dyvrdown said:

AhPook said:

Just curious. What's your tracklist?

jam of the year

right back here in my arms

somebodys somebody

get yo groove on

courtin time

betcha by golly wow

white mansion

i cant make u love me

in this bed i scream

one kiss at a time

soul sanctuary

curious child

dreamin about u

the holy river

lets have a baby

saviour

the plan

friend, lover, sister, mother/wife

slave

la la la means i love you

style

sleep around

the love we make

emancipation

i absolutely love the album that way. it makes it one of my favorites. i dont skip any of them.

i dont remember what the names of all the songs i took out were, because.. i totally deleted them lol so.. =p

Interesting. You might want to revisit some of those extra tracks. "My Computer"? Some of those are great. Also check out the live version of "Face Down" from Roseland '97 (Days of Soundboard, vol. 1). It will make you rethink the Emanicpation version.

'Crucial' alone elevates CB above Emancipation. Even if it were a one-song-album, it would be better than E. But we also get Sexual Suicide, Last Heart, Dream Factory, Crystal Ball, Cloreen Baconskin, Movie Star, Hide the Bone?

Yep. CB for me.

Crystal Ball.

Neither one is better than the other; both albums have select good songs...and mediocre songs.

Apples and oranges, y'all.

I swear this exact thread has existed before... maybe more than once.

And don't nobody get any panties in a bunch about my comment, either. I'm not talkin' shit, just makin' an observation.

crystal ball

AhPook said:

Apples and oranges, y'all.

OK, sure if you like. We'll say Emancipation is Apples and Crystal Ball is oranges. OK. But once we get past that, do you like Apples or Oranges better?

18 and over, I wants ta bone ya

But serously I cant decide. Emancipation is quite a fantastic Prince album, to say Emancipation is weak is very very wrong.

Ah screw it, I'm going with Emancipation. Joint 2 Joint, Mr Happy, Sleep Around, Right Back Here In My Arms, Emale, One Of Us, so many great songs! Emancipation all the way, definetly one of his best albums.

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mydrawers said:

AhPook said:

Apples and oranges, y'all.

OK, sure if you like. We'll say Emancipation is Apples and Crystal Ball is oranges. OK. But once we get past that, do you like Apples or Oranges better?

Apples. Although orange juice goes better with booze.

Emancipation is a cohesive whole. Crystal Ball is a box of odds and ends. We don't listen to them in the same way.

Been listening to CB and it's a lot better than I had thought, not sure how I feel about Movie Star, Good Love, and Cloreen Bacon Skin which're potentially grating for obvious reasons........

I still take Emancipation but CB is far more than just the 4 or 5 classic songs within.

funkomatic said:

Crystal Ball by a country mile.