out of the 4:

MUSICOLOGY
3121
PLANET EARTH
LOTUS FLOW3R / MPLS

mine is the Lotus/MPLS by a mile followed by 3121.

How'bout you?.

oh and P, feel free 2 vote 2!.

funkyhead said:

U could add Indigo Nights also.

So far, LotusFlow3r and MPLSOUND are at the top. 3121 is after that. PE is DEAD LAST!!!

This is really tough cause I've always loved 3121 but I think Lotusflow3r/MPLSound has taken over that spot for #1 but 3121 is a very close #2. I'm with daPrettyman, PE is in last place.

Planet Earth
LotusFlow3rs/MPLSound
3121
Musicology

this is at the moment, mayb LotusFlow3rs/MPLSound will become in the 1st...

GetWildHornyPony said:

wow, PE at number 1!.

hmm difficult probably Lotus Flow3r bacuse it's SO complete and 'v bn dying 4 a triple album, although 'm loving them all!

I love them all...Each album offer's Prince's heart through music...and I'm just glad that Prince keeps sharing his talent with us.

Tame said:

hmm, you may want to go and listen to PE again!.
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LotusFlow3r
3121
MPLSOUND
Planet Earth

I've really enjoyed listening to LOTUS FLOW3R / MPLS, I got over the previous albums pretty quick, don't see this happening with the latest release

veronikka said:

I totally agree with you.

Lotus Flower
MPLSound
Musicology
Planet Earth
3121

Planet Earth
3121
Lotus/MPLS




Musicology (barely rates at all, it's dreadful)

3121
Lotusflow3r/MPLSound
Planet Earth
Musicology
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3121 partly due to The Word and Love

ernestsewell said:

compared to PE? Not in my book.

I happen to like some of the songs on PE, but as an album, it's horrible. To me, Musicology did what it was supposed to do...put him back in the mainstream spotlight. 3121 was supposed to be an album that showed he was still good and had talent. He also wanted a HIT, but it failed to live up to the expectations. I feel PE was thrown together for the UK Mail On Sunday promotion. The album has no direction. It's just a compilation of songs. At least Lotus, MPLSOUND and Elixer have some direction and overall feel. PE was missing that to me.

daPrettyman said:

Totally disagree. I think PE has a definite sound and direction, and is more pop friendly that Musicology. Things like "If I Were The man In Your Life", "On the Couch", "Pimp Illusions Coma whatever"....those are NOT radio friendly songs. But things like "Guitar" (Verizon, hello, great lead single), "I'm the 1 U Wanna C" are great rock songs. Pure pop/rock. Then you have the ballads like S.H.O.E. that really take a nod from old school Prince ballads, a bit. Even as much as "Future Baby mama" is panned by fans, it WAS on Urban radio a lot, and it was never a single. It's like the "Adore" of it's time. Not that it's LIKE "Adore", but I mean that "Adore" was picked up by urban stations back then too, and it was never a single.

If he'd played his cards right, he could have gotten the title track played on some Earth Day commercial or something like that. Something to put it out there even more. 21 nights in London is nice, but how does that promote an album when you're not even playing the songs from the CD in the 21 shows much?

3121

For me it's:

1) Lotus/MPLS.
2) A tie for 3121 and Planet Earth. I skip a few and love a few on each of those.
3) Musicology. Yes, it's a cohesive collection but Apart from a couple of tracks, it never hits any real highs for me. Probably my least listened to P album since NPS.

ernestsewell said:

I agree with you that FBM, Guitar, The One U Wanna C, etc. are good songs, but to me, the album had no direction. I like certain songs....just not them grouped together as an album. Songs like Lion of Judah, PE, and Resolution just don't fit together and that makes the album not sound like a cohesive piece of work.

Musicology did give Prince his biggest r&b hit since TMBGITW (Call My Name). That is still getting played today. Great song!. To me, Musicology was a way of saying he's still Prince to the masses. He knew how to be funky (ICPC, Musicology), he still was concerned with social issues (Dear Mr. Man) and he still knew how to tell a story (Reflection).

To me, it's not about what sounds good on the radio or what's a pop hit, it's about the material as a whole and how each song comes together to make a complete album/statement.

3121

Planet Earth 4 me! Prince's most underrated album since NPS!

rainbowchild said:

U actually liked NPS and PE.

rainbowchild said:

BWWWHAHAHAHA NPS is nothing like any of the other two NPG albums, although it rates better than Goldnigga, but Exodus crushes both of them.

Planet Earth is a full on, very good Prince album. I'd still nix "Lion of Judah" though.

ernestsewell said:

That's one thing that I totally agree with you own.

daPrettyman said:

Well there's room for everyone's 2 cents. Except in Prince's mind.

ernestsewell said:

3 way tie 4 1st place:

3121/mplsound/lotus
musicology
planet shit

funkyhead said:

1. Lotus
2. 3121
3. Musicology
4. MPLS
999. Planet Earth

101 said:

Why are these called 'albums', what was or is Prince's main message in each of these albums? What was he trying to get across to us?--thru his music.

1. Lotus
2. 3121
3. Musicology
4. MPLS
5. Planet Earth

Doesnt making an album or creating ONE have to have a point?

GMAN