I love both albums - all songs on them both,

I don't skip a track on The Black Abum..... the only track that seems out of place is When 2 R In Love this belongs to and fits better in on Lovesexy.

I believe I will go with The Black Album, cuz it's already a Prince classic, and it's slightly better, with more nerve, more edgy funk, TBA is the littlebrother to Sign "☮" The Times, imo.

Art Official Age, who knows if this will stand the test of time that well..?

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I do know it compares unfavorably with Carmen Elektra's album.

if we are going to compare AOA with other similar albums, at least you guys should pick a similar album, like Emancipation disc 2 or Planet Earth

I refuse to answer to the OP

JoeTyler said:

if we are going to compare AOA with other similar albums, at least you guys should pick a similar album, like Emancipation disc 2 or Planet Earth

I refuse to answer to the OP

How nice of you to make up rules for other people's threads. So how come you're not a mod yet?

Anyway... TBA & AOA are both quirky & have a distinct production. At this point I'd still go for TBA. Cool how Bob George turns up on both discs.

Also TBA has 'its story', which I find hard to separate from the actual music. Can't say that of AOA.

Was just going to post how ridciulous I think this is, but then seen someone refer to the Black Album as TBA and have been sick all over my keyboard

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dewmass said:

Was just going to post how ridciulous I think this is, but then seen someone refer to the Black Album as TBA and have been sick all over my keyboard

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Feel better soon, buddy.

Hmmmmm, not comparalble realy!

However, am I the only one that thinks sister Cat will be around in a minute with a bucket filled with squirlmeat while listening to the goldstandard?

Impossible to compare. The funkiest songs Prince has ever done are on the Black Album, the funkiest song on AOA would have been a Black Album reject. The Black album is up there in the stratosphere, AOA has not even disengaged its primary rockets and has a long way to climb. It may get there, it may not. Only time will tell.

I am loving AOA currently but it is a young love. I have been married to the Black Album for 27 years!

Rebeljuice said:

Impossible to compare. The funkiest songs Prince has ever done are on the Black Album, the funkiest song on AOA would have been a Black Album reject. The Black album is up there in the stratosphere, AOA has not even disengaged its primary rockets and has a long way to climb. It may get there, it may not. Only time will tell.

I am loving AOA currently but it is a young love. I have been married to the Black Album for 27 years!

Yeah this!

I mean AOA is a nice new album, but nowhere as interesting or as funky as the black album. Which is a Top 5 Prince album to me.