20ten - 4/10
Lotusflow3r - 3/10
MPLsound - 5/10
Indigo Nights - N/A (I've not heard it)
Planet Earth - 5/10
3121 - 7/10
Musicology - 7/10

20ten - 3/10
Lotusflow3r - 9/10
MPLsound - 5/10
Indigo Nights - 6/10
Planet Earth - 7/10
3121 - 9/10
Musicology - 7/10

20ten - 7/10
Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLsound - 7/10
Indigo Nights - 6/10
Planet Earth - 6/10
3121 - 9/10
Musicology - 5/10

20ten - 4/10

Lotusflow3r - 8/10

MPLsound - 6/10

Indigo Nights - 1/10

Planet Earth - 6/10

3121 - 5/10

Musicology - 6/10

20Ten 4/10

Lotusflow3r 7/10

MPLsound 4/10

Indigo Nights 4/10

Planet Earth 6/10

3121 7/10

Musicology 7/10

Askani said:

20ten - 4/10

Lotusflow3r - 8/10

MPLsound - 6/10

Indigo Nights - 1/10

Planet Earth - 6/10

3121 - 5/10

Musicology - 6/10

I wanted to say this.

20ten - N/A
Lotusflow3r - 9/10
MPLsound - 7/10
Indigo Nights - N/A
Planet Earth - 6/10
3121 - 9/10
Musicology - 8/10

Blixical said:

Askani said:

20ten - 4/10

Lotusflow3r - 8/10

MPLsound - 6/10

Indigo Nights - 1/10

Planet Earth - 6/10

3121 - 5/10

Musicology - 6/10

I wanted to say this.

He might as well have not bothered with the entire project (book/CD).

Although in a few years, I might be able to get some $ out of all those sealed copies I bought from Borders' close-out sale

But I doubt it.

TRC: 7/10
ONA: 5/10
ONA Live: 8/10
Chocolate Invasion/Slaughterhouse: 3/10
NEWS: 2/10
CNOTE: 2/10
Xpectation: 2/10
Musicology: 7/10
3121: 6/10
Planet Earth: 4/10
MPLSound: 4/10
LotusFlower: 6/10
20ten: 5/10

Aerogram said:

Like KingSausage, I'll go back to 2001.

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TRC: 10/10

ONA: 5.5/10

ONA Live: 5/10

TCI & TSH: 2/10

Musicology: 7/10

3121: 7/10

Planet Earth: 5/10

MPLSound: 4.5/10

LotusFlower: 8/10

20ten: 4.5/10

A mixed bag, but even the lower rated albums have gold on them, for instance, 20ten has the incredible 'Future Soul Song'. That applies to everything... except maybe the The Slaughter House.

databank said:

TheEnglishGent said:

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]

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 : he composed, arranged and per4med everything save the lead vocals, he chose the tracklist, he conceived the whole project. It's a 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 album to you

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 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 album as a Larry Graham album, a very collaborative effort.

Dude, they ain't PRINCE albums. And they certainly ain't fucking albums!

[Edited 8/31/14 15:21pm]

KingSausage said:

Aerogram said:

TRC: 7/10
ONA: 5/10
ONA Live: 8/10
Chocolate Invasion/Slaughterhouse: 3/10
NEWS: 2/10
CNOTE: 2/10
Xpectation: 2/10
Musicology: 7/10
3121: 6/10
Planet Earth: 4/10
MPLSound: 4/10
LotusFlower: 6/10
20ten: 5/10

I'm shocked your scores are so low. They're lower than mine (see above)! Given your optimism on other threads and my pessimism, that's interesting.

So much for my fam reputation. Actually I think those scores are pretty decent for an artist of Prince's longevity. Just because he has not delivered a true masterpiece a decade or two doesn't mean he did not write great songs. He did but not enough to make most of these albums a great listening experience from start to finish. not for me anyway. I'll still defend Prince any day because he's one of the few obvious geniuses we have left.

Askani said:

Blixical said:

I wanted to say this.

He might as well have not bothered with the entire project (book/CD).

Although in a few years, I might be able to get some $ out of all those sealed copies I bought from Borders' close-out sale

But I doubt it.

Well, at least it's not the opus iPod.

donnyenglish said:

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

So you're saying that ALL those albums are better than Batman!!??

