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Thread started 08/30/14 6:25pm

aiden

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RATE THE LAST 7 albums

For me things slowed down artistically for P after The Rainbow Children which still gives me shivers and I believe it's one of his very best records. I know opinions are divided on that. But I believe the last couple albums really were fantastic especially Lotusflow3r. Going to be listening to these a lot in the run up to 29th September, whoop!

Go.....

20ten - 8/10
Lotusflow3r - 9.5/10
MPLsound - 6/10
Indigo Nights - 8/10
Planet Earth - 6/10
3121 - 6/10
Musicology - 7/10
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Reply #1 posted 08/30/14 6:46pm

funksterr

20Ten 3/10

LotusFLowr 6/10

MPLSound 4/10

Indigo Nights 5/10

Planet Earth 3/10

3121 6/10

Musicology 5/10

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Reply #2 posted 08/30/14 7:21pm

aiden

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funksterr said:

20Ten 3/10


LotusFLowr 6/10


MPLSound 4/10


Indigo Nights 5/10


Planet Earth 3/10


3121 6/10


Musicology 5/10



Wow, some low scoring.. 20ten is better than that!!
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Reply #3 posted 08/30/14 9:40pm

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20ten: 3/10

MLPSound: 3/10

Lotus Flower: 5/10

Indigo Nights: Haven't heard yet.

Planet Earth: 7/10

3121: 3/10

Musicology: 9/10

For me, it's been a really bumpy ride since Musicology. Still looking forward to AOA though.

[Edited 8/30/14 21:41pm]

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Reply #4 posted 08/30/14 10:32pm

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2004: Musicology (7)
2004: The Chocolate Invasion (6)
2004: The Slaughterhouse (6)
2004: C-Note (I have not heard this one - ?)
2006: 3121 (5)
2006: Ultimate Prince (Best Of) (10)
2007: Planet Earth (5)
2008: Indigo Nights (Book & CD) (2)
2009: Lotusflower (7)
2009: MPLSound (7)
2010: 20Ten (5)

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Reply #5 posted 08/30/14 10:32pm

LiveToTell86

20ten - 1/10
Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLsound - 4/10
Planet Earth - 6/10
3121 - 9/10
Musicology - 8/10

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Reply #6 posted 08/30/14 11:13pm

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I'll go back to 2001.

TRC: 8/10
ONA: 7/10
ONA Live: 5/10
Random shit that constituted Chocolate Invasion and the Slaughterhouse: 2/10
NEWS: 3/10
CNOTE: Not a real album
Xpectation: Zzzzz
Musicology: 7/10
3121: 9/10
Planet Earth: 4/10
MPLSound: 2/10
LotusFlower: 7/10
20ten: 7/10
Everything he's released since 20ten, with one exception: 2/10
Groovy Potential, the one exception: 7/10
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Reply #7 posted 08/30/14 11:20pm

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20ten - 7/10
Lotusflow3r - 7/10
MPLsound - 7/10
Indigo Nights - Negative Zero -000/10
Planet Earth - 7/10
3121 - 8/10
Musicology - 7/10

Damn almost 7s across the board razz

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Reply #8 posted 08/30/14 11:34pm

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20ten - 7/10
Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLsound - 7/10
Indigo Nights - 7/10
Planet Earth - 7/10
3121 - 6/10
Musicology - 6/10

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Reply #9 posted 08/30/14 11:42pm

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20Ten - do not have it

LotusFLowr 9/10

MPLSound 3/10

Indigo Nights - do not have

Planet Earth - 6/10

3121 6/10

Musicology 4/10

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Reply #10 posted 08/30/14 11:56pm

Romeoblu

The Rainbow Children 9/10
One Nite Alone 5/10
One nite Alone live inc after show 6/10
N.E.W.S 5/10
C-note. 5/10
The Chocolate Invasion 7/10
The Slaughterhouse 5/10
Musicology 8/10
3121 8/10
Planet Earth 7/10
Indigo Nights 2/10
Lotus flower 9/10
Mplsound 8/10
20ten 8/10
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Reply #11 posted 08/31/14 12:09am

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I'll give them all 7/10.

I fail to register MPLSound as anything else than as a bonus disc for the Lotusflow3r record though. It's got some good stuff on it, but if you just look at the way the disc is "structured" it's really not intended as an album that could "stand on its own".

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Reply #12 posted 08/31/14 12:16am

Romeoblu

novabrkr said:

I'll give them all 7/10.

I fail to register MPLSound as anything else than as a bonus disc for the Lotusflow3r record though. It's got some good stuff on it, but if you just look at the way the disc is "structured" it's really not intended as an album that could "stand on its own".




I disagree with you on Mplsound. I actually think it's one of the most consistent albums he's released in years as in terms of the songs sounding as they all belong on the same album.
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Reply #13 posted 08/31/14 12:35am

novabrkr

Romeoblu said:

novabrkr said:

I'll give them all 7/10.

