2olskool4u said:

Cloreen said:

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These are flat out unlistenable, terrible albums:

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"Xpectation"

"Around The World In A Day"

"Kamasutra"

"One Night Alone"

"C-Note"

"N.E.W.S."

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These are not very good albums:

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"For You"

"The Truth"

"Graffiti Bridge"

"Indigo Nights"

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Just to balance things out, these are masterpiece albums:

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"Dirty Mind"

"Purple Rain"

"Parade"

"Sign O' The Times"

"Lovesexy"

"Come"

"Chaos And Disorder"

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Out of curiosity, where would you put "The Gold Experience"?

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[Edited 7/14/16 20:41pm]

None. i find some kind of personal value in all of his albums.

Guitarhero said:

Cloreen said:

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These are flat out unlistenable, terrible albums:

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"Xpectation"

"Around The World In A Day"

"Kamasutra"

"One Night Alone"

"C-Note"

"N.E.W.S."

..

These are not very good albums:

.

"For You"

"The Truth"

"Graffiti Bridge"

"Indigo Nights"

.

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Just to balance things out, these are masterpiece albums:

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"Dirty Mind"

"Purple Rain"

"Parade"

"Sign O' The Times"

"Lovesexy"

"Come"

"Chaos And Disorder"

LOL @ C&D...that is shit.

jaypotton said:

Cloreen said:

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OK, "Around The World In A Day" has gone down in history as the single worst follow up to a great piece of work. Yes, it is worse than THE GODFATHER PART III. Anyone who says they like "Around The World In A Day" is just a liar. Oh, "America" is pretty good and the two singles are fine (but overplayed), as for the rest of that album...it is horrendous. With the mega-success of "Purple Rain" still going on, Prince, wow, had to be different. Move away from "Purple Rain" in as dramatic a way as possible to show he's an artist! Well, he chose to try and remake The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album and he turned himself into the laughing stock of the music industry. Bad, very bad album. A pretentious piece of garbage. Oh, yes, "The Lddder" is real great, right?

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As for "For You"....it's not for me. It's not for you. It's not for anybody but 19 year old Prince's ego. "Oh, wow, Warner Brothers is letting me write, perform all instruments and produce my own album. I'll give them any crap that my immature 19 year old songwriting skills can give them. I don't care. I want to do it all." Uhh, folks, at that age he couldn't do it all. He could barely write a song that wouldn't make a 13 year old laugh and say, "That sucks." If 13 year olds laugh at the crap on "For You" imagine how us adults feel about it.

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"The Truth"? You really want the truth? It sucks. Jon Bon Jovi MTV unplugged was better than that garbage. Hell, Tesla MTV unplugged looks like Bob Dylan compared to that garbage on "The Truth." On good song -- "Circle Of Amour" -- does not an album make. And if that song were not on there I'd be using my "Truth" CD as a mirror in my parakeet's birdcage. Hell, if he shits on it, it would actually improve the CD.

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Sorry, folks, I love Prince, but he made some pretty awful records along the line. I am honest enough to tell it like it is.

Cloreen are you trolling again? Are you? Seriously are you? Or are you smoking something? Hey if you don't like the album then cool but don't say people who do are lying. It remains one of my favourite Prince albums to this day! I love ATWIAD. Absolutely it was a shock at the time in terms of a change in tone and sound but it is a solid album. It may have been a commercial suicide step but what it did was demonstrate that Prince was on a creative journey and was going to flex those creative muscles rather than churn out Purple Rain 2. He was showing he was an Artist not just a rock/pop star. It was THIS album that signalled to Prince fans that you couldn't know what to expect. As it turned out (and with hindsight) it was a logical step towards the sound on Parade (your favourite album I believe). IF Parade had followed PR rather than ATWIAD it would have been even more jarring and had the same massive drop in commercial success anyway. That run of albums through the 80s was just phenomenal. [Edited 6/8/16 12:18pm]

Condition of the Heart is worth the price of admission.

Cloreen said:

jaypotton said:

drew comparisons (to Sgt Pepper rather than MMT).

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No. "Around The World" is more "Magical Mystery Tour" than "Sgt. Pepper's." "MMT" is really a hodgepodge of various styles (from psychedelia to simple pop, "Penny Lane" is on there, you know), and "Around The World" attempts to pull off that eclectic vibe.

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Look, you can like the album. Makes no matter to me. I like "Chocolate Invasion / Slaughterhouse" and most people rate those as crap. It is senseless to argue what we like or don't like. But the unarguable point is this: "Around The World In A Day" is a failure musically and it forever ended Prince's reign as the greatest artist of our time. He could have been that. He was thiiiiis close. But then he released a complete mess of an album and it was bye bye Prince. "Hey, didn't he have an album and a movie that was really good back in the '80s? What happened to that guy after PURPLE RAIN?"

(Uhh, he released a disaster called "Around The World In A Day." That's what happened.)

Dude.....please die. I submit Sign o the Times as evidence of his greatness following PR. You're an idiot. Probably a fucking tranny too.

I don't hate any of them.

NEWS is Great. Maybe being a musician allows me the larger brain that can absorb it.

C-Note is too...more of the same.

TRC is similar but with lyrics. Only a small minded tit would blast those discs. I understand you need some lyrics to remind you when to pay attention though.

THe Hit and Run discs are not very good but I attribute that to all the fentanyl he was taking. A few decent cuts on them but could have been one disc easily.

I'd say his weakest output is anything with Tony M, Choas and Disorder era, Rave Unto.

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mothyham said:

I don't hate any of them.

NEWS is Great. Maybe being a musician allows me the larger brain that can absorb it.

C-Note is too...more of the same.

TRC is similar but with lyrics. Only a small minded tit would blast those discs. I understand you need some lyrics to remind you when to pay attention though.

THe Hit and Run discs are not very good but I attribute that to all the fentanyl he was taking. A few decent cuts on them but could have been one disc easily.

I'd say his weakest output is anything with Tony M, Choas and Disorder era, Rave Unto.

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I like N.E.W.S. too.

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[Edited 7/29/16 21:12pm]

mothyham said:

Cloreen said:

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No. "Around The World" is more "Magical Mystery Tour" than "Sgt. Pepper's." "MMT" is really a hodgepodge of various styles (from psychedelia to simple pop, "Penny Lane" is on there, you know), and "Around The World" attempts to pull off that eclectic vibe.

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Look, you can like the album. Makes no matter to me. I like "Chocolate Invasion / Slaughterhouse" and most people rate those as crap. It is senseless to argue what we like or don't like. But the unarguable point is this: "Around The World In A Day" is a failure musically and it forever ended Prince's reign as the greatest artist of our time. He could have been that. He was thiiiiis close. But then he released a complete mess of an album and it was bye bye Prince. "Hey, didn't he have an album and a movie that was really good back in the '80s? What happened to that guy after PURPLE RAIN?"

(Uhh, he released a disaster called "Around The World In A Day." That's what happened.)

Dude.....please die. I submit Sign o the Times as evidence of his greatness following PR. You're an idiot. Probably a fucking tranny too.

I am one, of many, who like ATWIAD and I too think SOTT is evidence of greatness following PR. Fans are fickle and if people weren't following Prince's vibe and where he was trying to take us on each album, then it's their f**king loss. Krazy...