1) The Gold Experience

2) 1999

3) 1982/1999

1. Gold Experience, Rainbow Children, Emancipation, The Truth, Exodus (does that count?).

2. Either Lovesexy or Dirty Mind... depends on the day.

3. 1988... because I was buying Lovesexy for a girlfriend's birthday present and I checked the vinyl copy I bought her for scratches... I was hooked... and then realised how many Prince songs I had on compilations, etc...

1) My opinion on this will probably change daily, but at the moment: Lotusflow3r, 3121, The Rainbow Children, Rave, Gold are better than 20Ten... But having said that, 20Ten's a darn good album too.

2) Probably 1999, or Lovesexy

3) c.1998/99. Newpower Soul was the latest album at the time. Rave was the first album I remember anticipating. So yeah, I must have been pretty deep by then.

toejam said:

3) c.1998/99. Newpower Soul was the latest album at the time. Rave was the first album I remember anticipating. So yeah, I must have been pretty deep by then.

You deserve a lot of credit for sticking with him through the Newpower Soul/Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic era!

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten? TRC

2) What is your favorite Prince album? Parade

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)? PR/1984

LotusFlow3r/MPLSound

Lovesexy

1984/Purple Rain

Dreamer2 said:

Harlepolis said:

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten? Most of them.

2) What is your favorite Prince album? The Dream Factory.

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)? 2000(Rave).

Nobody became a fan in 2000 ....it's technically impossible !

As 1999 was played millions of times in 1999 .... ?

Guess what? It did "technically" happen, so much for your lil' theory

StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

1) Didnt listen to 20Ten yet, but judging for the few songs I heard, it seems I will still consider Gold, Symbol, Diamonds, The Vault, Chaos, TRC, Musicology, 3121 and LotusFlow3r better.

2) Hard to say. In terms of songs/production, SOTT is his best work, IMO. Parade is a killer album too. But I really love Gold Experience and TRC for the band arrangements and songs.

3) I listened to "The most beautiful girl" on the radio and loved it. Then I asked a friend, who was a Prince fan, to record something for me. He recorded a tape with DP/Symbol. I really hated DP (I spent the 80s listening to hard rock/metal), but I loved Gett Off, so I used to let the tape play until it arrived there. Then, I started to realize some cool things on the other songs too.

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StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

1) Batman, Diamonds and Pearls, , the Gold Experience, the Black Album, Emancipation, 3121

2) Parade

2) 2009 via Purple Rain

StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

why should everything be easy and Pretty,

when it go becomes difficult?

the solution is yours

Batman

Graffiti Bridge

The Rainbow Children

3121

Lotusflow3r

Lovesexy

1985

1)

Black Album

Lovesexy

Batman

Graffiti Bridge

Diamonds and Pearls

Symbol Album

Come

TGE

Chaos & Disorder

Emancipacion

Crystal Ball

The Vault

The Truth

Rave

TRC

Musicology

3121

Planet Earth

Lotusflw3r

ONA...Live

2)SOTT

3)1984

NouveauDance said:

StonedImmaculate said:

For those listing TRC, Gold Exp, 3121, etc as better than 20Ten, do you really dig those albums or do you just dislike 20Ten that much?

Do you really dig 20Ten that much, or do you just dislike those albums that much?

Still trying to figure that out. Right now 20Ten has me in a haze and I honestly thought more die hards would be ecstatic about this new CD. To each his own....but it does seem that some are listing every album released since 88 as better than 20Ten, hence the wondering if some of these responses are sarcastic (this is the org...of course they are!)

One thing this poll is showing me is that the Gold Experience is really a fav among die hards.

Shocking to me. I may have to listen to it tonight...which would be the first time in, oh about 13 years.

StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

The Gold Experience, Exodus, Come,

Anything from 1978-1989, and the above listed ones.

1979 from a K-Tel album that had "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on it. I have two copies of that vinyl still today.

The Vast Majority ... 20ten is kinda decent

At The Moment: Lovesexy but in reality anything that is from 1978-96; 2004-10

2009 but im hella experienced

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

Right now I think... The Gold Experience, LF, Come, Crystal Ball, The Truth

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

Hmmmm... don't have a favorite. I really don't think of them in terms of favorite.

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

The Gold Experience/1995... junior year of high school

smoothcriminal12 said:

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

The Black Album.

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

The Black Album.

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

One month ago. 20Ten.

Interesting. The Black Album came out in late '87 and then again in 1994, but you chose that one anyway. Then, you chose it as your favorite album- great choice by the way- but then said you just became a Prince fan a month ago, because of 20Ten??Hmmm...

I'm on to you mister.

StonedImmaculate said:

For those listing TRC, Gold Exp, 3121, etc as better than 20Ten, do you really dig those albums or do you just dislike 20Ten that much?

