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SquirrelMeat said: ATWIAD.
Outside of this album, every other album shows the progression from the previous. Dirty Mind grew from Sexy Dancer and Bambi, Controversy grew from Head and Party Up, 1999 grew from Controversy and Annie Christian. Purple Rain grew from LRC and Something in the water. ATWIAD borrows from no other Prince album. Parade borrows directly from ATWIAD. Sott borrows from Parade...and so on... To me, ATWIAD borrows heavily from Purple Rain, in the same way that Purple Rain borrowed heavily from 1999. |
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Controversy
1999 Purple Rain Around The World in A Day Parade Sign 'O' The Times Black Album Lovesexy Batman Diamonds And Pearls 
Chaos And Disorder (Minus: Dig U Better Dead) The Vault...Old Friend 4 Sale The Rainbow Children One Nite Alone... N.E.W.S 2 be continued ? I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon... | |
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the rainbow children | |
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I'm in my mid 30's and 1999 brought him to the people I know. I remember people shocked at Lady cab driver and Lets pretend were married. I had sneak to listen. and the album pix...my gawd Don't take life too seriously, noone gets out alive. | |
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Rightly said: Imago said: Dirty Mind for his lyrical expression
Controversy for his much more confident vocal range and expression Around the World in A Day for his musical expression. Although PARADE was a better album , Around the World in a Day was when he truly started going all Beatle-esch on us. He range of styles, the inclusion of various instruments in strange arrangements, all just started to show that he was moving away from copying sounds of the day. 1999 and Purple Rain for all their glory (they're better than ATWIAD or PARADE) still borrowed heavily from the sounds that were popular at that time or the recent past (New Wave/Old Wave/Synth Pop/funk and Arena Rock). ATWIAD went all crazy on us. Raspberry Berret is a dance pop number with fucking violins/string sounds in it? Tambourine don't make NO fucking sense and didn't sound like ANYTHING anybody else was doing. Lord have mercy , could Micheal Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna or any of the big acts of the day pull of Condition of the Heart? Prince got his Joni Mitchell/John Lennon on with ATWIAD. He perfected it with PARADE and SOTT. But I say ATWIAD was his milestone for the great 80's albums that followed. great post Thank you! And thank you, flaimingraindrops | |
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Se7en said: I think Parade was the greatest evolution for him, but I also think that album came a little early in his career.
I agree. but I think it was at the right time. only 3 years later his albums became more premeditated. He has become careful. small circles, big wheels!
I've got a pretty firm grip on the obvious! |
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errant said: Dirty Mind, then Parade.
Co-sign |
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Diamonds & Pearls or 1999-both made him a star to folks who didn't even know who he was  | |
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