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20Ten - 73/100

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MPLsOUND - 77/100

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Lotusflow3r - 82/100 ( His strongest in years)

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Indigo Nights - 38/100 (Boring as fuck live album, out of all the superior concert bootlegs from every era, he chooses to officially release this!)

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Planet Earth - 72/100

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3121 - 78/100

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Musicology - 68/100 (Actually a bit boring)

callimnate said:

donnyenglish said:

callimnate said:

So you're saying that ALL those albums are better than Batman!!??

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The batman soundtrack is his worst, in my opinion.

You can't possibly think that the Batman soundtrack is worse than 20Ten?

I can see why people don't care for the Batman soundtrack, but I like a lot of the songs. Is it a masterpiece, no. However, it does have some very good high points (Electric Chair, Scandalous, Vicki Waiting). I don't think 20Ten has any redeeming qualities.

daPrettyman said:

donnyenglish said:

callimnate said: The batman soundtrack is his worst, in my opinion.

You can't possibly think that the Batman soundtrack is worse than 20Ten?

I can see why people don't care for the Batman soundtrack, but I like a lot of the songs. Is it a masterpiece, no. However, it does have some very good high points (Electric Chair, Scandalous, Vicki Waiting). I don't think 20Ten has any redeeming qualities.

Add The Future and Partyman to that, and its good bye to 20Ten and others.

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And lthats without mentioning the B-Sides SEX and Feel U Up.

callimnate said:

TRC: 8/10
ONA: 3/10
ONA Live: 6/10

ONA Aftershow: 8/10
Chocolate Invasion/Slaughterhouse: 6/10
NEWS: 1/10
CNOTE: 3/10 (would be 1 but for Empty Room)
Xpectation: 1/10
Musicology: 2/10
3121: 7/10
Planet Earth: 4/10
MPLSound: 4/10
LotusFlower: 5/10
20ten: 6/10

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Post 20ten releases:

3rdEyeGirl (studio): 6/10

Prince solo: 5/10 (would be 7 due to the excellent Groovey Potential, RnR Love Affair, Clouds but FallInLove2Nite and the Breakdown bring the score crashing down again.)

Live tracks released: 4/10

20ten - 6/10
Lotusflow3r - 8/10
MPLsound - 3/10
Indigo Nights - 310
Planet Earth - 6/10
3121 - 7/10
Musicology - 7/10

20ten - 8/10

Lotusflow3r - 7/10

MPLSound - 5/10

Indigo nights - 5/10

Planet Earth - 9/10 - LOVES it.

3121 - 8/10

Musicology - 3/10 - shite.

The Good

The Rainbow Children - 8.5/10 (the most artistically pure thing he's done since Lovesexy)

One Nite Alone 8/10 (great songwriting, showcasing great musicianship)

Planet Earth - 8/10 (just a good collection of solid pop/rock songs)

Lotusflow3r - 7/10 (solid effort, kind of loses it's spark mid-way through though)

MPLSound - 7/10 (this album is all about Dance 4 Me, No More Candy and Ol Skool Company for me)

The Bad

20ten - 5/10 (Future Soul Song is the only great track on that album)

Musicology - 5/10 (not terrible, but consistantly bland)

The Ugly

3121 - 3/10 (weak songs, naff production)

[Edited 9/1/14 3:43am]

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]

he is vaguely heard on Immersion, too. 2 bad Prince doesn't sing on every track instead of his protegée, it would have been a fucking great album.

- TRC : 10/10

- MPLS SOUND : 9/10

- MUSICOLOGY : 8/10

- 3121 : 8/10

- ELIXIR : 7/10

- LOTUS FLOWER : 6/10

- 20 TEN : 5/10

- NEWS : 3/10

- PLANET EARTH : 2/10

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]

he is vaguely heard on Immersion, too. 2 bad Prince doesn't sing on every track instead of his protegée, it would have been a fucking great album.

- TRC : 10/10

- MPLS SOUND : 9/10

- MUSICOLOGY : 8/10

- 3121 : 8/10

- ELIXIR : 7/10

- LOTUS FLOWER : 6/10

- 20 TEN : 5/10

- NEWS : 3/10

- PLANET EARTH : 2/10