got all the others so must be a way to get them....

For You - 7/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 10/10
Controversy - 8/10
1999 -8/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 9/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 7/10
Batman 9/10
Graffiti Bridge - 6/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 8/10
Symbol - 7/10
Come - 8/10
The Black Album - 8/10
Gold 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 7/10
Emancipation - 6/10
Crystal ball - 7/10
New Power Soul - 6/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 5/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 7/10
The Rainbow Children - 9/10
Musicology - 6/10
3121 - 8/10
Planet Earth 7/10
Indigo nights - 8/10
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Lotusflow3r - 9/10
MPLSound - 8/10
[Edited 4/12/09 12:24pm]

For You - 7/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 9/10
Controversy - 9/10
1999 -10/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 9/10
Parade - 9/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 10/10
Batman 8/10
Graffiti Bridge - 8/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 8/10
Symbol - 8/10
Come - 8/10
The Black Album - 10/10
Exodus 7/10
Gold 8/10
Chaos And Disorder - 7/10
Emancipation - 7/10
Crystal ball - 8/10
The Truth - 7/10
New Power Soul - 7/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 6/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 7/10
Rave In2 - 5/10
The Rainbow Children - 9/10
One nite alone piano - 7/10
The chocolate invasion - 6/10
The Slaughterhouse - 6/10
N.E.W.S - 6/10
C-note - 6/10
One nite alone live - 7/10
Xpectation - 7/10
Musicology - 8/10
3121 - 9/10
Planet Earth 8/10
Indigo nights - 4/10
Lotusflow3r - 9/10
MPLSound - 9/10
[Edited 4/12/09 12:28pm]

1-10:

For You - 5
Prince - 6
Dirty Mind - 8
Controversy - 7
1999 - 8
Purple Rain - 10
Around The World In A Day - 6
Parade - 8
Sign O The Times - 10
Black Album - 5
Batman - 7
Lovesexy - 7
Graffiti Bridge - 6
Diamonds & Pearls - 7
O+> - 7
Come - 8
The Gold Experience - 8
Chaos & Disorder - 6
Emancipation - 7
Crystal Ball - 5
The Truth - 6
New Power Soul - 6
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale - 5
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 7
The Rainbow Children - 6
N.E.W.S. - 3
Musicology - 6
3121 - 7
Planet Earth - 7
MPLSound - 6

Conclusion:
I rate more of the 80s albums higher but there are several very good albums in the 90s and 00s too. The river of good songs is still flowing it's just that the flow is not as strong as in the past.

For You - 6/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 6/10
1999 -9/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 7/10
Parade - 9/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 7/10
Batman 4/10
Graffiti Bridge - 5/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 6/10
Symbol - 8/10
Come - 4/10
The Black Album - 6/10
Gold 8/10
Chaos And Disorder - 4/10
Emancipation - 5/10
Crystal ball - 5/10
New Power Soul - 3/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 5/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
The Rainbow Children - 6/10
Musicology - 5/10
3121 - 8/10
Planet Earth 7/10
Lotusflow3r - 6/10
MPLSound - 7/10

I can never seen to resist these threads

For You- 7/10
Dirty Mind- 9.5/10
Controversy- 8/10
1999- 10/10
Purple Rain- 10/10
Around the World in a Day 8/10
Parade- 10/10
Sign o' the Times- 9.5/10
The Black Album- 7/10
Lovesexy- 10/10
Graffiti- ummm... right now, ill manage 8/10... still kinda early 2 tell
Diamonds & Pearls- 9/10
- 9/10
Come- 8.5/10
The Gold Experience- 8.75/10 (not strong as a whole, GREAT highlights)
Emancipation- ...too early to tell... right now, i settle for 8/10 as a whole
Crystal Ball- haven't heard the whole album yet
The Truth- 9/10
NewPower Soul- somewhere between 6 and 7 out of 10
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic- 8/10
The Rainbow Children- recently upgraded it to 7.5/10 from maybe 4/10
Musicology- 7/10
3121- 8/10
Planet Earth- 9/10 (what can I say? I like to play favorites )
Lotusflow3r- 9/10
MPLSound- based on my only listen from last night..... 5/10

My favorites include 1999, Purple Rain (they got 10's cuz every song is strong enough 2b a single), LoveSexy (overall is a masterpiece), Sign o' the Times, TGE, Parade and Planet Earth (I played favorites here).
Lotusflow3r could break into this 7 in a few more listens

For You....10...all else is less than...2 the 9.

