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WHICH ALBUM WOULD YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO RELEASE AS A FOLLOW UP TO PURPLE RAIN INSTEAD OF ATWIAD? Following the massive explosion of the purple rain era..i think it would've been very interesting to see which album would've kept the momentum going as a follow up album (if it were posible, i know the others were from different eras)...I mean do better then 'Around the world in a day.
1.Diamonds and pearls...(get off video + song as first single) 2.sign o the time (album + concert movie)...would've been another box office smash. 3. Lotusflow3r(only)..(with proper videos). WHATS YOU PICK? [Edited 6/8/09 9:40am] | |
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Prince is really prolific, he's taking chances, and ATWIAD is one of my fave albums, a masterpiece:
but I get what you are saying, if Prince would play the game "safe" to sell more copies, he could have done what Michael Jackson did in his career: releasing a new album every 3rd-4th year only, maybe only these albums: 1979 Prince 1984 Purple Rain 1987 Sign O' The Times 1991 Diamonds And Pearls 1995 The Gold Experience 1998 Crystal Ball 2001 The Rainbow Children 2004 Musicology 2009 Lotus Flower but damn so much Prince music - would have been lost then... masterpieces like 1999, Parade, Lovesexy,  and a lot more 
Thank God Prince is not like Michael Jackson at all...  
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3232 said: Following the massive explosion of the purple rain era..i think it would've been very interesting to see which album would've kept the momentum going as a follow up album (if it were posible, i know the others were from different eras)...I mean do better then 'Around the world in a day.
.....WHAT'S YOUR PICK? SOTT would have been great. or Gold would have been too much too often. (I've always said, as others have, that Gold was really Purple Rain II in many ways). | |
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thedance said: Prince is really prolific, he's taking chances, and ATWIAD is one of my fave albums, a masterpiece:
but I get what you are saying, if Prince would play the game "safe" to sell more copies, he could have done what Michael Jackson did in his career: releasing a new album every 3rd-4th year only, maybe only these albums: 1979 Prince 1984 Purple Rain 1987 Sign O' The Times 1991 Diamonds And Pearls 1995 The Gold Experience 1998 Crystal Ball 2001 The Rainbow Children 2004 Musicology 2009 Lotus Flower but damn so much Prince music - would have been lost then... masterpieces like 1999, Parade, Lovesexy, and a lot more
Thank God Prince is not like Michael Jackson at all...
--- [Edited 6/8/09 9:59am] not saying he should've reduce his output..was thinking about the order in which certain albums were released..there was a big buzz on the heels of purple rain..and then came atwiad..which was a flop compared to PR..was asking opinions as to which album if available in that era would've kept the momentum from PR high. | |
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^ Okay: 
Sign O' The Times would be my answer then, because of the strong singles: I would have chosen these for singles...: Sign O' The Times U Got The Look Housequake (with a video from the SOTT movie) Adore (with a sexy video) If I Was Ur Girlfriend (video from the movie) I Could Never Take The Place Of Ur Man (also video from the SOTT movie) this would have been another smash... - sorry if I went a bit off topic again, with the singles... ?
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I think C&D would have been a good choice. I've always loved this album. It's a raw little rocker that IMO would have continued the great guitar work on Purple Rain. Even the rap would have probably been cool in 1985. CALL ME A DREAMER 2! |
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Here is an interesting one..
1999..yeah ,lets just say that it did not exist yet..but then dropped as a follow up to Purple rain.. BOOM!!! With some proper videos it would've been a killer... singles: 1999 delirious something in the water(with a cool video) little red corvette. | |
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3232 said: Following the massive explosion of the purple rain era..i think it would've been very interesting to see which album would've kept the momentum going as a follow up album (if it were posible, i know the others were from different eras)...I mean do better then 'Around the world in a day.
