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Thread started 06/27/11 3:33am

Adorecream

Any Prince albums you would give less than 2 stars out of 5 too

Are there any albums of Prince's which are just so bad that you would give them less than 2 stars or 39% or less out of 100. Meaning less than, so not counting 2 star out of 5.

I would

1 star albums

Indigo Nights

Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic

Newpowersoul

Chaos and Disorder

0 star albums

Kamasutra

negative star albums

The Rainbow children (-2 stars)

These albums are all just so unremarkable I never listen to them

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Reply #1 posted 06/27/11 3:42am

thedance

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the bottom of Prince albums looks like this imo.

Out of 5:

3121 (2,5)
Planet Earth (2.5)
Newpower Soul (2)
One Nite Alone... Piano (1.5)
N.E.W.S. (1)

One Nite Alone... Live (1)

Xpectations (1)
Indigo Nights (1)
Kamasutra (0)

I rank The Rainbow Children rather high,

just outside a Prince top 10.

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Reply #2 posted 06/27/11 3:58am

Chiquetet

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I have heard TRC called a lot of things, but that's the first time I've heard it described as unremarkable.

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Reply #3 posted 06/27/11 4:05am

JoeTyler

Kamasutra

NEWS

The Chocolate Invasion

The Slaughterhouse

[Edited 6/27/11 4:38am]

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Reply #4 posted 06/27/11 4:24am

NouveauDance

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Rave

MPLSound

Musicology

3121

NPGMC stuff

Emancipation

Kamasutra

All the shitty official live releases.

Edit - And 20Ten - so shitty I forgot all about it.

[Edited 6/27/11 8:26am]

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Reply #5 posted 06/27/11 4:32am

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studio albums only. Not counting fan club only releases.

best to worst of the worst

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

New Power Soul

The Rainbow Children

[Edited 6/27/11 4:33am]

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Reply #6 posted 06/27/11 6:31am

DieLon

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You are all crazy. NPS is fantastic.

Are you ready for Jehovah's return? Cuz if you not *holds up TRC*
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Reply #7 posted 06/27/11 6:36am

imago

NPS

20Ten

MPLSFunk

Rave Un2 & Rave In2

Batman

NEWS

COMA-sutra

COME (sorry folks, but I don't like this one)

Prince For You

Chocolate Invasion

All of the music club releases

ONA Live

ONA Piano

And although this isn't an album, Purple and Gold proved that there is no omniscient, divine, and caring God that looks out for us.

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Reply #8 posted 06/27/11 7:37am

mplsmike

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-0 Indigo Nights

1 - News

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need
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Reply #9 posted 06/27/11 9:09am

erik319

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JoeTyler said:

Kamasutra


NEWS


The Chocolate Invasion


The Slaughterhouse

[Edited 6/27/11 4:38am]



I just need to add Mplsound and that's m list too
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Reply #10 posted 06/27/11 10:11am

BruthaMoorice

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Rave 2stars

Emancipation 2stars

news 1

321 (i cant even remeber the numbers) 1star

musicology 2 stars

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Reply #11 posted 06/27/11 10:15am

Graycap23

Adorecream said:

Are there any albums of Prince's which are just so bad that you would give them less than 2 stars or 39% or less out of 100. Meaning less than, so not counting 2 star out of 5.

I would

1 star albums

Indigo Nights

Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic

Newpowersoul

Chaos and Disorder

0 star albums

Kamasutra

negative star albums

The Rainbow children (-2 stars)

These albums are all just so unremarkable I never listen to them

Any credibility u might have had............is GONE.

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Reply #12 posted 06/27/11 10:25am

NDRU

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Indigo Nights is fantastic!

I would only give 2 or less to:

Kamasutra

But if it's relative to other Prince albums, not other artist's albums then I would include

News (if only for track one, I like the rest)

NPS

Rave

Planet Earth

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Reply #13 posted 06/27/11 10:25am

Genesia

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Kamasutra disbelief

Everything else has at least a couple redeeming tracks.

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Reply #14 posted 06/27/11 11:17am

ufoclub

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As albums... Where the sequence of songs works towards a cohesive concept or mood... The worst is stuff like The Vault, Chaos and Disorder, and I think Batman has no album glue despite it's Batman film related samples or names.
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Reply #15 posted 06/27/11 12:39pm

daPrettyman

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Genesia said:

Kamasutra disbelief

Everything else has at least a couple redeeming tracks.

Amen!

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Reply #16 posted 06/27/11 1:35pm

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Graycap23 said:

Adorecream said:

Are there any albums of Prince's which are just so bad that you would give them less than 2 stars or 39% or less out of 100. Meaning less than, so not counting 2 star out of 5.

I would

1 star albums

Indigo Nights

Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic

Newpowersoul

Chaos and Disorder

0 star albums

Kamasutra

negative star albums

The Rainbow children (-2 stars)

These albums are all just so unremarkable I never listen to them

Any credibility u might have had............is GONE.

...Because they don't like an album? neutral

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Reply #17 posted 06/27/11 1:37pm

Graycap23

smoothcriminal12 said:

Graycap23 said:

Any credibility u might have had............is GONE.

...Because they don't like an album? neutral

If TRC is a negative 2.............I'm questioning his/her taste in Prince's music.

