Adorecream said:

JuJu4U said:

Right now..?

1. Dirty Mind

2. Purple Rain

3. 1999

4. Sign O' The Times

5. Parade

6. The Gold Experience

7. Lovesexy

8. Lotusflow3r/MPLSound

9. The Black Album

10. Controversy

Yay! Someone else out there holds "Dirty Mind" as dear as I DO! Besides, it's the album my father stomped up my bedroom stairs, screeched the needle across the record (when he heard "Sister") and busted in 1/2 over his knee! LOL! That's MY #1 TOO and then:

2. "1999"

3. "Sign Of The Times"

4. "Lovesexy"

5. "Hits 1, 2 & B-Sides (for the "B" Sides)

6. "New Power Soul"

7. "Old Friends For Sale"

8. "Controversy"

9. "Purple Rain"

0. "Around The World In A Day"

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[Edited 9/23/13 17:22pm]

whitechocolatebrotha said:

JuJu4U said:

Right now..?

1. Dirty Mind

2. Purple Rain

3. 1999

4. Sign O' The Times

5. Parade

6. The Gold Experience

7. Lovesexy

8. Lotusflow3r/MPLSound

9. The Black Album

10. Controversy

Yay! Someone else out there holds "Dirty Mind" as dear as I DO! Besides, it's the album my father stomped up my bedroom stairs, screeched the needle across the record (when he heard "Sister") and busted in 1/2 over his knee! LOL! That's MY #1 TOO and then:

2. "1999"

3. "Sign Of The Times"

4. "Lovesexy"

5. "Hits 1, 2 & B-Sides (for the "B" Sides)

6. "New Power Soul"

7. "Old Friends For Sale"

8. "Controversy"

9. "Purple Rain"

0. "Around The World In A Day"

[Edited 9/23/13 17:21pm]

[Edited 9/23/13 17:22pm]

I was smart enough not to play songs like Sister, Head or Jack U Off around my parents. I did make the mistake of watching Purple Rain on VHS when my dad walked into the livingroom when Darling Niki came on. He looked at me, stopped the tape and took it. (I got it back later)

chookalana said:

whitechocolatebrotha said:

Yay! Someone else out there holds "Dirty Mind" as dear as I DO! Besides, it's the album my father stomped up my bedroom stairs, screeched the needle across the record (when he heard "Sister") and busted in 1/2 over his knee! LOL! That's MY #1 TOO and then:

2. "1999"

3. "Sign Of The Times"

4. "Lovesexy"

5. "Hits 1, 2 & B-Sides (for the "B" Sides)

6. "New Power Soul"

7. "Old Friends For Sale"

8. "Controversy"

9. "Purple Rain"

0. "Around The World In A Day"

[Edited 9/23/13 17:21pm]

[Edited 9/23/13 17:22pm]

I was smart enough not to play songs like Sister, Head or Jack U Off around my parents. I did make the mistake of watching Purple Rain on VHS when my dad walked into the livingroom when Darling Niki came on. He looked at me, stopped the tape and took it. (I got it back later)

Great stories. Thankfully my parents never did the same. Of course, the albums that came out when I was in high school were Sign of the Times, Lovesexy, and Batman ... not a lot of shock value there, except for the one album cover of course.

controversy99 said:

chookalana said:

I was smart enough not to play songs like Sister, Head or Jack U Off around my parents. I did make the mistake of watching Purple Rain on VHS when my dad walked into the livingroom when Darling Niki came on. He looked at me, stopped the tape and took it. (I got it back later)

Great stories. Thankfully my parents never did the same. Of course, the albums that came out when I was in high school were Sign of the Times, Lovesexy, and Batman ... not a lot of shock value there, except for the one album cover of course.

And much later for me, I came on the bandwagon a bit later with Diamonds and Pearls, but when I was 15 that came out and I wa sinto Prince. My parents did not like him as they thought he was gay and a bit too sexual for their liking. Things got worse with Sexy MF, unfortunately living in New Zealand, we are subjected to regular "Moral Panics" of our right wing media.

In Jul 1992, there were news stories about (Their words not mine) "Negro musical artists with obscene lyrics and themes" as a result Delthafunkee homospaien who had a one off hit with Mr Bobdobalina in early 1992 had his ass searched for drugs at the airport and called NZ racist. The Ice T Bodycount album was banned and Princes single was restricted to 16 year olds and over as it contained the "obscene f word". A year later a story had a mother in histrionics when she discovered her 12 year old son listening to Doggystyle and it showed an image of a boombox playing the lyrix "If you give me 10 bitches and I fuck all 10" and a poll showed 98% of the people wanted the music banned for "extremly obscene and influential themes of rape". There was a similar moral panic over "Put them on the glass" by Sirmixalot and until about 1997, sexy and rude rap songs rarely stayed out of the news.

My parents banned me from listening to him until I was 18, but I always snuck the music into the house. I got SEXY MF the very next day. Basically they never liked any of the rap music I bought and thought it was a bad influence.

