Which albums do you like now more then you did say a couple years ago or when it first came out. For me it's Musicology and Come. I like those albums better now then I did when they first were released.

Albums that haven't gotten any better for me are D&P and Rave (his worst album ever). Didn't like rave when it first came out now I can't listen to it at all.

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Dam u took the 2 i like but i also like nps and gold!

The late 1980s albums after he changed his style beginning with "Around The World In A Day". I've listened to the earlier ones mostly for so many years but I've been playing the late 1980s albums a lot lately to play something different and I've been loving them. Do I still think it was a mistake to release them at the particular time they were released though....yes.

lovesexy

Parade

The Black Album

Come

The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale

New Power Soul

The Chocolate Invasion and Lovesexy.

Only because I never listened to them that much since I was so enamoured with other ablums that came out before them. Everything from Prince, I'm discovering, is pure genius!!

I've always been fond of Dirty Mind and Controversy but they're even better today than when I first got them. Newpower Soul and The Rainbow Children were albums I didn't care for that much at first but they've grown on me quite a lot; not his best work but still good.

Around the World in a Day

I always dug "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" and "Pop Life" but was never too keen on the others. They were okay...

Over the past, oh 10 years, that album has REALLY grown on me.

Only "Temptation" is skipped now.

vainandy said:

The late 1980s albums after he changed his style beginning with "Around The World In A Day". I've listened to the earlier ones mostly for so many years but I've been playing the late 1980s albums a lot lately to play something different and I've been loving them. Do I still think it was a mistake to release them at the particular time they were released though....yes.

Wow, I never thought you'd say that! The next thing you know, you'll be groovin' to The Rainbow Children.

Symbol has really grown on me in the past few years, I went from barely tolerating it 3 years ago to totally loving it now.

For me, NEWS is more palatable than when it first came out.

In general you see a lot more positive stuff said about C&D and NPS than when they first came out.

Prince and For You.

Graffiti Bridge And Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic.

I liked them at the time of release but over the last couple of Years I've played them alot and really love them now.

They bookend the 1990's and for me are his two best albums released in that decade.

Old Friends 4 Sale

I liked most of it upon release, but I can now stomach "When the Lights Go Down" and I don't mind "My Little Pill"...

Come and Parade

The albums haven't gotten better (or worse). Your perception of them has changed.

Genesia said:

The albums haven't gotten better (or worse). Your perception of them has changed.

NOT true - my Rave CD is so scratched it won't play, which is quite an improvement.

i24u said:

Which albums do you like now more then you did say a couple years ago or when it first came out. For me it's Musicology and Come. I like those albums better now then I did when they first were released.

Albums that haven't gotten any better for me are D&P and Rave (his worst album ever). Didn't like rave when it first came out now I can't listen to it at all.

I like S.O.T.T. a lot more now then when I first heard it. I knew Dream Factory was the album that was supposed to come out some I'm kinda partial. I love all the albums and that's my least favorite, not because of the music (or lyrics) but the drama behind it.

for me it is the reverse, not in a bad way, but prince's past albums dont have the same impact on me now as they did when i first heard them

but i can definitely relate to revisiting an album and finding new things to enjoy about it that i might have missed the first time