Dave1992 said:

NouveauDance said:

1. Controversy

2. Parade

3. 1999

4. in Romance 1600

5. The Black Album

6. For You

7. Prince

8. Jill Jones

9. What Time Is It?

10. Apollonia 6

Interesting. How come, if I may ask? I mean, I like that album too, but that certain Prince spark wasn't present on there yet as much as it was on Controversy or 1999, for instance... It's a cute little album.

She/He just tries to be different, I mean, he prefers Apollonia 6 over SOTT!!

JoeTyler said:

Dave1992 said:

Interesting. How come, if I may ask? I mean, I like that album too, but that certain Prince spark wasn't present on there yet as much as it was on Controversy or 1999, for instance... It's a cute little album.

She/He just tries to be different, I mean, he prefers Apollonia 6 over SOTT!!

Apollonia 6 is a brilliantly quirky album. If I had included non-official Prince albums too that one would have been in there. Maybe not above SOTT, but nevertheless I do understand its appeal fully!

Dave1992 said:

JoeTyler said:

She/He just tries to be different, I mean, he prefers Apollonia 6 over SOTT!!

Apollonia 6 is a brilliantly quirky album. If I had included non-official Prince albums too that one would have been in there. Maybe not above SOTT,

exactly

sott never made my list, nor lovesexy

I just didn't "get" them

ZombieKitten said:

sott never made my list, nor lovesexy

I just didn't "get" them

lovesexy stinks, but SOTT??, c'mon now

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

sott never made my list, nor lovesexy

I just didn't "get" them

lovesexy stinks, but SOTT??, c'mon now

what year was it out? I was 16 or something, didn't have the attention span for a double album

ZombieKitten said:

JoeTyler said:

lovesexy stinks, but SOTT??, c'mon now

what year was it out? I was 16 or something, didn't have the attention span for a double album

1987! SOTT is perfect for +30 years old people give it another chance!

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

what year was it out? I was 16 or something, didn't have the attention span for a double album

1987! SOTT is perfect for +30 years old people give it another chance!

sorry, I have tried and tried and tried

there are songs I LOVE on it, but also many songs I skip

Dave1992 said:

Interesting. How come, if I may ask? I mean, I like that album too, but that certain Prince spark wasn't present on there yet as much as it was on Controversy or 1999, for instance... It's a cute little album.

Hmmm, not sure how to answer, I just like that album, and the whole pre-PR period in general.

Crazy You, Baby, In Love, My Love Is Forever, I'm Yours, the singles - these are all great tracks IMO.

My personal Top 10 without a specific order because it changes from time to time:

The Rainbow Children

The Gold Experience

SOTT

Purple Rain

3121

Lovesexy

Come

Emancipation

1999

20TEN

1 Purple rain

2 Lovesexy

3 Parade

4 1999

5 Sign of the times

6 Around the world in a day

7 the rainbow children

8 The gold experience

9 Dirty mind

10 Controversy

1 Sign O The Times

2 Lovesexy

3 1999

4 The Black Album

5 Parade

6 Around The World In A Day

7 Graffiti Bridge

8 Controversy

9 Lotus Flow3r

10 Dirty Mind

1. Lovesexy

2. Purple Rain

3. 1999

4. Graffiti Bridge

5. Dirty Mind

6. Sign o the Times

7. Come

8. Controversy

9. Parade

10. The Gold Experience

Dave1992 said:

(I have found an old thread similar to this, but it is inactive)

So, fellas. Beating a dead horse? Maybe. But why not once again look at each other's lists and think to oneself "hmm.. I might give that one another spin, if it really is in the top 3 of so many people!"?

So, in a particular order, tell me your top ten Prince albums.

I'll start:

1) The Gold Experience

2) 1999

3) Parade

4) Purple Rain

5) Emancipation

6) Dirty Mind

7) Musicology

8) Lovesexy

9) Sign "O" The Times

10) Crystal Ball

I am bias sp Purple Rain is 1st and always will be .

2. 1999

3. Diamonds and Pearls

4. Sign O the Times

5. Gold Xxxperience

6. Prince

7. Controversy

8. Dirty Mind

9. Musicology

10 .Emancipation

All of these albums were artistic as well as influencial . I was rather young when his masterpieces were released but I will never 4get the Dbl shot of Purple with 1999/Purple Rain era .