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Reply #18 posted 06/27/11 1:54pm

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Graycap23 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

...Because they don't like an album? neutral

If TRC is a negative 2.............I'm questioning his/her taste in Prince's music.

Well of course it's not negative two, but opinions are opinions. His/her taste could be in one particular era or time period of Prince's music. And I think the main reason many people were turned off from TRC is because of the pseudo-anti semitic lyrics and religious undertones.

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Reply #19 posted 06/27/11 2:02pm

purpledoveuk

1 Star

ONA Piano (and that only got something for arboretum)
NEWS
Xpectation
New Power Soul

1.5 star

Rainbow Children
Planet Earth
Chaos & Disorder
The Vault
20ten
New Power
Rave In2 and Un2
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Reply #20 posted 06/27/11 2:14pm

electricberet

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I'm waiting for someone to say Purple Rain and SOTT just to get everyone riled up. lol

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Reply #21 posted 06/27/11 6:27pm

jpnyc

Crystal Ball (but not The Truth)

TRC

All of the discs credited to the NPG

All of the NPGMC downloads

3121

Planet Earth

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Reply #22 posted 06/28/11 4:13am

Adorecream

smoothcriminal12 said:

Graycap23 said:

If TRC is a negative 2.............I'm questioning his/her taste in Prince's music.

Well of course it's not negative two, but opinions are opinions. His/her taste could be in one particular era or time period of Prince's music. And I think the main reason many people were turned off from TRC is because of the pseudo-anti semitic lyrics and religious undertones.

Thank you, my reasons for giving it a negative rating

Quality of music : Marginal to poor

Quality of song writing/lyrics as compared to usual standards by Prince : Abysmal, slack, basic

Melody: Almost none

Lyrical content: Offensive and hateful, anti Semitic, too pie eyed, forces extremist cult religion on to listeners, politically offensive, possibly racist, sexist and misogynistic, and even homophobic

Number of classic songs: 0

Number of good songs : 0

Number of satisfactory or passable songs: 3

Number of poor songs: The rest

Even without its lyrically odious content, this album would be one out of 5 stars at best.

And I consider myself a big fan of his music,

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Reply #23 posted 06/28/11 5:48am

Graycap23

Adorecream said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Well of course it's not negative two, but opinions are opinions. His/her taste could be in one particular era or time period of Prince's music. And I think the main reason many people were turned off from TRC is because of the pseudo-anti semitic lyrics and religious undertones.

Thank you, my reasons for giving it a negative rating

Quality of music : Marginal to poor

Quality of song writing/lyrics as compared to usual standards by Prince : Abysmal, slack, basic

Melody: Almost none

Lyrical content: Offensive and hateful, anti Semitic, too pie eyed, forces extremist cult religion on to listeners, politically offensive, possibly racist, sexist and misogynistic, and even homophobic

Number of classic songs: 0

Number of good songs : 0

Number of satisfactory or passable songs: 3

Number of poor songs: The rest

Even without its lyrically odious content, this album would be one out of 5 stars at best.

And I consider myself a big fan of his music,

It's all good...............U hate, I love it and the world keeps spinning.

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Reply #24 posted 06/28/11 6:06am

BoySimon

I've been listening to Graffiti Bridge recently. That album deserves a 0-1 score out of 5. Coming where it did, after what is did - Batman isn't a proper Prince album, it's a vanity project... he's a llowed one wink - it is a travesty and no amount of A Question of U, Joy in Repetition or any of The Time songs is going to save it. It's wrong. And, yes, America... I blame you.

If you'd only 'got' the Lovesexy Tour, we would not have this mess of an album, film, project.

America: apologise. lol

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Reply #25 posted 06/28/11 6:09am

Efan

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Lotus

MPLSound

Indigo Nights

Planet Earth and 20ten are right at the 2/2.5 level.

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Reply #26 posted 06/28/11 6:26am

Lammastide

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C&D

New Power Soul

Ultimate Prince

The NPGMC stuff collectively

Chocolate Invasion

The Slaugherhouse

And there are others just scratching the surface of 2/5.

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Reply #27 posted 06/28/11 6:30am

Vict0r

Adorecream said:

0 star albums

Kamasutra

negative star albums

The Rainbow children (-2 stars)

That's a bit harsh on Kamasutra considering it's an instrumental album. Also, The Rainbow Children is a 3 star album in my opinion. Definitely doesn't deserve to be -2.

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Reply #28 posted 06/28/11 6:37am

NouveauDance

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God, The Truth too, I'd forgot about that - it's aged so badly. I never fell like revisiting that album, though I think there's a couple of decent tracks so prob. deserves 2.5 maybe?! Really horrible mastering/production on that album though that is really to it's detriment. Different arrangements and production (even live, or live in the studio) would sort that out. See also: ONA Piano.

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Reply #29 posted 06/28/11 7:03am

Efan

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NouveauDance said:

God, The Truth too, I'd forgot about that - it's aged so badly. I never fell like revisiting that album, though I think there's a couple of decent tracks so prob. deserves 2.5 maybe?! Really horrible mastering/production on that album though that is really to it's detriment. Different arrangements and production (even live, or live in the studio) would sort that out. See also: ONA Piano.

Interesting...I like The Truth much better now than I did when it came out.

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