..and I'm talking in the league of say Purple Rain, SOTT etc i.e. A cd that your collection must not be missing at all. For me I have to say that LF [obviously the single disc] still blows me away and it is the last 'must have' in the collection.

Over to you!.

Probably LotusFlower, mainly because its one of only 2 albums I consistently go back and listen to from the 2000s.

Maxwell's BLACKsummer'snight

If I'm thinking I can't live without like I can't live without Purple Rain...I'd have to say Musicology I'd be very sad without..got to listen to that cd daily. Lotusflower and 20Ten are pretty necessary for my collection too, but Musicology is just in my book on the same page with Purple Rain, SOTT, and TGE. Though honestly, most of Prince's cds are essential as just about every cd has a few songs I couldn't live without. And all of his last 4 cds have been like that for me.

Lotusflower. A classic from this era.

20ten

If I'm generous, I'd say TRC. If not, Lovesexy.

Being a completist, it had to be 20ten. My collection wouldn't be complete without it.

One Nite Alone.

single disk Lotusflower is the best Prince record in 15 years easy, but it being associated with MPLSOUND which is amongst the absolute worst of the worst (right there with The Rainbow Children) really taints it in some way for me.

[Edited 9/25/10 12:01pm]

bobsteezy said:

Maxwell's BLACKsummer'snight

BINGO!

Might be all alone here, but Graffiti Bridge, I love almost all of PRINCE'S songs and "Love Machine".

Prince CD's only please - this is about your P collection!

funkyhead said:

Prince CD's only please - this is about your P collection!

Then in that case - The Gold Experience.

20ten, surprisingly. I'm fairly lukewarm toward a lot of Prince's 2000s output, but 20ten hit all the right notes for me.

Tremolina said:

One Nite Alone.

Crystal Ball

'Exodus'.

Which ironically, i lost.

correction.

I buy all of them and I'll continue to do so for as long as he releases music in this format. I like how they look all lined up together on the shelf.

Definitely 20Ten because it has not been released in the States. Even though I'm not loving it, I had to have it.

Lotusflow3r

funkyhead said:

..and I'm talking in the league of say Purple Rain, SOTT etc i.e. A cd that your collection must not be missing at all. For me I have to say that LF [obviously the single disc] still blows me away and it is the last 'must have' in the collection.

Over to you!.

New Power Soul

TGE

TRC

Emancipation

2010

Straight up No Opionuous Argument

EMANCIPATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they'r all essential 2 me, but between lotus and 20ten, i am dig the previous mo' greatly...i think in time it will go down as one of his greatest, along the likes of the rainbow children

MAINLY BECAUSE IM A DEEP PERSON BUT PLANET EARTH MEANT A LOT 2 ME.THE LYRICS ABOUT WHERE THIS PLANET IS HEADING ENVIROMENTALLY.IT WAS ALSO RELEASED THE SAME TIME MY DAD DIED.SO THE RECORD HAS MEANING TO ME.

funkyhead said:

..and I'm talking in the league of say Purple Rain, SOTT etc i.e. A cd that your collection must not be missing at all. For me I have to say that LF [obviously the single disc] still blows me away and it is the last 'must have' in the collection.

Over to you!.

20TEN

I'd say The Rainbow Children.

Lotusflow3r, however, is quite underrated... even by me. Everytime I listen to it, I'm surprised at what I've slept on. Whether it goes down as quintessential Prince, though, won't be decided until I have a few more years to view it in retrospect.

[Edited 10/10/10 7:33am]