I fail to register MPLSound as anything else than as a bonus disc for the Lotusflow3r record though. It's got some good stuff on it, but if you just look at the way the disc is "structured" it's really not intended as an album that could "stand on its own".

I disagree with you on Mplsound. I actually think it's one of the most consistent albums he's released in years as in terms of the songs sounding as they all belong on the same album.


Really?

Those last two songs coming after "Better With Time" don't really work at all as a sequence to me. You're right in the sense that he's had releases that are more all over the place than that one though.

Mainly I was just referring to how, for example, the first track doesn't really sound like a "Prince album opener" to me. It's more like the second CD on Emancipation in that sense. The length of the disc and the way its paced just feels like "the second CD" of a multidisc release.

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Reply #14 posted 08/31/14 1:34am

dm3857

I've been listening to a lot of P's 2000's output ever since the 2 new albums were announced.

20ten: 7

LotusFlower: 9

Planet Earth: 6

3121: 8

Musicology: 7

The Slaughter House: I haven't listened to all of it.

The Chocolate Invasion: 7

The Rainbow Children: 8

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Reply #15 posted 08/31/14 1:37am

IheartCali

20ten - 2/5
Lotusflow3r - 3.5/5
MPLsound - 2/5
Indigo Nights - 3.5/5
Planet Earth - 3/5
3121 - 2/5
Musicology - 3/5

The variety of genre within the quantity is the reason why Prince is my favorite...that and the live sound =). never expect an album only full of hits form Prince~

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Reply #16 posted 08/31/14 1:40am

NouveauDance

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20ten - beatdeadhorse
Lotusflow3r - drink
MPLsound - dead
Indigo Nights - boo
Planet Earth - music
3121 - zzz
Musicology - cooked

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[Edited 8/31/14 1:42am]

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Reply #17 posted 08/31/14 2:16am

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aiden said:

For me things slowed down artistically for P after The Rainbow Children which still gives me shivers and I believe it's one of his very best records. I know opinions are divided on that. But I believe the last couple albums really were fantastic especially Lotusflow3r. Going to be listening to these a lot in the run up to 29th September, whoop! Go..... 20ten - 8/10 Lotusflow3r - 9.5/10 MPLsound - 6/10 Indigo Nights - 8/10 Planet Earth - 6/10 3121 - 6/10 Musicology - 7/10

Lotus

3121

indigo
planet

MPLSound

20ten

musicology

I don't like putting marks out of ten so have ordered them in order of preference. Lotus is top by a long shot and Musicology is bottom by just as much. Unlike most I love Indigo Nights and it's up there accordingly. I was at both shows which were used for the tracks on the disc and maybe that raises it up for me? I have the complete shows on boots but love that the tracks here are in soundboard quality.

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Reply #18 posted 08/31/14 2:22am

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20ten - 8/10
Lotusflow3r - 5/10
MPLsound - 5/10
Indigo Nights - 2/10
Planet Earth - 4/10
3121 - 6/10
Musicology - 6/10

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Reply #19 posted 08/31/14 2:33am

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aiden said:

For me things slowed down artistically for P after The Rainbow Children which still gives me shivers and I believe it's one of his very best records. I know opinions are divided on that. But I believe the last couple albums really were fantastic especially Lotusflow3r. Going to be listening to these a lot in the run up to 29th September, whoop! Go..... 20ten - 8/10 Lotusflow3r - 9.5/10 MPLsound - 6/10 Indigo Nights - 8/10 Planet Earth - 6/10 3121 - 6/10 Musicology - 7/10

Where r Elixer and Superconductor?

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Reply #20 posted 08/31/14 2:38am

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databank said:

aiden said:

For me things slowed down artistically for P after The Rainbow Children which still gives me shivers and I believe it's one of his very best records. I know opinions are divided on that. But I believe the last couple albums really were fantastic especially Lotusflow3r. Going to be listening to these a lot in the run up to 29th September, whoop! Go..... 20ten - 8/10 Lotusflow3r - 9.5/10 MPLsound - 6/10 Indigo Nights - 8/10 Planet Earth - 6/10 3121 - 6/10 Musicology - 7/10

Where r Elixer and Superconductor?

Prince doesn't sing on Elixer, (well , one song) and only co-wrote 3 tracks on Super. There's no way they should be considered Prince albums.

[Edited 8/31/14 2:39am]

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Reply #21 posted 08/31/14 3:03am

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Romeoblu said:

novabrkr said:

I'll give them all 7/10.

I fail to register MPLSound as anything else than as a bonus disc for the Lotusflow3r record though. It's got some good stuff on it, but if you just look at the way the disc is "structured" it's really not intended as an album that could "stand on its own".




I disagree with you on Mplsound. I actually think it's one of the most consistent albums he's released in years as in terms of the songs sounding as they all belong on the same album.