1. 78) For You - 6/10
2. 79) Prince - 4/10
3. 80) Dirty Mind - 7/10
4. 81) Controversy - 7/10
5. 82) 1999 - 9/10
6. 84) Purple Rain - 10/10
7. 85) Around The World In A Day - 8/10
8. 86) Parade - 8/10
9. 87) Sign "O" The Times - 10/10
10. 88) Lovesexy - 9/10
11. 89) Batman - 5/10
12. 90) Graffiti Bridge - 4/10
13. 91) Diamonds And Pearls - 710
14. 92) Love Symbol - 6/10
15. 93) The Hits / The B-Sides - 8/10
16. 94) Come - 4/10
17. 94) Black Album - 1/10
18. 95) The Gold Experience - 7/10
19. 96) Chaos And Disorder - 5/10
20. 96) Emancipation - 7/10
21. 97) The Truth - 6/10
22. 98) Crystal Ball - 6/10
23. 99) The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale - 5/10
24. 99) Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
25. 01) Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
26. 01) The Very Best Of - 1/10
27. 01) The Rainbow Children - 6/10
28. 02) One Nite Alone... - 4/10
29. 02) One Nite Alone... Live! - 6/10
30. 03) Xpection - 5/10
31. 03) C-Note - 5/10
32. 03) N.E.W.S. - 5/10
33. 04) The Chocolate Invasion - 5/10
34. 04) The Slaughterhouse - 5/10
35. 04) Musicology - 8/10
36. 06) 3121 - 10/10
37. 06) Ultimate - 4/10
38. 07) Planet Earth - 6/10
39. 08) Indigo Nights/Live Sessions - 5/10
40. 09) Lotusflow3r - 8/10
41. 09) MPLSOUND - 8/10

^ 17. 94) Black Album - 1/10

Really? Black Album is a funk masterpiece, maybe it's 10/10 you mean???

For You - 5/10
Prince - 6/10
Dirty Mind - 9/10
Controversy - 8/10
1999 - 10/10
Purple Rain - 9/10
Around The World In A Day - 9/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 9/10
Batman 7/10
Graffiti Bridge - 6/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 7/10
Symbol - 7/10
Come - 7/10
The Black Album - 9/10
Gold - 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 4/10
Emancipation - 5/10
New Power Soul - 3/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 5/10
The Rainbow Children - 8/10
One nite alone piano - 8/10
The chocolate invasion - 6/10
The Slaughterhouse - 1/10
N.E.W.S - 2/10
One nite alone live - 7/10
Musicology - 6/10
3121 - 8/10
Planet Earth 0/10
Lotusflow3r - 7/10
MPLSound - 9/10

For You - 5/10
Prince - 7/10
Dirty Mind - 8/10
Controversy - 8/10
1999 - 9/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 8/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 9/10
Lovesexy - 9/10
Batman 5/10 (mostly quite poor)
Graffiti Bridge - 6/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 6/10
Symbol - 7/10
Come - 8/10
The Black Album - 9/10
Exodus 8/10 (love this)
Gold 8/10
Chaos And Disorder - 8/10
Emancipation - 9/10
Crystal ball - 7/10
The Truth - 8/10
New Power Soul - 8/10 (vastly under-rated)
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 6/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 9/10 (again, very under-rated)
Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic - 8/10 (I'm one of the few fans who prefers the original)
The Rainbow Children - 8/10
One Nite Alone - 8/10
Musicology - 6/10
3121 - 5/10 (vastly over-rated. Very poor album to my ears)
Planet Earth 8/10
Lotusflow3r - 8.5/10
MPLSound - 9/10
[Edited 4/13/09 1:17am]

1-10:

For You - 6
Prince - 8
Dirty Mind - 8
Controversy - 8
1999 - 9
Purple Rain - 10
Around The World In A Day - 7
Parade - 7
Sign O The Times - 10
Black Album - 6
Batman - 7
Lovesexy - 7
Graffiti Bridge - 6
Diamonds & Pearls - 7
- 7.5
Come - 7.5
The Gold Experience - 10
Chaos & Disorder - 7
Emancipation - 8
Crystal Ball - 7
The Truth - 6
New Power Soul - 8
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale - 7
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 6
The Rainbow Children - 4
N.E.W.S. - 5
Musicology - 9
3121 - 8
Planet Earth - 6.5
MPLSound - 8
LotUSFLOWER-9

For You - 7
Prince - 7
Dirty Mind - 8
Controversy - 7
1999 - 9
Purple Rain - 9
Around The World In A Day - 10
Parade - 10
Sign O The Times - 11, sorry 10
Black Album - 10
Lovesexy - 9
Batman - 5
Graffiti Bridge - 4
Diamonds & Pearls - 7
Come - 6
The Gold Experience - 5
Chaos & Disorder - 2
Emancipation - 5
Crystal Ball - 9
The Truth - 6
New Power Soul - 3
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale - 5
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 6
The Rainbow Children - 9
N.E.W.S. - 5
Musicology - 6
3121 - 6
Planet Earth - 5
MPLSound - 7
LotUSFLOWER - 6

