I love them all, but my fave since WB is a tie between 20ten, Rave In2, & Come. I honestly cannot choose between them though lol.

lilgraceslick313 said:

GustavoRibas said:

The Rainbow Children, The Vault, Lotus Flow3r (yes, I love the "live band sounding" Prince)

[Edited 7/30/10 19:42pm]

The Vault is a album?

I think they are refering to

The Vault...Old Friends 4 Sale

Audio CD (23 Aug 1999)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Warner Bros.

Which is actually a WB album!!!!

purplemajesty23 said:

I love them all, but my fave since WB is a tie between 20ten, Rave In2, & Come. I honestly cannot choose between them though lol.

Once again

Come

Is a WB Album!

Best: TRC (with no close contender)

Worst: Anything post Musicology, especially Planet Earth and MPLShit

Best: 3121 (Although Emancipation is right up there)

Worst: What do you think, umm perhaps the Rainbow cult brainwashed devotees (THE RAINBOW CHILDREN)

3121 or Emancipation, can't decide.

jfrost said:

lilgraceslick313 said:

The Vault is a album?

I think they are refering to

The Vault...Old Friends 4 Sale

Audio CD (23 Aug 1999)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Warner Bros.

Which is actually a WB album!!!!

- Hehehe, you are right. And it´s a WB album

I have enjoyed all his music.

Musicology, Rave, 3121, Lotosflower

have not yet heard 20ten

The Rainbow children or Lotusflow3r

O+>

Mplsound * 20Ten * Planet Earth * Emanicipation * Lotus Flow3r * 3121 * Rainbow Children

Are actually better than most of his 80's albums

The Rainbow Children

Lotusflow3r

Emancipation

20Ten

The Vault

3121

Musicology

NEWS

One Night Alone

Planet Earth & 3121

The Rainbow Children.

I don't even pay attention to the lyrics, but the music on that album is kick-ass. He was making the music that he wanted to make, with no pandering to the masses.

[Edited 7/31/10 14:28pm]

jfrost said:

lilgraceslick313 said:

The Vault is a album?

I think they are refering to

The Vault...Old Friends 4 Sale

Audio CD (23 Aug 1999)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Warner Bros.

Which is actually a WB album!!!!

i thought the vault was just unreleased music and uncompleted albums

and i know for a fact that it has the WB stamp of approval on it

eyewishuheaven said:

The Rainbow Children.

I don't even pay attention to the lyrics, but the music on that album is kick-ass. He was making the music that he wanted to make, with no pandering to the masses.

- Yes, it´s a musical trip. Prince seemed completely free there. And it had some of his funkiest tunes, like ´everlasting now´ and ´Family Name´.

BEAUGARDE said:

Mplsound * 20Ten * Planet Earth * Emanicipation * Lotus Flow3r * 3121

Are actually better than most of his 80's albums

[Edited 8/1/10 16:02pm]

Why do so many of you like the Rainbow children, if not for the silly lyrics you have crap songs on it like Wedding Feast, Muse to the Pharoah, Family name and Deconstruction. The only good tracks are Last December and 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, the rest is unlistenable with that Darth Vader voice, at least on all the others you have songs.

Seriously what is so great about it (One person said it had a live feel, where from - hell?)

Huggiebear said:

Why do so many of you like the Rainbow children, if not for the silly lyrics you have crap songs on it like Wedding Feast, Muse to the Pharoah, Family name and Deconstruction. The only good tracks are Last December and 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, the rest is unlistenable with that Darth Vader voice, at least on all the others you have songs.

Seriously what is so great about it (One person said it had a live feel, where from - hell?)

I'm not a great fan of The Rainbow Children but I will try to defend it a little bit. For me I think the last four tracks ("She Loves Me 4 Me," "Family Name," "The Everlasting Now" and "Last December") are amonst the best things he has done in the last twenty years. The rest of it is kind of hit and miss.

I also dig the live drumming and the relative experimentation of the album. While I do like the albums he has released circa 2004-2010 more than The Rainbow Children I do miss the musical adventurousness of that album. I'm not a big fan of some of the "new agey" type elements of the album and the lyrics are a bit of a distraction but as far as the music goes I do wish that he would try something like this again. His recent albums have been fairly pop oriented and I think a lot of listeners are ready for a different sound.

rialb said:

Huggiebear said:

Why do so many of you like the Rainbow children, if not for the silly lyrics you have crap songs on it like Wedding Feast, Muse to the Pharoah, Family name and Deconstruction. The only good tracks are Last December and 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, the rest is unlistenable with that Darth Vader voice, at least on all the others you have songs.

Seriously what is so great about it (One person said it had a live feel, where from - hell?)

I'm not a great fan of The Rainbow Children but I will try to defend it a little bit. For me I think the last four tracks ("She Loves Me 4 Me," "Family Name," "The Everlasting Now" and "Last December") are amonst the best things he has done in the last twenty years. The rest of it is kind of hit and miss.

I also dig the live drumming and the relative experimentation of the album. While I do like the albums he has released circa 2004-2010 more than The Rainbow Children I do miss the musical adventurousness of that album. I'm not a big fan of some of the "new agey" type elements of the album and the lyrics are a bit of a distraction but as far as the music goes I do wish that he would try something like this again. His recent albums have been fairly pop oriented and I think a lot of listeners are ready for a different sound.

Well thank you, a proper and sensible answer, in a way, the live music feel of it, does help the album a bit and I think there is a lot less fluff and machine generated noize than there is on the new albums, he was still at least being bold by not playing it safe. The one point I respect about the Rainbow children, is when Prince made it, he didn't care about what people would think of it. That same attitude helped turned Dirty Mind into the cult success it became, but didn't work quite so well here, still he was being adventurous as you say.

For me personally. 20Ten is shaping up to be that cd i'd grab off the shelf most readily.

Until now, it was probably 3121 or Emancipation. If Emancipation were shorter I think it'd be my top choice up til now.

thedance said:

Harlepolis said:

The Rainbow Children followed by "Emancipation".

Yeah me too.

Best: TRC, Emancipation, 20TEN, LF/ MPLSound

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TRC

Emancipation

One Night Alone

Lotusflower/MPLSound

Rave

emancipation.

1. Emancipation

2. Rave

3. Planet Earth