Here's my list:

The Black Album

Reason: I really only like 2 songs: Bob George & Rock Hard in a Funky Place. The stale drum programming on a lot of the tracks makes it a tough listen. Dead On It is funky as hell, but the lyrics suck.

Chaos & Disorder

Reason: For a guitar rock album, there’s actually not enough guitar for me. I Will has probably the best solo on the album, and it’s kind of a slow song. On tracks like, Chaos & Disorder, I Like It There, and the Same December, I was waiting for him to shred, and it just didn’t happen.

20ten

Reason: It sounds like Prince imitating somebody who is trying to imitate Prince. The songs use some of his classic sounds, but not in compelling ways. The melodic hooks aren’t memorable. The drum patterns aren’t exciting. The lyrics are half baked. I like Prince classic sound as much as the next person. I just wished I got some classic songs to go with the sounds.

A lot of his downloaded and European releases because I either didn't know about it or lost it when I divorced and moved (long story)

controversy99 said:

Here's my list:

The Black Album

Reason: I really only like 2 songs: Bob George & Rock Hard in a Funky Place. The stale drum programming on a lot of the tracks makes it a tough listen. Dead On It is funky as hell, but the lyrics suck.

Graffiti Bridge: Did you hear the music featured on that album? Besides Question Of U, its all a bunch of trash, atleast to my ears, and I also cant stand the movie, what I saw of it anyways, Ive never watched the movie in its entirety/full. Just couldnt stand this era maybe cause it all circulated around an awful movie, and the songs were creative, but terrible misjangled sounding

20Ten: Wasnt sold in the U.S so I guess Prince, didnt wont my money , and after hearing it, it was not as bad as people made it out to be, but defintley wasnt worth the selling price on amazon or ebay. I can do with out this album, I only like sticky like glue, and sorta like Laydown

The Black Album: Just didnt ever buy it, even when I found a copy for like 3$, I still had no thrill to purchase it. I think I like the myth of the whole album being "bad" Im sorry but ive fed into the myth, the idea of Prince feeling the album was wicked. Yes Prince you got me on that one

Chaos & Disorder: If you heard this album, you know exactly why I dont own this album. Its so bad, I cant think of even one song I like on it.

NEWS: Never heard one song off this album, which I heard is four jazz songs that our boring, but I would be willing 2 listen 2 it atleast, but cannot find a copy anywhere

Raveun2: My ex boyfriend stole this album after our break-up that was years ago, I purchased a copy again 4 years ago, and I left it in an unsafe place, and someone sat on it during a party, I threw. Then just last year my sister gave me a copy, then took it back during an argument we had, she always goes straight for the Prince merch d*mn, so I guess me, and this album werent meant to be, although I think the album is only okay, but still its worth having, but oh well its what ever

So only 3 albums by choice, I feel embarassed as a fan

I haven't listened to a lot of the NPGMC stuff. I have it on my computer, but I just haven't gotten around to listening to it because other good music seems to take priority.

weak.

20ten - ehhh....dont feel like ordering it off of ebay.

news - gave it away...hated it

I think thats all but not really 100% sure

I think I have them all, but I'm not sure

After Emancipation, I found the plastic years to be dreadful. So I collected his music simply as a completist, but I don't think I listenned to every song all the way through. I gave most songs about a 10 second listen.

It's really kind of bizarre to me that I find about 50% of his material now to be sub-par. That's a high number of songs for someone of Prince's caliber.

I could never tell you how good a cake is without tasting all the layers....

Why would someone have all of his albums, but not want the last one he/she needed, because he/she did not like a couple of tracks?

If I based my collection on that kind of tactic, I would have about 2 albums.

imago said:

After Emancipation, I found the plastic years to be dreadful. So I collected his music simply as a completist, but I don't think I listenned to every song all the way through. I gave most songs about a 10 second listen.

If, after Emancipation you did not give most songs more than a 10 second listen, how do you know that they were dreadful?

[Edited 6/26/11 18:17pm]

NouveauDance said:

controversy99 said:

Here's my list:

The Black Album

Reason: I really only like 2 songs: Bob George & Rock Hard in a Funky Place. The stale drum programming on a lot of the tracks makes it a tough listen. Dead On It is funky as hell, but the lyrics suck.

i figured somebody might have that reaction.

i love funk -- how can you not with albums like One Nation Under a Groove, Dirty Mind, and Love, Power, Peace (James Brown) out there? but the best funk has a more dynamic, bouncing, swinging rhythm section than what the black album offers, imho.