- Like I said before, I really love TRC and Gold. I love the musician Prince, his live band work, arrangements, etc. That´s why I REALLY love The Vault album.

Some fans seem to be happy with only the sound of a Linn and some screaming and dirty lyrics. That´s not my case.

I know that his strongest output was in the 80s, but I prefer the 90s Prince. I didnt like 3121 much, but it seems more varied than 20Ten. This is another thing I love in Prince: to hear several different styles in the same album. It didnt happen on MPLSound and probably isnt the case of 20Ten.

StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

1) Batman, Graffiti Bridge (despite the filler), D&P, Love Symbol, Gold Experience, 3121

2) Purple Rain, Dirty Mind and SOTT. Can't pick one...

3) I've known him since I was a kid (my sisters are big fans), but a I became a fan on my own when I was 21 years old...

1) Anything before 1997, Rave, 3121

2) Impossible to answer for me

3) 1982/1999

StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

20Ten starts as strong as any Prince album since TGE but fades quickly toward the end, this allows a few more Prince albums to slip in above it. So ...

1) Black Album, TGE, Batman, The Symbol Album, and Ties with Diamonds and Pearls

2) Lovesexy

3) Purple Rain Era made me a fan of Albums 1-6. Then we went our seperate ways until I listen to the Lovesexy Album which introduced me to ATWIAD, PARADE, SOTT, and the BLACK ALBUM (bootleg) and THAT made me a Princce fan for life.

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StonedImmaculate said:

Very simple and I appreciate all responses.

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

1. 3121, Musicology, MPLSound, Lotusflow3r, quite few

2. Crystal Ball

2. Nov. 7. 1979, 7:00 a.m. / Prince

[Edited 7/29/10 13:13pm]

1) Which Prince album released after 1988 is better than 20Ten?

Batman

Black Album

Come

Gold Experience

Crystal Ball (does this count?)

Rainbow Children

There are a few others that are toss-ups, but I realize I mostly just like a few songs on them (Rave, Chaos, etc...) but not the album as a whole. If you break the rules and dump the last two tracks on 20Ten (and I do when I listen to it), it probably ranks as my fav since Gold.

2) What is your favorite Prince album?

1999 on same days, ATWIAD on others, and Dirty Mind every once in a blue moon.

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

Became aware of him with 1999 release in '82, realized he was something quite special with the ATWIAD release ('85), realized I was a hard core fan when I walked out of a record store with an album featuring a naked Prince basking in flowers on the cover (Lovesexy - '88), realized he was human ('89-'95), realized I would have to put up with a lot of poo to find the oh so tasty nuggets ('96 - 2009), ran for cover (Purple and Gold), realized I am still a fan (20Ten).

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BlackbeltJones said:

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

...realized I was a hard core fan when I walked out of a record store with an album featuring a naked Prince basking in flowers on the cover (Lovesexy - '88), realized he was human ('89-'95), realized I would have to put up with a lot of poo to find the oh so tasty nuggets ('96 - 2009), ran for cover (Purple and Gold), realized I am still a fan (20Ten).

That stuff is too funny. You and I are walking in the same frackin' direction dude. Well put!

[Edited 7/29/10 15:34pm]

It´s interesting...when I think of ´Graffiti Bridge´ I always think of it as a weak album, but even GB has special songs that became classics (Thieves in the Temple, Question of U, etc), and I dont feel that these recent albums (3121, Planet Earth) have songs that will be remembered in 15 years, although I like some of them.

soulfunky said:

BlackbeltJones said:

3) When did you become a Prince fan (year/album)?

...realized I was a hard core fan when I walked out of a record store with an album featuring a naked Prince basking in flowers on the cover (Lovesexy - '88), realized he was human ('89-'95), realized I would have to put up with a lot of poo to find the oh so tasty nuggets ('96 - 2009), ran for cover (Purple and Gold), realized I am still a fan (20Ten).

That stuff is too funny. You and I are walking in the same frackin' direction dude. Well put!

[Edited 7/29/10 15:34pm]

Haha... thanks man. Yeah, when I look back at it, I had some real balls to walk in to a record store that basically catered to Hardcore/Straightedge types and ask for them to pull Lovesexy off of their back counter display (it was the only copy they had). THEN I hopped on my 10-speed and biked back to my house with that thing under my arm. And I thought, "why the fuck am I doing this? Running around with a record like this is a fast track to an ass kicking in this neighborhood."

But I made it home OK... and once that needle hit the record, I knew what all the trouble was for.

Honestly, that bike ride felt a lot like hearing Purple and Gold for the first time w/ my fellow office drones. Suddenly I had to answer for Prince - "Yo Jones, what the fuck is P up to?"

Prince don't always make it easy to be a Prince fan. But I dig on 20Ten, so Purple and Gold is (mostly) forgiven.