1. 20Ten

2. New Power Soul

3. Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

4. LotusFlw3r

5. 3121

6. The Rainbow Children

7. Rave Into the Joy Fantasic

8. Musicology

9. Emancipation disc # 1

10. Old Friends for Sale

Love,

Butterscotch

ButterscotchThighs said:

1. 20Ten

2. New Power Soul

3. Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

4. LotusFlw3r

5. 3121

6. The Rainbow Children

7. Rave Into the Joy Fantasic

8. Musicology

9. Emancipation disc # 1

10. Old Friends for Sale

Love,

Butterscotch

Sign O' The Times

The Rainbow Children

N.E.W.S (NO JOKE)

1999

Parade

Purple Rain

The Gold Experience

LotusFlow3r (single disc only)

O.N.A (Piano)

The Truth

This month my list is...

1. 1999

2. The Gold Experience

3. Come

4. One Nite Alone... (Piano)

5. Dirty Mind

6. Emancipation

7. Prince

8. Around the World In A Day

9. Sign O' the Times

10. The Black Album

I really cannot believe the people putting 20TEN on a list of top 10 best Prince albums of all time.

Nothing definitive, but here i go with today's mood (the task is almost impossible but hell...):

1) Emancipation

2) Lovesexy

3) Parade

4) N.E.W.S.
5) The War

6) Around The World In A Day

7) Come 2 My House

8) Newpower Soul

9) 1999

10) The Gold Experience

databank said:

Nothing definitive, but here i go with today's mood (the task is almost impossible but hell...):

1) Emancipation

2) Lovesexy

3) Parade

4) N.E.W.S.
5) The War

6) Around The World In A Day

7) Come 2 My House

8) Newpower Soul

9) 1999

10) The Gold Experience

Spinlight said:

I really cannot believe the people putting 20TEN on a list of top 10 best Prince albums of all time.

I think that, as an album, it's really interesting and strong. It would easily make my Top 20. It's just that the songs alone are not as strong as on TGE, for instance, where they still have a certain cohesion. But the feeling and sound of 20Ten is really top notch, in my opinion.

Dave1992 said:

Spinlight said:

I really cannot believe the people putting 20TEN on a list of top 10 best Prince albums of all time.

I think that, as an album, it's really interesting and strong. It would easily make my Top 20. It's just that the songs alone are not as strong as on TGE, for instance, where they still have a certain cohesion. But the feeling and sound of 20Ten is really top notch, in my opinion.

It has that "shock of the new" aura, in a couple of years many fans of the album will somehow forget it, but I accept that 20Ten sounds and feels like the best he has done since M/3121 ... I predict that it will be appreciated like other B / 3 stars albums of the man: Come, Batman, Emancipation, Lotus, etc.

For the life of me I can not understand what people hear in "The Gold Experience" Would not make my top 20

1. Lovesexy

2. Parade

3. Dirty Mind

4. 1999

5. Purple Rain

6. SOTT

7. Controversy

8. Prince

9. Emancipation

10. 20Ten

Today its:

1. Sign o the Times

2. Purple Rain

3. Parade

4. The Black Album

5. Lovesexy

6. The Gold Experience

7. 1999

8. Emancipation

9. Crystal Ball

10. 3121

Edit

I need to give special mention to The Family, Jill Jones, and Madhouse 8 & 16, since, thanks to the org reminding me are really Prince albums.

[Edited 10/8/10 13:38pm]

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

For the life of me I can not understand what people hear in "The Gold Experience" Would not make my top 20

It would be OK if someone said "Hey I don't like TGE but I accept that it's full of good songs, it has an energetic rock production and overall it's his best album of the 90s" but the line "for the life of me I can not understand what people hear in "The Gold Experience" just screams "subjectivity"...

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

For the life of me I can not understand what people hear in "The Gold Experience" Would not make my top 20

me neither, but then people like prince at different stages of their lives, and the first album of prince they hear/love influences what they like after that. It's interesting!

JoeTyler said:

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

For the life of me I can not understand what people hear in "The Gold Experience" Would not make my top 20

It would be OK if someone said "Hey I don't like TGE but I accept that it's full of good songs, it has an energetic rock production and overall it's his best album of the 90s" but the line "for the life of me I can not understand what people hear in "The Gold Experience" just screams "subjectivity"...