Rave Un2. I just find it depressing to listen to. Nothing really stands out to me.

20ten is dull as dishwater. Sounds like a collection of demos.

NEWS is pretty uninteresting too.

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CalhounSq said:

Cindy said:

I was curious if Old Friends 4 Sale would make someone's list here. I could listen to When the Lights Go Down repeatedly and never hear it enough times. This song, in my opinion, is a gem. My next favourite on this album is 5 Women. 3rd would be a tie between There is Lonely and the title track. I burned a cd of Prince music for a small dinner party last week. The cd was mainly stuff that non hard core fams would know. Included on the cd was When the Lights Go Down. Everyone LOVED it. Seriously they raved about that song. They could not believe it was Prince. I wish there were more songs similar to this one. Sorry, I guess I'm off track here. Back to the original question, my answer would have to be none.

When the Lights Go Down is THE STAR of that album

The album is very strong considering it's a mixed bag of outtakes.

Extrodinary, WTLGD, 5 Women, It's About That Walk, OFFS, Sarah... the I'll do anything tracks are the weakest songs but it's a great album.

donnyenglish said:

DarkKnight1 said:

These threads are always interesting as you hear opinions that were never expected. I like the following albumbs, but Im not surprised some others dont:

NEWS

NPS

Old Friends For Sale

and C-Note

Now, these albums that have received some hate, just blow me away:

(Completely blows my mind that this eclectic disc of greatness is not considered a classic by everyone.)

20ten (Future Soul Song is worth this disc alone)

The Gold Experience (Really? Really? Holy crap this is a great album)

The Black Album (I think opinions would be different if it had released when it was planned)

Planet Earth (Somewhere here on Earth is another underappreciated prince track)

But thats why music is great. To each their own. The diversity of thought and musical appreciation is what leads to an unending evolution of music.

I have a feeling you and I would have some interesting conversations regarding Prince's albums. Like me, you say you prefer MPLSound to Lotusflow3r, and I agree with you completely on Planet Earth, The Gold Experience and the Black Album. I also quite enjoy elements of C-Note and Old Friends for Sale. And yet, I am one of those who blow your mind when it comes to which I found a huge disappointment on release, and I wouldn't care if I never heard NPS again.

Telecaster5 said:

Yewdale said:

Lotusflow3r (I may be the only person in Purple Land who preferred MPLSound )

No, you´re not alone...although Dreamer and Colonized Mind are gems, I prefer MPL as well. Valentina made my mind on the 1st listen and I also enjoy Ol Skool Company and There´ll never be Another Like Me.

You've picked out exactly the same songs I would pick out on both albums

imho The Black Album is essential, (9.5/10).

Like all Warner Bros. albums 1978 to 1995.


The downhill began with Emancipation, (in my opinion).....

I like half of Musicology, most of Art Official Age, and Phase 1 is amazing as well.


Kama Sutra,

NEWS,

3121,

Planet Earth,

Phase 2

^ these are the "truly" bad ones, maybe I forgot some/ a few bad... 1996 to 2016...?

Noodled24 said:

Rave Un2. I just find it depressing to listen to.

try Rave In2:

The extended version, 8 minutes of "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" plus "Prettyman", wonderful songs imho... also "Beautiful Strange" is a fantastic song..

Just imho...

For You - Too dated and short, can only listen to two songs - In Love and Soft and Wet

Batman - After Electric Chair becomes boring until Scandalous and Batdance

GB - Could only with the Prince tracks, excuse the associated artists.

Emancipation - Too patchy, too many fillers in it.

New power soul - as above

Raves - Too patchy, too many styles and barely there jams

TRC - Crap, too much fillers, darth vader voices and preaching

NEWS - like Kamasutra too its muzak

One night alone - all of them, just boring snore..........

Indigo nights - as above live albums never work, Live bootlegs like Livesexy do!

NPGMC albums - snore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Musicology - Its not bad just boring and bombastic

Plectrum Electrum - some dreadful fillers like Boytrouble and Aint turninround slow it down

HitnrunPhase1 - Again its fillers here.

erm... Ok

databank said:

MD431Madcat said:

1992-2016

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Not a Prince fan, then

MD431Madcat said:

erm... Ok

databank said:

Not a Prince fan, then

It wasn't meant as an insult or anything. It's OK to only dig a part of an artist's career, I sure do too with some other acts. But it's not the same as being touched by the very soul of what an artist does, from the first to the last record

TweetyV6 said:

• Prince : i only like a handful of those songs.
• Diamonds and Pearls : even now,it leaves me cold
• Emancipation: bloated,badly produced, plastic soul masqerading as a love opus.
• the live albums: many of the boots are better. none of the live albums do him or his talent and stage presence justice,imo.
• Musicology: i kept thinking "is this it? is this really the new prince album?"
• Planet Earth:
• Plectrumeletrum: better idea than actual album.

his 00's-2016 albums after rave for some weird reason (yeah i have a thing with his 78'-99' albums + boots).
i really liked his style during musicology/3121 era but never actually took the time to listen.
hm feel like i should tho

Adorecream said:

Yewdale said:

Telecaster5 said:

No, you´re not alone...although Dreamer and Colonized Mind are gems, I prefer MPL as well. Valentina made my mind on the 1st listen and I also enjoy Ol Skool Company and There´ll never be Another Like Me.

You've picked out exactly the same songs I would pick out on both albums

Good taste

thedance said:

Noodled24 said:

Rave Un2. I just find it depressing to listen to.

try Rave In2:

The extended version, 8 minutes of "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" plus "Prettyman", wonderful songs imho... also "Beautiful Strange" is a fantastic song..

Just imho...

Yeah I wouldn't disagree with that. "Hot wit u" is improved 10 fold by the inclusion of the "Nasty Girl" sample. "Beautiful Strange" is a great song - both versions.

TweetyV6 said:

Emancipation.

Same here. I've tried, I just can't get into it.

manabean84 said:

thedance said:

I haven't listened yet all of his albums but Love Symbol is one of them, aside from And God Created Woman and SMF

The Truth - terrible! Perhaps one good track.

AOA - Would be much better without the fake English acent with bad grammar and diction.

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darkroman said:

The Truth - terrible! Perhaps one good track.

AOA - Would be much better without the fake English acent with bad grammar and diction.

.

Umm... The fake English accent is actually by English singer LianneLaHavas, who is ironically Black, but actually born and raised in England, the UK.

TRC. The only songs I like on there is Last December and Mellow

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Adorecream said:

Adorecream said:

darkroman said:

The Truth - terrible! Perhaps one good track.

AOA - Would be much better without the fake English acent with bad grammar and diction.

.

Umm... The fake English accent is actually by English singer LianneLaHavas, who is ironically Black, but actually born and raised in England, the UK.

word...i was wondering what the "fake english accent' comment was about..

aint NOTHING fake about the beautiful Lianne Lahavas...

oh lawwd...