1.Diamonds and pearls...(get off video + song as first single) 2.sign o the time (album + concert movie)...would've been another box office smash. 3. Lotusflow3r(only)..(with proper videos). WHATS YOU PICK? Sign of the Times blows both albums out the water Sign of the Times could have only exited if Dream Factory was worked on and Parade had to be created followed But if I could get a fusion of Around the World in a Day with Lotus Flow3r since it has a bit more of a rock groove, Lotus Flower has no history like ATWIAD and it's not as colorful | |
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3232 said: Here is an interesting one..
1999..yeah ,lets just say that it did not exist yet..but then dropped as a follow up to Purple rain.. BOOM!!! With some proper videos it would've been a killer... singles: 1999 delirious something in the water(with a cool video) little red corvette. 1999 was definitely good enough to be a strong follow up, but I then have to ask what comes between Controversy and Purple Rain? I don't think Purple Rain would have been promoted the way it was without the success of 1999. CALL ME A DREAMER 2! |
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I would have followed it with Roadhouse Garden with tracks like Roadhouse Garden, All Day All Night, America, Pop Life and I Love You (A Million Miles).   FREE THE 29 MAY 1993 COME CONFIGURATION!
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scififilmnerd said: I would have followed it with Roadhouse Garden
Yep...that would have been perfect actually. | |
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scififilmnerd said: I would have followed it with Roadhouse Garden with tracks like Roadhouse Garden, All Day All Night, America, Pop Life and I Love You (A Million Miles).
100% agreement, I said the same before since Roadhouse Garden seemed to have a more Purple Rainish feel he at least was able to work the songs together at pre PR shows What do you think of Splash Wonderful A$$ & Go do you think those were Roadhouse Garden cuts? | |
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thedance said: maybe only these albums: 1979 Prince 1984 Purple Rain 1987 Sign O' The Times 1991 Diamonds And Pearls 1995 The Gold Experience 1998 Crystal Ball 2001 The Rainbow Children 2004 Musicology 2009 Lotus Flower Good list! But where is "Dirty Mind"?? You cant leave out Dirty Mind  It's the basis for all his later albums.
So i think the list should start-off with DM [Edited 6/8/09 12:22pm] "ohYeeeeeah" said: I'm a massive Bowie fan. Even on Scary Monsters, I always skip Fame ... |
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3232 said: Following the massive explosion of the purple rain era..i think it would've been very interesting to see which album would've kept the momentum going as a follow up album (if it were posible, i know the others were from different eras)...I mean do better then 'Around the world in a day.
1.Diamonds and pearls...(get off video + song as first single) 2.sign o the time (album + concert movie)...would've been another box office smash. 3. Lotusflow3r(only)..(with proper videos). WHATS YOU PICK? [Edited 6/8/09 9:40am] I can't think about it, Around The World In A Day is my favourite P album. RIP  | |
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TheEnglishGent said: 3232 said: Following the massive explosion of the purple rain era..i think it would've been very interesting to see which album would've kept the momentum going as a follow up album (if it were posible, i know the others were from different eras)...I mean do better then 'Around the world in a day.
1.Diamonds and pearls...(get off video + song as first single) 2.sign o the time (album + concert movie)...would've been another box office smash. 3. Lotusflow3r(only)..(with proper videos). WHATS YOU PICK? [Edited 6/8/09 9:40am] I can't think about it, Around The World In A Day is my favourite P album. Well I always wished he'd released the family album as his own after purple rain.just as a solo record. | |
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I think to be a little more commercially successful, Prince should have milked the Purple Rain Tour a little longer and waited till 86' to release an album that would have been a combo of both Parade and ATWIAD
Possible track list: Around the World in A Day (unreleased 'Pop' Version) Girls and Boys Condition of the Heart Raspberry Beret Pop Life Temptation Mountains Kiss Anotherloverholenyohead The Ladder Sometimes it Snows in April Songs like New Position, Paisley Park and America could have been released as BAD ASS B-sides
I don't know, would have avoided all that market saturation "Prince doesn't have verbal diarrhea, he has studio diarrhea...." Allen Leeds | |
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None of the albums that he actually released after it because his style had already drastically changed just as much as "Around The World In A Day". The proper album to have been released at the time would be the unreleased follow-up to "1999" that he said he had recorded in his "Rolling Stone" interview back in 1985. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: None of the albums that he actually released after it because his style had already drastically changed just as much as "Around The World In A Day". The proper album to have been released at the time would be the unreleased follow-up to "1999" that he said he had recorded in his "Rolling Stone" interview back in 1985.