For You - 7/10
Prince - 7/10
Dirty Mind - 9/10
Controversy - 8/10
1999 - 9/10
Purple Rain - 9/10
Around The World In A Day - 9,5/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign O’ The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 10/10
Batman 7/10
Graffiti Bridge - 7,5/10
Diamonds & Pearls - 8/10
Symbol - 8,5/10
Come - 10/10
The Black Album - 8/10
Exodus 8/10
Gold 8,5/10
Chaos And Disorder - 7/10
Emancipation - 9/10
Crystal ball - 8,5/10
The Truth - 7/10
New Power Soul - 6,5/10
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale 8,5/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 7,5/10
The Rainbow Children - 9,5/10
One nite alone piano - 7/10
The chocolate invasion - 7,5/10
The Slaughterhouse - 7/10
N.E.W.S - 8/10
C-note - 7/10
One nite alone live - 8,5/10
Xpectation - 8/10
Musicology - 6,5/10
3121 - 8,5/10
Planet Earth 8/10
Indigo nights - 7/10
Lotusflow3r - 8,5/10
MPLSound - 7,5/10

For You - 5/10
Prince - 6/10
Dirty Mind - 9/10
Controversy - 8/10
1999 - 10/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 9/10
Parade - 7/10
Sign "O" The Times - 10/10
Lovesexy - 10/10
Batman - 3/10
Graffiti Bridge - 6/10
Diamonds And Pearls - 8/10
Symbol - 7/10
The Hits / The B-Sides - 10/10
Come - 7/10
Black Album - 9/10 (it was originally a 10/10 when I finally got it due to the anticipation only)
The Gold Experience - 9/10
Chaos And Disorder - 6/10
Emancipation - 8/10
The Truth - 7/10
Crystal Ball - 7/10
The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale - 4/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 6/10
Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic - 8/10
The Very Best Of - 8/10
The Rainbow Children - 9/10
One Nite Alone... - 3/10
One Nite Alone... Live! - 9/10
Xpection - 4/10
C-Note - 6/10
N.E.W.S. - 5/10
The Chocolate Invasion - 4/10
The Slaughterhouse - 7/10
Musicology - 8/10
3121 - 10/10
Ultimate - 7/10
Planet Earth - 8/10
Indigo Nights/Live Sessions - 8/10
Lotusflow3r - 9/10
MPLSOUND - 9/10

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For You - 6/10
Prince - 8/10
Dirty Mind - 7/10
Controversy - 7/10
1999 - 10/10
Purple Rain - 10/10
Around The World In A Day - 09/10
Parade - 10/10
Sign "O" The Times - 10/10
Black Album - 8/10
Lovesexy - 09/10
Batman - 8/10
Graffiti Bridge - 7/10
Diamonds And Pearls - 8/10
Symbol - 09/10
Gold Nigga - 7/10
The Hits / The B-Sides - 8/10
Come - 7/10
Exodus - 09/10
The Undertaker - 9/10
The Gold Experience - 8/10
Chaos And Disorder - 8/10
Emancipation - 10/10
Newpowersoul - 8/10
The Truth - 7/10
Crystal Ball - 9/10
The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale - 6/10
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - 8/10
Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic - 7/10
The Rainbow Children - 7/10
One Nite Alone... - 6/10
One Nite Alone... Live! - 8/10
Xpection - 6/10
C-Note - 6/10
N.E.W.S. - 7/10
The Chocolate Invasion - 7/10
The Slaughterhouse - 7/10
Musicology - 5/10
3121 - 8/10
Planet Earth - 6/10
Indigo Nights/Live Sessions - 6/10
Lotusflow3r - 6/10
MPLSOUND - 8/10

For You 3
Prince 5
Dirty Mind 9
Controversy 6
1999 9
Purple Rain 10
ATWIAD 4
Parade 9
Sign o the Times 10
Black Album 3
Lovesexy 4
Batman 2
Graffiti Bridge 5
Diamonds and Pearls 2
Symbol 6
Come 9
Hits/Bsides 9
Chaos and Disorder 8
Gold Experience 5
Emancipation 6
Rave unto the Joy Fantastic 3
The Rainbow Children 5
One Night Alone - complete set 6
Musicology 5
3121 5
Planet Earth 3
Indigo Nights 3