TylerHippie said:

I was talking to an orger about the Parade album being overrated, and we both agreed that it was overrated. While we were talking, I checked the album out, and I was suprised at how many songs I liked on the album:"Mountains", "I Wonder U", "New Posistion", "Sometimes It Snows In April", "Kiss"(I prefer watching the video when I hear this song),"Girls & Boys"and"Anotherloverholenyohead".

So what? I like 7 out of 12. It's still overrated. Maybe tracks like "Christopher Tracey's Parade",

"Under The Cherry Moon", "Do U Lie" and "Venus De Milo" slow down the tempo or something, because those songs would've been better left off.

I just don't understand why this album gets more love than "Around The World In A Day" or "Diamonds and Pearls". They're both better than Parade. But maybe it's a taste matter. I prefer to listen to The Black Album instead of Parade. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to bash the album...it's just over hyped.

Tastes certainly vary. Although I do prefer both ATWIAD & Black Album, I do NOT prefer D&P. IMO, D&P is by far his most over rated album. Couple classic tracks (Gett Off, Money Don't Matter) and a whole lotta pandering filler. Parade is High Art in comparison.

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thedance said:

the masterpiece Parade, is a 10/10 experience,

those brilliant singles, 12 inch extended versions,

and excellent b-sides Love Or Money, Alexa De Paris....

and the album.... I enjoy every note on this piece of music, it is so "trippy"

Brilliant LP...... makes this thread creator looking dumb IMO....

Parade: is brilliant.

chrisslope9 said:

thedance said:

the masterpiece Parade, is a 10/10 experience,

those brilliant singles, 12 inch extended versions,

and excellent b-sides Love Or Money, Alexa De Paris....

and the album.... I enjoy every note on this piece of music, it is so "trippy"

Brilliant LP...... makes this thread creator looking dumb IMO....

Parade: is brilliant.

Too many people on here need to realise that their opinon doesn't = fact.

It is the Black Album that is overrated.

^Exactly!

I LOVE Parade.. the ones you mentioned as throwaways I love Lol. I could listen to it all the way through, it's the most unique sounding album I've heard. But yeah, it's okay everyone has different tastes

I love parade....... but i also love ATWD.

Call me crazy but what if Prince had combined these 2 albums? called in a Around the world in a parade or something

But really my only beef i have with the albums is tehre to short! same with dirty mind & controversy so it hink of them as one album sometmes. And mix it that way to

On that note

I adore Diamonds & Pearls!

Thunder is a rip raoring track, Cream was overrated to me as a single at first! but i like it now. Walk don't walk i love the vocals on it, Diamonds & Pearls is a beautiful ballad. And Get Off is a funky single... Money Don't Matter 2 Night, Insatiable both great as well.

Gunsnhalen said:

I love parade....... but i also love ATWD.

Call me crazy but what if Prince had combined these 2 albums? called in a Around the world in a parade or something

i didnt like parade at first, but after listening to it several times its become one of my favorites. every track on it is pure genius. under the cherry moon is a beautiful song also, i dont know why youd want to omit that track(or the others you mentioned really)

NouveauDance said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I love parade....... but i also love ATWD.

Call me crazy but what if Prince had combined these 2 albums? called in a Around the world in a parade or something

I'll say what i want to say just an opinion it's not like Princ eis going to read it and decide oh gunsnhalen he's so right let me combine these 2 albums and re-release them

Gunsnhalen said:

NouveauDance said:

I'll say what i want to say just an opinion it's not like Princ eis going to read it and decide oh gunsnhalen he's so right let me combine these 2 albums and re-release them

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johnart said:

It is the Black Album that is overrated.

Ut oh don't let the Black Album stans hear that.

No.

OK, maybe i'm having a bad week or something, because I rarely get upset about stuff like this.

Parade when compared to Diamonds and Pearls is not a fair comparison. Don't get me wrong, I listened to D&P a great deal when it came out. The tour was brilliant.

Now, I don't know of one musician, singer, songwriter or any other artist who would agree that Parade is not even spinning on the same orbit as Diamonds & Pearls. Yes, SOTT was a highlight, but if anything Parade is more creative, inspired, challenging and unapologetic in its delivery. It is a piece of art, from start to finish. New position, Chris Tracy, I wonder U are some of the most inspired pieces of popular music 'art' ever recorded and I don't think that is just my opinion. They are completely timeless and completely void of all the stupid fashion chasing shit that D&P displayed. This is probably why Prince lost some of his creative respect in the 90's. It's not that the music was bad (some of it was though), it was that the attitude changed and with it some of the artistry was lost.

Anyway, everyone has their right to disagree of prefer one album over another, but to say D&P is 'better' than Parade is not correct! Better to an individual, but better overall, no way. There must be an equation to prove it.

Next we'll be saying that Musicology is a masterpiece and that Controversy is shit.

As another has said in the past... And now for a cup of tea!

Plus, the B-sides and out-takes from the Parade period can make 2 more albums that are better than D&P.

In my opinion of course.