If only this were true "Prince doesn't have verbal diarrhea, he has studio diarrhea...." Allen Leeds | |
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vainandy said: None of the albums that he actually released after it because his style had already drastically changed just as much as "Around The World In A Day". The proper album to have been released at the time would be the unreleased follow-up to "1999" that he said he had recorded in his "Rolling Stone" interview back in 1985.
I've always imagined that Prince could have put together an album titled 'The Dance Electric' containing many songs recorded in 1983/84,such as... The Dance Electric Extra Loveable G-Spot Moonbeam Levels Electric Intercourse Turn It Up Possessed Feel U Up and a few other tracks recorded in that period.Could you imagine an album like this being released in the summer of 1985?! | |
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he should've released an album with the name 'ROYAL BADNESS'
and these songs on it: 1. PUSSY CONTROL ( follow up to darling Nikki, piss off GORE some more) 2 GET-OFF 3 SHHH 4 INSATIABLE 5 KISS 6 ADORE 7 U GOT THE LOOK 8 CREAM 9 BAMBI 10 SEXY M.F an album like this would have pushed the envelope even more, following up on Dirty Mind and controversy, and set off a fire storm (tipper gore) and create a huge buzz!!! People would buy like crazy cause no one was that raw at the time..and SEX sells. | |
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Around The World In A Day | |
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/quote] I've always imagined that Prince could have put together an album titled 'The Dance Electric' containing many songs recorded in 1983/84,such as...
The Dance Electric Extra Loveable G-Spot Moonbeam Levels Electric Intercourse Turn It Up Possessed Feel U Up and a few other tracks recorded in that period.Could you imagine an album like this being released in the summer of 1985?![/quote] That would have been a KILLER album! definitely would have ridden the Purple Rain wave a lot better than ATWIAD. But on question, which version of Feel U up? [Edited 6/9/09 8:26am] "Prince doesn't have verbal diarrhea, he has studio diarrhea...." Allen Leeds | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: What do you think of Splash Wonderful A$$ & Go
do you think those were Roadhouse Garden cuts? I dunno. FREE THE 29 MAY 1993 COME CONFIGURATION!
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The Gold Experience. It would probably have made The Most Beautiful Girl In The World into number one, not number three, and I Hate U would probably have reached higher than 12.
It's funny, but music has probably got a lot to do with timing. | |
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i don't get this thread at all!
Talking bout songs released ten full years after Purple Rain was recorded as follow-ups. Crazy. I wouldn't change a damn thing about that history, it was perfect. It's the second half of his career where all the glaring mistakes are! |
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peter430044 said: The Gold Experience. It would probably have made The Most Beautiful Girl In The World into number one, not number three, and I Hate U would probably have reached higher than 12.
It's funny, but music has probably got a lot to do with timing. TMBGITW was #1. | |
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True! TMBGITW was #1 in many many countries (And his last #1 btw )"ohYeeeeeah" said: I'm a massive Bowie fan. Even on Scary Monsters, I always skip Fame ... |
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I think ATWIAD was the right way to go. What better way to weed out the bandwagoners from the real fans than by throwing us something completely different? Purple Rain Pt 2 would've been perceived, even back then most likely, as laziness for the sake of commercial success. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Soulstar77A said: True! TMBGITW was #1 in many many countries
(And his last #1 btw )Hmmm, "Cream" was his last US #1. TMBGITW was #3 here, indeed. | |
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Parade. Period. | |
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