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'The Vault' Vs. 'Chaos & Disorder' I personally like both albums. They're obviously no where near Prince's best, but I think he's made worst albums. But which do you think is better out of these two "outtake" albums & why? | |
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Tough decision. I immediately loved about half of each album right out the gate and it took a while to appreciate the rest. However, Chaos' weaker material (Dig U Better Dead, I Rock Therefore I Am) is worse than The Vault's (My Little Pill, When The Lights Go Down).
I'd go with The Vault over Chaos. | |
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Chaos & Disorder, no question. I know it gets bagged on a lot, but I actually like all of it. And I love a substantial portion of it.
All these years later, The Vault still has not grown on me. A couple songs are good, but for the most part it's just a blah album for me. | |
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I would give the slight edge to 'The Vault' only because I'm not sure if I like every song off of 'Chaos'...btw Being that these songs were from the infamous "Vault", how exited could you be for more tracks like these???? | |
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This is a little tough, because I LOVE ''When The Lights Go Down'' and just the whole blusey vibe of 'Vault', but I give the nod to 'Chaos' though. Think it's better as an overall album (although they both were throwaways). | |
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I like both and they are completely different albums, musically. Both have their moments of absolute brilliance, but I'm in the mood to listen to Chaos more often, because of the gritty, dirty, but still polished mid-90s sound that I'm so in love with. | |
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Easy, The Vault.
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The Vault.
Because I really don't like Chaos&Disorder, sorry. "The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius." O.Wilde | |
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Chaos and Disorder.....4 The Same December Alone!!...never mind Dig U Better Dead or I Like It There!! | |
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Completely agree.'I Rock Therefore I Am' gets more embarrassing with every listen. | |
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gunner82 said: I personally like both albums. They're obviously no where near Prince's best, but I think he's made worst albums. But which do you think is better out of these two "outtake" albums & why? Very hard to say - Chaos feels more if an album even if it dies have I e if the worst tracks ever (Had U) but I still feel grubby listening to it. The Vault on the other hand feels like some bootleg of substandard stuff that (apart from extraordinary)...I can see why most of the stuff on the vault never saw the light of day before | |
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They both have some great stuff with a couple of duffers each. I think the bad tracks on C&D outweigh the bad tracks on The Vault though. | |
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The Vault, easily. but I look at them as companion pieces. | |
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When they were released...Chaos by far...but now?? The Vault by a mile. Chaos got old fast, while The Vault is aging like a fine wine.
When the Lights Go Down is turning into one of my fave tracks ever from the guy. Did I see someone on here calling it a weak track? Really? It's all a matter of opinion, but this track is anything but weak. | |
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Your comment was right on point! I absolutely agree. I never really saw why 'The Vault" was dogged so hard, honestly. We all [Prince Fans at least] knew it was outtakes from the very beginning. And when you think about it, Prince kept [mostly] all of his best unreleasd stuff for himself. None of his best boots got released at all [outside of "Old Friends For Sale"] under WB. | |
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"Chaos And Disorder" sounds like a real album. "The Vault" sounds like a compilation.
The weakest song on "Chaos And Disorder" is "I Rock, Therefore I Am", IMHO. I've always loved "Had U". It's a fantastic "outro" track. Even the "Walt Disney" songs ("The Same December" and "Right The Wrong") are okay.
There are probably more songs I would skip on "The Vault". I prefer the unreleased versions of "5 Women" (no horns) and "Old Friends 4 Sale" (more passionate). To me, "My Little Pill" is the least interesting "song" from the I'll Do Anything sessions. "Sarah" is another throwaway song. "Extraordinary" sounds like "Damn U", only way less interesting.
On another hand, "When The Lights Go Down" is one of my favorite songs by Prince. I'm with you on that one, Poplife88. | |
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Still convinced that prince should have given warners just two or three more good songs and "chaos and disorder" would would have been one of his best rock albums. Here's how I like to listen to it: 01. Chaos & Disorder 02. I like it there 03. Dinner with Delores 04. Calhoun Square 05. The same December 06. Da Bang 07. Into the Light 08. I Will 09. Zanalee (original) 10. Empty Room 11. Had U :drool: But, as they were released, I still like Chaos more since the good songs are real favorites of mine. Plus it just feels more like an album (there was even a recording session specifically for this album). The vault is very nice but suffers from some very dubious song selections, like My Little Pill and Old Friends '91, which is an insult compared to the original. Why not include "I'll do anything" and the fast funky version of "Make Believe"? They would have given the whole thing an air of effort and focus. The idea of fleshing the "I'll do Anything" sessions out with a few more funky jazz numbers is a very good one but the way it took shape feels a bit too "what could have been". Fcuz, Chaos suffers from that too, hence my own tracklist. Still, when all is said and done, I'm just glad that we have them since I've listened to both many, many times. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Right, When The Lights Go Down is so good that I feel bad for the ones that just don't get it! | |
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I always liked Chaos for the rawness. But lately The Vault has been sounding great.
There's some good shit on both.
I'm on the fence just now
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
KrystleEyes 22/03/05 | |
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You can easily make C&D a solid LP by just adding the tracks from CB that date from the same period any way - errr, just like you did above! I was just agreeing
Calhoun Square, what a song! | |
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"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius." O.Wilde | |
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Chaos & Disorder | |
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"chaos and disorder"........can't remember the last time i listened to "the vault". "sarah" is the only song i like. that's just me. | |
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i like the vault... better, but chaos isn't that bad either (the first few tracks kick much ass ) For all time I am with you, you are with me. | |
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The Vault by some distance. When The Lights Go Down, There Is Lonely and Extraordinary are awesome. | |
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Chaos and Disorder for sure. That album will always be special to me because that was the first Prince album I ever heard. I bought it (along with The Hits 1/2) in the summer of 1996 and my love of Prince was instantly ignited. I still think that the first side is the best "rock" music that he has ever released.
I quite like The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale and it does hold together as an album better than it should but it's not quite as cohesive as Chaos and Disorder. As a relatively new fan it was disappointing that I was getting much more enjoyment out of a contractural obligation album than I was from Prince's new albums the were released around the same time (Newpower Soul and Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic). | |
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Dont hate either, but their defintley the worst, next 2 GB sorry
But i'll go with Disorder & Chaos, it had a few good finds on it. "How Can I Stand To..Stay Where I Am? Poor Butterfly Who..Dont Understand." P | |
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I'll go for The Vault, as I prefer the light and airy feel to the album, and I think it flows better.
It also has IMO the best intro ever to a Prince song, in When The Lights Go Down. Little? Yeah, right. It might be little but it's loud | |
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i gave chaos and disorder to a charity shop. i have the vault but rarely listen to it. both were lazy, uninspired contract fillers. don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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but ironically better than the major albums that were released by him in those same 2 years. | |
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