Sign O The Times clearly borrows from The Revolution's influence but Prince was defiantly making an artistic statement on this record, on his own terms. Which side of the fence do you reside?

A 3CD set of 'Prince And The Revolution' comprising Purple Rain (disc 1), Around The World In A Day (disc 2) and Parade (disc 3), or 'Sign 'O' The Times' (as released)?

My vote goes to Sign 'O' The Times...



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[This message was edited Wed Apr 2 9:15:24 PST 2003 by Anji]

This is such an unfair question

CalhounSq said:

You must answer it!

Anji said:

I simply CANNOT!!

I'm with Calhoun

How bout vs. Crystal Ball as planned in '87 instead. That would be a little more fair.

1999

TRON said:

I considered evaluting Prince And The Revolution against Crystal Ball but then realised there are possibly more flaws with that stance both artistically and quantitatively.

Interestingly, the votes on the 'all-time favourite album' thread were as follows:

Sign 'O' The Times: 19 votes
Prince And The Revolution: 13 votes

This is a fair test to both parties. The debate stands...

Supernova said:

Supernova said:

There's always one, or in this case, potentially three.

Which album do you prefer?

Prince And The Revolution: 0 votes
Sign 'O' The Times: 1 vote

SOTT. A better summary of what he's all about. But I really appreciate how he was searching after "Purple Rain".

Brendan said:

A very credible answer, Brendan. I shall post my thoughts a little later.

Which album do you prefer?

Prince And The Revolution: 0 votes
Sign 'O' The Times: 2 votes

Anji said:

You must be doing something right when the R&B crowd says you're too white and the rock crowd says you're too black.

Given a choice between black and white I’ll take the fruit cocktail every time, Anji.

Anji said:

I'd choose the Revolution,
yes it was a tough choice but I did it

But I just love Atwiad and Parade 2 much

Tough choice...


The Revolution - all 3 albums combined top SOTT in my opinion



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Sign O The Times in a Blow Out IMHO.He got it all Right on that Album&didn't have One Song Overshadow the Whole Album.

Brendan said:

Me too, Brendan! (That's a great expression, by the way).

Which album do you prefer?

Prince And The Revolution: 2 votes
Sign 'O' The Times: 3 votes

I think this debate should separate the men from the boys, so to speak. Stand up, be counted!

Prince And The Revolution

You can sense every vote is being very carefully thought out.

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[This message was edited Wed Apr 2 1:20:29 PST 2003 by Anji]

Which album do you prefer?

Prince And The Revolution: 3 votes
Sign 'O' The Times: 3 votes

That's a dumb question. I would take 'Purple Rain' alone over all of the rest of Prince's albums put together!

gainsbourg said:

Anji said:

I may need to retract this statement.

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[This message was edited Wed Apr 2 1:20:52 PST 2003 by Anji]

Which album do you prefer?

Prince And The Revolution: 4 votes
Sign 'O' The Times: 3 votes

prince and th revolution!

Which album do you prefer?

Prince And The Revolution: 5 votes
Sign 'O' The Times: 3 votes