dyvrdown said:

i think its an ok album, and i dont see why some people put it above all his others. i know everybodys gonna say the best part about it is kiss... but id like to know what else everyone loves about it so much? its just such an odd sounding album to me. maybe thats whats so appealing to everyone?

and kiss makes me cringe

but then again, lots of my favorites seem to be the ones that everyone dislikes the most. so maybe im just weird? is there anybody who actually doesnt like parade? or dare i ask (again..) kiss?

Tom Jones ruined Kiss for me for years, but it's a great track, the entire album is just brilliant...but it's all about Mountains, Anotherloverholeinyohead and Girls and Boys for me...fantastic stuff!

^Wow! NPG Vandals! Stay as far away from that crap as possible!!

OMG!! NPG vandals polluting the org.

Avoid them folks, they will (no doubt) be mp3 sourced crap, labeled as "remasters."

If you want a proper collection of music from UTCM get the one mentioned in this thread http://prince.org/msg/7/3...?&pg=3

its not my fave album but it holds a special place in my heart cuz of the parade tour 1986 and my first prince concert.eye always loved the vids 2 kiss,mountains but 2 b at wembley areana in 86 & hear the parade album live was a dream 4me.LONDON ENGLAND EYE THINK EYE WANNER DANCE!WOW WOW WOW

davetherave6767 said:

its not my fave album but it holds a special place in my heart cuz of the parade tour 1986 and my first prince concert.eye always loved the vids 2 kiss,mountains but 2 b at wembley areana in 86 & hear the parade album live was a dream 4me.LONDON ENGLAND EYE THINK EYE WANNER DANCE!WOW WOW WOW

What?

For what it's worth here is my opinion in brief..

PARADE is so much more than ONE album.. it's about an era in time that was more than just one mere record.

It was artwork, concert, 12 inches, b sides and anything extra and so much more inbetween.

I never actually went to the Parade tour, I was only just getting into Prince at the time and that amounted to knowing the song Kiss. But over time I have come to idlise that era more and more.

Try watching the Under The Cherry Moon Premiere, or listening to the 12 inch version of Mountains..

Get some records so that you can properly look at the beautiful artwork. Maybe feeling like you were there at the time will give you a connection to the album. For me it has.

It's funny though because if Prince plays Mountains in his concert these days the reaction is always so much more muted than it is to a song like Peach. That always upsets me but I guess it just shows how old the album is and that some Prince fans or people just going along to the concert might not even know it?!

For what it's worth here is my opinion in brief..

PARADE is so much more than ONE album.. it's about an era in time that was more than just one mere record.

It was artwork, concert, 12 inches, b sides and out takes (Charade) and anything extra and so much more inbetween.

I never actually went to the Parade tour, I was only just getting into Prince at the time and that amounted to knowing the song Kiss. But over time I have come to idlise that era more and more.

Try watching the Under The Cherry Moon Premiere, or listening to the 12 inch version of Mountains..

Get some records so that you can properly look at the beautiful artwork. Maybe feeling like you were there at the time will give you a connection to the album. For me it has.

It's funny though because if Prince plays Mountains in his concert these days the reaction is always so much more muted than it is to a song like Peach. That always upsets me but I guess it just shows how old the album is and that some Prince fans or people just going along to the concert might not even know it?!

[Edited 4/5/11 9:07am]

EVERYTHING WAS GREAT ABOUT PARADE!!!! SERIOUSLY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!!!

It still sounds like nothing else and should be in Prince's top 5 best albums.

I think Parade is a great album, but very difficult to get into on the first listen. The first couple of tracks are far from commercial. To full appreciate the whole Parade period, it's worth obtaining the extended versions of mountains and Anotherlover... they are amazing. Then pehaps throw in the full version of Love or Money. Then have another listen.

What I like about that album is that after the curveball of Around The World in a Day, prince didn't listen to critics who wanted him to go back to the Purple Rain sound. Parade was a very brave album considering.

pepper7 said:

For what it's worth here is my opinion in brief..

PARADE is so much more than ONE album.. it's about an era in time that was more than just one mere record.

It was artwork, concert, 12 inches, b sides and anything extra and so much more inbetween.

I never actually went to the Parade tour, I was only just getting into Prince at the time and that amounted to knowing the song Kiss. But over time I have come to idlise that era more and more.

Try watching the Under The Cherry Moon Premiere, or listening to the 12 inch version of Mountains..

Get some records so that you can properly look at the beautiful artwork. Maybe feeling like you were there at the time will give you a connection to the album. For me it has.

It's funny though because if Prince plays Mountains in his concert these days the reaction is always so much more muted than it is to a song like Peach. That always upsets me but I guess it just shows how old the album is and that some Prince fans or people just going along to the concert might not even know it?!

those earlier albums just blow up ... it's totally about the whole era

Spinlight said:

davetherave6767 said:

its not my fave album but it holds a special place in my heart cuz of the parade tour 1986 and my first prince concert.eye always loved the vids 2 kiss,mountains but 2 b at wembley areana in 86 & hear the parade album live was a dream 4me.LONDON ENGLAND EYE THINK EYE WANNER DANCE!WOW WOW WOW

What?

what?

^^ Huh?