Se7en said:

I agree. They expected all funk/ rock all the time and were dissapointed when they had to stretch themselves and their tastes a little to continue bein a fan.

ForbiddenFruit said:

Good for Europe!

Where I'm from the beginning happened somewhere around the first note of Sexy Dancer.

OldFriends4Sale said:

That's funny! She's Always In My Hair receives a few, " Oh, yeah... That one was cool.." responses when I bring it up but, they sometimes act pretty stank about Raspberry Beret. I agree that there is a double standard with Purple Rain. Good point!

4U

When he released Planet Earth. That was weakest and lowest point of his entire recording career. One of the worse lps I've ever heard from him or any artist.

After his comeback with Musicology and having made a half way decent lp 3121 he drops the public with this.

Then gave it away for free so millions could hear it.

Thumparello said:

Good point. I know that people who were not huge Prince fans went out and bought PE after being blown away by his performance at the Super Bowl. A guy I worked with who loved the SB half-time show came into my office and tried to give me his copy of Planet Earth. He was aghast at the abysmal music on it. The look on his face told the whole story. I could only tell him "No thanks. I have a copy."

squirrelgrease said:

Or... That it makes a rather nice chew toy for a pet goat.

the obvious answer to this in the US is "Lovesexy". The album tanked here,and generated no interest. If he had put out some kind of double sided good and bad record with Black Album and Lovesexy and then put out the tracks that didn't make it onto a 10 track album out as b-sides... and put Pink Cashmere in there too... maybe...

But what happened to Black Album was great in itself.

I really dont see much a difference between PE, Musicology and 3121. NPS, Rave are comparable so I dont see how is the "worst LP evah"...In many ways its actually is the most "princy" he's sounded in a while.

In any event, the by the time PE came around Prince had already self selected himself into really being a touring act and the new releases are just a marketing gimmick for the shows. Musicology probably hurt much more in the sense that people were expecting a "comeback" and got some really crap tunes amongst some so-so to good songs..

The right answers to this thread continue to be, IMHO, LoveSexy and O{+>

squirrelgrease said:

Damn - that says a lot when a Prince fan won't even accept a free original copy, even just for backup.

^^^^

I had friends who asked me about the Superbowl performance too. First and foremost, they wanted All Along The Watchtower/The Best Of U - I told them I'd let them know, but I doubt it would be on there. And to this day, hasn't been officially released.

If he would've followed the Superbowl up with LotusFlow3r/MPLSound?

I love it,

but ATWIAD.

purpleizpassion said:

and sadly it's STILL the case with his fans as u'll hear almost daily "his 80's work was the best", "when will he do a full fledged rock album", "what's this jazz shit?"

L4OATheOriginal said:

Now... I do understand that some people just like what they like and that's it. I guess that's fine if that's all you want from life. It's their loss. I appreciate Prince as an artist and being a fan has helped me discover things that I didn't know I could have a taste for. At other times, it confirmed my definition of crap.

Se7en said:

I know. I've never turned down a free Prince product before. I... I... just couldn't do it.

squirrelgrease said:

True - these are the days of MP3 players and Lossless digital backups . . . no need to have 2 physical copies of Planet Earth around LOL. Once it's ripped, the CD itself probably won't be seen again - ever!