1. chaos and disorder

2. parade

3. lovesexy

4. batman

5. for you

6. prince

7. come

8. 20ten

9. lotusflower (first disc only)

10. sign of the times

special mentions to albums just missing out - NPS, symbol, controvery, dirty mind, black album

Time for an update after 46 lists, a couple more mavericks ensruing the rise of a few more diverse albums. Now we have 35 albums on the list, no real change with leaders, but the 3rd and 4th places are close now, people are voting in 1999 and forgetting Parade in the process. On the whole theres more movement in the middle albums and the top ones have increased slower than usual.

1. Sign o the Times 1987, 320 points: 40 lists of out 47

2. Purple Rain 1984, 276 points: 40/47

3. Parade 1986, 233 points: 35/47 Nearly overtaken by 1999

4. 1999 1982, 232 pts 37/47

5. Lovesexy 1988, 207: 37/47

6. ATWIAD 1985, 125: 26/47

7. Dirty Mind 1980, 11: 19/47

8. The Gold Experience 1995, 104 points, so 8 albums have 100 now - 24/47 lists

9. Controversy 1981, 81 : 22/47

10. Rainbow Children 2001, 77: 16

11. Lotusflow3r/MPLSound 2009, 73 pts - 20 lists

12. Lovesymbol 1992, 68 : 16 lists

13. Black Album 1987/94, 61 pts - great climb here : 9 lists

14. Chaos and Disorder 1996, 56 pts another big improvement 9 lists

15. Graffiti Bridge 1990, 48pts : 8 lists

16= Diamonds and Pearls 1991, 45pts 10 lists

16= 3121 2006, 45pts 10 lists

18. Come 1994, 44 pts : 10 lists

19. Batman 1989, 43 pts : 9 lists

20. Prince 1979, 41 pts - 10 lists

21= For You 1978, 37pts - 6 lists

21= Crystal Ball 1998, 37pts - 6 lists

23. Emancipation 1996, 34 pts - 10 lists just one more point in 9 lists

24. Planet Earth 2007, 32pts - 6 lists - no movement at all in 10 lists

25. Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic 199, 18 - 3 lists

26. Musicology 2004, 14 pts - 3 lists

27. Ultimate Prince 2006, 9 points - 3 lists

28= 20 Ten 2010, 6 points 2 lists

28= The Hits/Bsides 1993, 6 points 1 list

30. NewPowersoul 1998, 5 points - 1 list (I don't what you all say, it will count as a Prince album here)

31. The Vault Old Friends 4 Sale 1999, 4 points 1 list

32= N.E.W.S. 2003, 2points - 1 list

32= The Truth, 1998 2 points half of the marks for a person who ranked it equal with crystal ball in 7th place

34. One Nite Alone Piano 2002, 1 point - 1 list

35= All albums failed to score any Top 10 rankings or points

Kamasutra 1998 (1993)

NPGMC Releases 1998 - 2004 (Slaughterhouse, C note, Chocolate invasion, Xpectation)

Rave in 2 the year 2000 (Strange as it has "Beautiful Strange", a standout track on it)

The Very Best of Prince 2001

One Nite Alone 2002

One Nite Alone, The aftershow, it ain't over 2002

Indigo Nights 2008

I'm really shocked Musicology is one of the lowest among regular studio albums and stuff like Batman, Graffiti Bridge and Come are way above it...

Lovesexy

Lotusflow3r

Around The World In A Day

Purple Rain

Sign O The Times

Emancipation

Come

Parade

O-|->

20Ten

..........today's choice............

Adorecream said:

Time for an update after 46 lists, a couple more mavericks ensruing the rise of a few more diverse albums. Now we have 35 albums on the list, no real change with leaders, but the 3rd and 4th places are close now, people are voting in 1999 and forgetting Parade in the process. On the whole theres more movement in the middle albums and the top ones have increased slower than usual.

1. Sign o the Times 1987, 320 points: 40 lists of out 47

2. Purple Rain 1984, 276 points: 40/47

3. Parade 1986, 233 points: 35/47 Nearly overtaken by 1999

4. 1999 1982, 232 pts 37/47

5. Lovesexy 1988, 207: 37/47

6. ATWIAD 1985, 125: 26/47

7. Dirty Mind 1980, 11: 19/47

8. The Gold Experience 1995, 104 points, so 8 albums have 100 now - 24/47 lists

9. Controversy 1981, 81 : 22/47

10. Rainbow Children 2001, 77: 16

11. Lotusflow3r/MPLSound 2009, 73 pts - 20 lists

12. Lovesymbol 1992, 68 : 16 lists

13. Black Album 1987/94, 61 pts - great climb here : 9 lists

14. Chaos and Disorder 1996, 56 pts another big improvement 9 lists

15. Graffiti Bridge 1990, 48pts : 8 lists

16= Diamonds and Pearls 1991, 45pts 10 lists

16= 3121 2006, 45pts 10 lists

18. Come 1994, 44 pts : 10 lists

19. Batman 1989, 43 pts : 9 lists

20. Prince 1979, 41 pts - 10 lists

21= For You 1978, 37pts - 6 lists

21= Crystal Ball 1998, 37pts - 6 lists

23. Emancipation 1996, 34 pts - 10 lists just one more point in 9 lists

24. Planet Earth 2007, 32pts - 6 lists - no movement at all in 10 lists

25. Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic 199, 18 - 3 lists

26. Musicology 2004, 14 pts - 3 lists

27. Ultimate Prince 2006, 9 points - 3 lists

28= 20 Ten 2010, 6 points 2 lists

28= The Hits/Bsides 1993, 6 points 1 list

30. NewPowersoul 1998, 5 points - 1 list (I don't what you all say, it will count as a Prince album here)

31. The Vault Old Friends 4 Sale 1999, 4 points 1 list

32= N.E.W.S. 2003, 2points - 1 list

32= The Truth, 1998 2 points half of the marks for a person who ranked it equal with crystal ball in 7th place