There's some NPG Music Club stuff I'm missing here and there. Why? Because I didn't trust Prince's subscription web dabblings. I may get around to filling those gaps eventually, for completist reasons. But I've heard much of the material, and based on how it struck me, I'm in no rush.

i have around 10 prince albums and i dont remember which ones lol

my son has 27 albums and i dont remember which ones they are either

he recently bought lotusflower and he loves both mplsound and lotusflower

thisisit said:

i have around 10 prince albums and i dont remember which ones lol

my son has 27 albums and i dont remember which ones they are either

he recently bought lotusflower and he loves both mplsound and lotusflower

What about the Bria cd???

davetherave6767 said:

What about the Bria cd???

hmm i might let him get his own org account so he can tell u his views on that himself but here's a brief introduction to him if he ever comes on this site..

he absolutely adores prince's music, he thinks his interviews and antics are thorough timeless genius, he thinks porn is the funniest thing he's ever accidently seen, and he takes shit from utterly no one.

20Ten

3121: I owned this one for years and sold it off for a few bucks recently. Just nothing compelling me to return to it.

Planet Earth: Same deal here. A few nice moments, but otherwise I just did not have a compelling need to own PE anymore.

20ten: I actually like this one, but it hasn't exactly been readily available in the states. I may eBay it eventually.

I don't know if they're albums or not, but I don't have (or heard, other than PFUnk or whatever it was called ) anything he released online only. I never download anything. If I can't buy it in a store, then I don't bother with it. I don't have that last album he released in the newspaper in Europe either

NouveauDance said:

controversy99 said:

Here's my list:

The Black Album

Reason: I really only like 2 songs: Bob George & Rock Hard in a Funky Place. The stale drum programming on a lot of the tracks makes it a tough listen. Dead On It is funky as hell, but the lyrics suck.

I know.

the NPGMC stuff, ONA box, and Rave In2.

Cant find it or they're expensive, lol

After collecting from 1989 up to 2003 mostly out of habit, I've decided to stop buying Prince albums.

What's the use of owning CDs, if you don't like to listen to them?!

With the internet I have the possibility of listening to an album 1st and then decide, if I want to buy it (=quality control of the costumer!). Unfortunately the new material wasn't to my taste at all so far!

[Edited 6/26/11 22:00pm]

ecstasy said:

the NPGMC stuff, ONA box, and Rave In2.

Cant find it or they're expensive, lol

I think I found both ONA box and Ravein2 on an auction site for around 40 bucks. Of course the NPGMC stuff isn't available anymore .

At this time, I don't see the point in buying Crystal Ball or the ONA Live box set.

The money is being spent on schoolbooks for the same prices, priorities, priorities

There are 2 albums I'm lacking an original copy of: Goldnigga and The Undertaker.

I want to have them, but they are damn expensive.

Someday...

The comment on The Black Album beeing a "bad album",

oh dear.... it's funky as h*ll !!!

should I or

I have all official, but I only have burned copies of:

One Nite Alone.. Piano

Xpectations*

they are pretty awfull.

(was * ever released on CD?)

SquirrelMeat said:

I could never tell you how good a cake is without tasting all the layers....

Well put. Not having everything he's released is a strange concept to me.

[Edited 6/27/11 5:15am]

thedance said:

Xpectations*

(was * ever released on CD?)

Nope.

thedance said:

The comment on The Black Album beeing a "bad album",

oh dear.... it's funky as h*ll !!!

should I or

I have all official, but I only have burned copies of:

One Nite Alone.. Piano

Xpectations*

they are pretty awfull.

(was * ever released on CD?)

No it never was.

I don't have ONA...Piano or Lotusflow3r. I obviously have burned copies but I refuse to pay ridiculous amounts on ebay for ONA...Piano and I've only seen Lotusflow3r as an expensive import. If I see it cheap, I'll pick it up and I was tempted when I saw the vinyl but nah I'm really not a collector anymore.

TheDigitalGardener said:

imago said:

After Emancipation, I found the plastic years to be dreadful. So I collected his music simply as a completist, but I don't think I listenned to every song all the way through. I gave most songs about a 10 second listen.

If, after Emancipation you did not give most songs more than a 10 second listen, how do you know that they were dreadful?

[Edited 6/26/11 18:17pm]

My keen, impeccable, and infallible intuition of course. Also, those songs were dreadful.