Spinlight said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I'll say what i want to say just an opinion it's not like Princ eis going to read it and decide oh gunsnhalen he's so right let me combine these 2 albums and re-release them

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Adorecream said:

It is not over rated, all of the songs on it are classics. It does not have any of the inconsistencies or filler that his post SOTT output has. The best thing about Parade is its unique sound and pure catchiness. Parade is a cohesive whole, not a patchy set of killer and filler like much of his later albums were (Post 1987 ones). Its in the Top 5 of Prince albums and only had the misfortune of preceding Sign o the Times and its earlier incarnations. The music on Parade is a natural progression from everything before it, and is only really eclipsed by Sign. Even the out takes from Parade are highlights, an Honest Man, Power Fantastic etc.

If Prince was making albums as brilliant as Parade today, the world would be a happier place.

Song ratings

Christopher Tracy's Parade 10/10

New Position 10/10

I Wonder U 10/10

Under the Cherry Moon 10/10 (Very underrated, beautiful ballad)

Girls and Boys 10/10

Life can be so nice 10/10

Venus De Milo 10/10

Mountains 10++++++/10 (Wow this was astounding, words could not describe how brilliant this track is)

Do U lie 10/10

Kiss 10/10 (The fact it was #1 and had been played to death is testament to how brilliant it is

Another lover ..... 10/10 (Another very god mid tempo pop song)

Sometimes it snows in April 10/10 (A beautiful tender ballad, and done well)

Total 120/120 = 100% A Definitely not overrated

Fixed.

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1 of Princes best albums, those tracks add to the feeling of the album

I love this album, its 1 of my favs, along with around the world in a day and controversy

I think Parade has more staying power than some of the other albums. I didn't love it from the off but over time i'd find myself returning to it more and more.

Give it a few years.

1. New Position

2. I Wonder U

3. Girls & Boys

4. Mountais

5. Venus De Milo

6. Kiss

7. Sometimes It Snows In April

8. Anotherholenyohead

9. Alexa De Paris

That's a better album.

lmao all the responses in this thread prove that its overrated.

i only like 2 songs from this album. the rest i cant stand =p especially kiss and do u lie?

why does everybody place this album on such a high pedestal? like its blasphemous to dislike it...

johnart said:

It is the Black Album that is overrated.

good to know im not the only one that thinks this too =p

dyvrdown said:

lmao all the responses in this thread prove that its overrated. >>>

i only like 2 songs from this album. the rest i cant stand =p especially kiss and do u lie?

why does everybody place this album on such a high pedestal? like its blasphemous to dislike it...

^

those who say Parade is overrated are newbies like you.

Old fans know how to appreciate brilliant music,

the fine art that is: Parade.

Parade, one of the greatest albums from Prince..

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thedance said:

dyvrdown said:

lmao all the responses in this thread prove that its overrated. >>>

i only like 2 songs from this album. the rest i cant stand =p especially kiss and do u lie?

why does everybody place this album on such a high pedestal? like its blasphemous to dislike it...

^

those who say Parade is overrated are newbies like you.

Old fans know how to appreciate brilliant music,

the fine art that is: Parade.

Parade, one of the greatest albums from Prince..

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That's not true. I've been a fan since 08', and I still think it's overrated. I know older fans

who don't appreciate Lovesexy. And that's a classic.

It's a matter of taste.

thedance said:

dyvrdown said:

lmao all the responses in this thread prove that its overrated. >>>

i only like 2 songs from this album. the rest i cant stand =p especially kiss and do u lie?

why does everybody place this album on such a high pedestal? like its blasphemous to dislike it...

^

those who say Parade is overrated are newbies like you.

Old fans know how to appreciate brilliant music,

the fine art that is: Parade.

Parade, one of the greatest albums from Prince..

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people like you are the reason kids think the world turns upside down when they turn 18. theyre sick of being talked down to by people older than them.

so what if im young and relatively new to prince's music? im not your average music fan, the kind that just listens to whatever autotuned hip hop and kesha perry pop crud thats on the radio. my being young doesnt make my taste in music as under-developed as most others my age.

No fucking way is this album over-rated. Aging beautifully, if you can even call it aging, as it sounds as fresh as it did in 86. Someone mentioned how can it be under-rated when it got good reviews...but back in the day here in the US...I remember it getting OK reviews, and outside of Kiss wasn't a very good seller. So at the time it WAS under-rated. Now, however, amoungst us orgers, it's almost universally loved...but no way is it over-rated.

My one complaint? It's too short. My extended playlist version is the one that gets the most play.

uuhson said:

i didnt like parade at first, but after listening to it several times its become one of my favorites. every track on it is pure genius. under the cherry moon is a beautiful song also, i dont know why youd want to omit that track(or the others you mentioned really)

^

Listen to this post then, Miss Dyvrdown.

and listen to the Parade album about 23 times, everything will open up for you.

It really is a matter of trying to digest this fantastic music...

It does not come easy to you like a final package:

This album - Parade - really is a lot better than recent albums.

Good luck, doing "the work".