I agree that it sounds like it all belongs together it's just a shame it's a piece of shit. His worst since NPS. IMO of course. smile
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Reply #22 posted 08/31/14 3:45am

donnyenglish

Assuming Sign O the Times is a 10 and Batdance is a 0 then my ratings are:

20ten - 1
Lotusflow3r 5
MPLsound - 4
Indigo Nights 3
Planet Earth 5
3121 8
Musicology 8
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Reply #23 posted 08/31/14 4:22am

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aiden said:

For me things slowed down artistically for P after The Rainbow Children which still gives me shivers and I believe it's one of his very best records. I know opinions are divided on that. But I believe the last couple albums really were fantastic especially Lotusflow3r. Going to be listening to these a lot in the run up to 29th September, whoop! Go..... 20ten - 8/10 Lotusflow3r - 9.5/10 MPLsound - 6/10 Indigo Nights - 8/10 Planet Earth - 6/10 3121 - 6/10 Musicology - 7/10

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TRC 9.5

ONA 8.5 (Would be rated higher, possibly a 10, if "The Work" and "Last December" were included.)

Musicology 8

3121 7.5 (Would be rated higher, probably a 9, if "Lolita" features guitars rather than keyboards and if "The Word" was more like the live version from ALMA". And, while I love the lyrics to "Love," I would love for it to be played with guitars and horns rather than keyboards.)

Planet Earth 7 (The lyrics of "Mr. Goodnight" almost make me not want to hear the entire album.)

Indigo Nights 7

Loutusflow3r/MPLSound 8.5 ("F.U.N.K." should have been included in this set, and "Colonized Mind" is one of my all-time favorite Prince songs, and I've been a fan since 1979. It is in my top ten favorite Prince songs even though it's a rip off of another song. He didn't write "Party Up," and that's in my top ten also.)

20Ten 8 (Yet, I do have "Cause and Effect," which I love, listed as the first track, followed by "Compassion".)

*

All of the singles released since 2013 have been between 7.5 and 10, except for "The Breakdown," which is a 0 for me, but overall that means that I'm still moved by much of what Prince creates. I am disappointed that "Rock-n-Roll Love Affair" and "Screwdriver" didn't make either new album, but there seems to be more songs that I like on both albums than songs I don't like so I'll wait to see how I rate them.

[Edited 8/31/14 4:35am]

[Edited 8/31/14 5:14am]

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Reply #24 posted 08/31/14 5:07am

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20ten - 3/10
Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLsound - 5/10
Indigo Nights - 5/10
Planet Earth - 3/10
3121 - 6/10
Musicology - 3/10

[Edited 8/31/14 5:08am]

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Reply #25 posted 08/31/14 5:26am

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20ten - 4/10
Lotusflow3r - 9/10
MPLsound - 8/10
Indigo Nights - 1/10
Planet Earth - 6/10
3121 - 4/10
Musicology - 2/10
Welcome 2 The Dawn
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Reply #26 posted 08/31/14 6:19am

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20ten - 3/10
Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLsound - 4/10
Indigo Nights - 2/10
Planet Earth - 1/10
3121 - 6/10
Musicology - 6/10
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Reply #27 posted 08/31/14 6:29am

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KingSausage said:[quote]I'll go back to 2001..... Ill join u...

TRC: 8/10
ONA: 9/10
ONA Live: 9/10
Random shit that constituted Chocolate Invasion and the Slaughterhouse: 6/10
NEWS: 4/10
CNOTE: Not a real album 7/10
Xpectation: 4/10
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Reply #28 posted 08/31/14 7:40am

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TheEnglishGent said:

databank said:

Where r Elixer and Superconductor?

Prince doesn't sing on Elixer, (well , one song) and only co-wrote 3 tracks on Super. There's no way they should be considered Prince albums.

[Edited 8/31/14 2:39am]

eek eek eek

There are vocal George Duke albums (credited to "George Duke") where he doesn't sing a note (guest vocalists do it), are those albums to be dismissed as George Duke albums, too?

Just an example, there are others.

It doesn't matter who sings or what name is written on the cover. The main creative force behind Elixer is prince: he composed, arranged and per4med everything save the lead vocals, he chose the tracklist, he conceived the whole project. It's a prince album, period. It's also a Bria Valente album, but they could (and maybe should) have written "Prince and Bria Valente" on the cover and all of a sudden it'd be a prince album to you lol

This obsession regarding who "sings" really has to stop, a singer is just a per4mer among others and not necessarly the leading creative force behind a project.

As for Superconductor, Andy was definitely the main songwriter here, but prince was all over the place when it comes to arranging and per4ming it, so it's by all means a collaborative effort. Once again, it wouldn't have been an exageration to credit the album to "Andy Allo & Prince" if they had so wished. Similar situation with GCS2000, Larry composed most of it and sang but in the end it was as much a prince album as a Larry Graham album, a very collaborative effort.

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Reply #29 posted 08/31/14 7:47am

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databank said:

Where r Elixer and Superconductor?



Elixer - 2/10
Superconductor - Negative Zero -000/10

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