Adorecream said:

Batman as an album was way below the level of other albums of the 80s.

And still it got one the greatest partyjam of the decade, fucking Partyman! My god, I love Batman. Except Lemoncrush and Arms of Orion

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i really love god (vocal)

imagine watching him record those vocals

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Dilan said:

i really love god (vocal)

imagine watching him record those vocals

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I agree. When it first came out and I was a teen, the song freaked me out a wee bit but with time, I grew to better appreciate the vocal performance.

His batting average was aces in his heyday. He could toss off songs left and right, and then spin off other songs from those songs, amazing artist in action. I still look forward to what he comes up with, even though the batting average isn't what it once was. I hope we hear new stuff this year, and new releases of 80s material as well.

Wolfie87 said:

Prince - Still waiting (perhaps). But this album is awesome. This has usually been on my "cant be bothered to listen to" list, but recently I revisited it and it really is a very very good album. Sexy Dancer is funk. No ifs and buts. Pure funk.

Dirty Mind - None

Controversy - None

1999 - Something in the Water...

PR - IWD4U

ATWIAD - Temptation

Parade - None

SOTT - U Got the Look

TBA - None

Lovesexy - None

Batman - Arms of Orion

The Time
The Time - Girl, Oh Baby, After High School

What Time Is It? - OnedayI'mgonnabesomebody

Ice Cream Castles - Chili Sauce, Jungle Love, ITKCMYC, The Bird

The Family
Nothing Compares 2u

Jill Jones
Violet Blue, With you, For Love

Sheila E
Not familiar enough to make a judgement. Just never really got into her 3 80s albums.

"It"

Never been a fan.

Adorecream said:

Vicki Waiting = More underpar filler on Batman

really?

Vicki Waiting...... is such a fantastic song, the extended is great as well even though it contains a sample loop, or whatever that is called... excellent song imho....

Somthing In The Water

Automatic

All The Critics Love U

Housequake

Them's the ones I really don't like on albums and always get skipped. The 'meh' list is quite extensive, I better not go there for fear of my org safety .

There are also a lot of boots which aren't very good and I can fully see why they're in the vault still.

As far as I'm concerned Prince hasn't lost it. He still releases plenty of great tracks for me as well as the occasional stinker and plenty of take them or leave them tracks.

toejam said:

"It"

Never been a fan.

It's a pretty good song, in my opinion, up until he ruins the charm of its subtlety by flat-out saying that the song is about sex.

Other bad songs:

Temptation becomes utterly stupid at the end. It's bad comedy.

Arms of Orion is one of the most painfully bad ballads ever written.

God, as others have noted, is self-indulgent and annoying.

Sister is way over the top. I just can't get into incestuous themes.

Ronnie, Talk to Russia is juvenile and descends into comedy.

Around the World in a Day is tedious.

Dance On is too repetitive and overproduced.

And...from an entire decade, that's all I can come up with. Wow, the 80's really were amazing.

no BAD songs in the '80s, sure there were some wtf songs, some lightweight songs and some failed experiments, but disasters or trash? NOPE; even Lemon Crush works as a dance-rock jam

TheEnglishGent said:

Automatic

repeat after me: "Automatic" is the best song that Prince has ever done.

keep repeating that until I tell you to stop!

One Day I'm Gonna Be Somebody

SoulAlive said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Automatic

repeat after me: "Automatic" is the best song that Prince has ever done.

keep repeating that until I tell you to stop!

SoulAlive said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Automatic

repeat after me: "Automatic" is the best song that Prince has ever done.

keep repeating that until I tell you to stop!

AUTOMATIC is one of the BEST Prince songs...

KingSausage said:

Arms of Orion. That song is ASS.

LMAO...hell yeah...maybe the worst Prince song ever....

warning2all said:

Electric Chair The Future Dance On 2 Nigs Cloreen Baconskin These are weak, but not "bad 80's songs"

except for The Future, those are some of my favorite songs...2 NIGS or Dance On is weak???...wow

feeluupp said:

SoulAlive said:

repeat after me: "Automatic" is the best song that Prince has ever done.

keep repeating that until I tell you to stop!

AUTOMATIC is one of the BEST Prince songs...

definitely one of his best videos....i LOVE Jill Jones...and Lisa is sexy with that cigarette in her mouth...

It's Gonna be a Beautiful Night. Under the Cherry Moon. At least half of Batman.

Romeoblu said:

Out of the whole decade, I really only dislike 'Trust'. But I believe the OP said 80-88, so I got nuthin'.

KingSausage said:

toejam said:

purplepolitician said:

KingSausage said:

Arms of Orion. That song is ASS.

Come on! Those harmonies at the end = . It's cheesy fun .

For me....

Do It All Night

Ronnie Talk To Russia

All The Critics Love U in NY

Horny Toad

Life Can Be So Nice

Do U Lie?

Dance On

Lemon Crush

KingSausage said:

Batman blew my mind as an 11-year-old kid and represents when I started truly becoming a Prince fan. So I can't help loving every song on the album. Except for Arms of Orion, because fuck that bullshit.

Yeah, but at 11 you found it the most romantic and heartfelt song of all time, admit it!

Rebeljuice said:

Prince - Still waiting (perhaps). But this album is awesome. This has usually been on my "cant be bothered to listen to" list, but recently I revisited it and it really is a very very good album. Sexy Dancer is funk. No ifs and buts. Pure funk.

Dirty Mind - None

Controversy - None

1999 - Something in the Water... Ow c'mon!

PR - IWD4U

ATWIAD - Temptation What is wrong with all the Temptation haters. You don't know any rock'n'roll, it's a disgrace.

Parade - None

SOTT - U Got the Look SOTT would not be/feel the same. If I Was Your Girldfriend needs it.

TBA - None

Lovesexy - None

Batman - Arms of Orion

The Time
The Time - Girl, Oh Baby, After High School

What Time Is It? - OnedayI'mgonnabesomebody

Ice Cream Castles - Chili Sauce, Jungle Love, ITKCMYC, The Bird

The Family
Nothing Compares 2u Heck no.

Jill Jones
Violet Blue, With you, For Love — Double heck no.

Sheila E
Not familiar enough to make a judgement. Just never really got into her 3 80s albums.
The first two are bliss from start to finish.