34. One Nite Alone Piano 2002, 1 point - 1 list

35= All albums failed to score any Top 10 rankings or points

Kamasutra 1998 (1993)

NPGMC Releases 1998 - 2004 (Slaughterhouse, C note, Chocolate invasion, Xpectation)

Rave in 2 the year 2000 (Strange as it has "Beautiful Strange", a standout track on it)

The Very Best of Prince 2001

One Nite Alone 2002

One Nite Alone, The aftershow, it ain't over 2002

Indigo Nights 2008

Being a stats geek, I LOVE that you are doing this! Thanks again!

chookalana said:

Being a stats geek, I LOVE that you are doing this! Thanks again!

I love stats, been crunching numbers since I was a baby. Plus its two things I love too here

1. Number crunching

2. Prince albums

Thats maximum joy right there.

1. Planet Earth

2. Rave Un2

3. The Chocolate Invasion

4. Parade

5. Emancipation

6. Purple Rain

7. New Power Soul

8. Lovesexy

9. Symbol

10. The Gold Experience

[Edited 10/8/13 11:53am]

Interesting thread... I guess it just shows to go ya that musical taste is a pretty subjective phenomena.

I believe Lovesexy should be in a category all by itself, easily the best thing P has ever done and nothing else comes close even though he has many totally awesome albums out there. It's a symphonic masterpiece both musically and lyrically.

I think Chaos and Disorder is one of the worst ablums he's ever done except that there are two great songs on it- Dig U Better Dead and Into the Light. The rest is just complete crap... IMHO of course.

The other worse one is Planet Earth. I'm so curious about the few people who put Planet Earth at the very top of their lists.

To me that album was played once and then got used for a shim under at wobbly table leg. You could fall asleep listening to that album in no time at all.

To the peeps who rated it #1 (or put it in the top 10 at all): If there's some way to describe why you think it deserves top honors I'm all ears. I'd really like to know what you hear in it. Personally, I don't know why he even bothered releasing it.

1. Lovesexy

2. Indigo Nights

3. Sign 'o the Times

4. Batman

5. Come

6. 1999

7. One Night Alone (Aftershow only)

8. Newpower Soul
9. Around the World in a Day

10. Tie between Symbol & Diamonds and Pearls

^^ I loved Planet Earth from the moment I first heard it. I was disappointed with Musicology and even more let down with 3121, so admittedly, my expectations for Planet Earth weren't that high.... but it really exceeded all my expectations.

Where do I start? The title track is beyond epic and is probably the best opening track to any Prince album IMO. Guitar and The One U Wanna C are both masterclasses in pop/rock perfection and would almost certainly be considered all-time Prince classics had they been released 20 years previous. All The Midnights In The World is just a gorgeous simple little ballad, Resolution is cheesy with naive lyrics but the jangly guitars and sweet harmonies redeem it and Chelsea Rodgers is Prince's least contrived funk/disco outing in some time. The only real clunker is Mr Goodnight and even that has "guilty pleasure" status in my book.

Add to that the wonderful memories of the 21 Nights shows and you have on your hands the last truly exciting Prince era.

1. Purple Rain

2. SOTT

3. Parade
4. 1999

5. LotusFlow3r

6. Lovesexy

7. Dirty Mind

8. ATWIAD

9. The Gold Experience

10. Controversey

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SomebodysSomebody1985 said:

1. Planet Earth

2. Rave Un2

3. The Chocolate Invasion

4. Parade

5. Emancipation

6. Purple Rain

7. New Power Soul

8. Lovesexy

9. Symbol

10. The Gold Experience

[Edited 10/8/13 11:53am]

THIS might be the most unique list on this thread!

I'm glad I asked people their favorite ten, becasue with a couple exceptions (like SomebodysSomebody1985's list) the top five contain pretty musc the same albums...

1. Parade

2. Sign of the times

3. The Rainbow Children

4. Around the world in a day

5. Lovesexy

6. Purple Rain

7. NEWS

8. Xpectations

9. Exodus

10. The Gold Experience

1999 is the best. After that PR. After that it gets difficult.

Personally, it is almost impossible to make a definitive top 10, but I will give it a go...

In no particular order...

Purple Rain

1999

Parade

The Rainbow Children

Dirty Mind

The Black Album

Sign O the Times

Controversy

Come

LotusFlow3r

For the record, 1999 is the desert island album.