There are no bad Prince albums. MPLS Sound and New Power Soul are among the weakest, and I still enjoy both of them for the most part. Art Official Name Rip Off from De La Soul is shaping up to have some clunkers, but will likely have too many good songs to be a bad album. Try getting through Bon Jovi's "The Circle" more than once. As much as I love Terence Trent D'Arby, his recent albums have one or two good songs and a bunch of really bad songs.

KingSausage said:

I know Rave (both versions) and 20ten are bad. They're just fucking bad. But I still love listening to then. I don't know if thus is the musical equivalent of watching bad horror films. Or maybe a guilty pleasure. Do you feel this way about any Prince albums? I don't enjoy NPS, MPLSound, Planet Earth, or other shitty albums. But I just really dig Rave and 20ten. What gives?

I thought you said 20ten and Rave are bad.

You dig them?

That doesn't make sense.

So beyond that initial reaction,

what do you like about listening to a bad album?

or why do you like listening to a bad album.

Y'know...I don't think there's a single Prince album that I think is irredeemably bad. No matter how hard a particular album blows, there is always a track or two that I like. So what I usually do is set iTunes to play only the tracks I like and skip those I don't.

I know it flies in the face of the notion that an album is an artist's vision and that skipping tracks alters said vision. But then I hear Jughead and think, "Fuck that."

By 'bad' do you mean albums that are generally regarded as weaker albums by the community?

Kind of like how Graffiti Bridge is seen as a bad movie by most people but I love it??

I don't know what people think of Graffiti Bridge as an album, but I love that album. I think it's my favourite Prince album.

KingSausage said:

I know Rave (both versions) and 20ten are bad. They're just fucking bad. But I still love listening to then. I don't know if thus is the musical equivalent of watching bad horror films. Or maybe a guilty pleasure. Do you feel this way about any Prince albums? I don't enjoy NPS, MPLSound, Planet Earth, or other shitty albums. But I just really dig Rave and 20ten. What gives?

I take it you're back on your meds???

Ain't nothing bad about I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore, Strange But True, Wherever U Go Whatever U Do, The Greatest Romance, Rave, Man O War....

motherfunka said:

KingSausage said:

It's like this, okay. I enjoy Taco Bell. Nobody in their right fucking mind would say Taco Bell was good food. And it bakes me shit like a banshee afterward. But I still love eating it. Also, I like listening to other artists' bad albums. Do you know Tin Machine? I love kistening to Tin Machine. But it's awful.

Tin machine actually had some good tracks, alot of bad ones but there were so good ones. so its what you like, as someone says on here, 'different strokes for different folks.'

Even those albums have gems.NPS killer horns all over the album 20Ten one of the best albums if you like Prince the rhythm guitar player

I thoroughly enjoy Planet Earth and MPLSound. And I could probably sit through NPS just for the nostalgia factor. But let's not test that.

There came a time when Symbol, the freakiest cat on earth, decided that he's gone mad and it was time to get on the bus back to choych. Via Oprah and f*cking Arsenio Hall.
This was OK because I live in the UK and didn't see this sh*t.
Then YouTube happened.

The only hint I heard was in brief forays into the world of Mail on Sunday free Prince albums during which I was hungover and remembered nothing.

Later, I put them on my TwuntPod and started playing them (like maybe last month) and all I can say is that this Oprah/Arsenio factor has been like poison.

What kind of Prince is TRYING TO BE COOL by assimilating the Rihanna version of fat Jay Z Lexus bling in favour of his MF Gangsta Glam?!!
Lyrically and vocally, it's been atrocious. It doesn't matter what effect pedal he uses.

I SAY SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND THE STATE (OF PRINCE'S PYJAMAS) IS ESSENTIAL IF ANY PROGRESS IS TO BE MADE!!

[Edited 9/7/14 15:22pm]