stpaisios said:

rusty1 said:

Not one album after 1988 should be on Prince's Best album's of all time list.. He had some good works in the 90's But nothing trend setting or groundbreaking. 1980 to 87 is his best period of albums.. If u want it can be push it to 79 to 88

agree.

I think their is a difference between BEST and FAVORITE.

rusty1 said:

Not one album after 1988 should be on Prince's Best album's of all time list.. He had some good works in the 90's But nothing trend setting or groundbreaking. 1980 to 87 is his best period of albums.. If u want it can be push it to 79 to 88

You be trippin'... music diversity on 'The Love Symbol' album can smash a lot of his 80's work...

dodger said:

stpaisios said:

3121 seems to be his last GREAT album.

I'd take LotusFlower, AOA and HNR Phase 2 before 3121

Not sure, talking about concept, promotion, songs... 3121 era is pretty above everything that followed his later output.

stpaisios said:

rusty1 said:

Not one album after 1988 should be on Prince's Best album's of all time list.. He had some good works in the 90's But nothing trend setting or groundbreaking. 1980 to 87 is his best period of albums.. If u want it can be push it to 79 to 88

You be trippin'... music diversity on 'The Love Symbol' album can smash a lot of his 80's work...

NEI. JUST NEI.

rusty1 said:

Not one album after 1988 should be on Prince's Best album's of all time list.. He had some good works in the 90's But nothing trend setting or groundbreaking. 1980 to 87 is his best period of albums.. If u want it can be push it to 79 to 88

Two of his 90s albums ('Love Symbol' and 'TGE') made my Top 10.These albums aren't groundbreaking,but they do contain alot of great songs

stpaisios said:

stpaisios said:

rusty1 said:

Not one album after 1988 should be on Prince's Best album's of all time list.. He had some good works in the 90's But nothing trend setting or groundbreaking. 1980 to 87 is his best period of albums.. If u want it can be push it to 79 to 88

You be trippin'... music diversity on 'The Love Symbol' album can smash a lot of his 80's work...

You could erase that album from his repetoire and it would not be missed or effect anything.

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Iamtheorg said:

stpaisios said:

You be trippin'... music diversity on 'The Love Symbol' album can smash a lot of his 80's work...

You could erase that album from his repetore and it would not be missed or effect anything.

Well, this post gave me cancer...

feeluupp said:

stpaisios said:

Iamtheorg said:

You could erase that album from his repetore and it would not be missed or effect anything.

Well, this post gave me cancer...

shouldn't joke like that

stpaisios said:

Iamtheorg said:

You could erase that album from his repetore and it would not be missed or effect anything.

Well, this post gave me cancer...

Sorry to hear that, but he/she is right, it wouldn't hurt his legacy by any means.

dodger said:

stpaisios said:

Not sure, talking about concept, promotion, songs... 3121 era is pretty above everything that followed his later output.

We'll agree to disagree on that one, but I concur on the Symbol album being among his best

I must add that 'last great album' doesn't mean anything when it comes to P... it's not a bad thing, just a reminder that later in his career (circa 2010) he talked about just writing, doing tours, records like in the manner of 3121 were necessary for him... he done it all for that matter. But 3121 certainly shines as the last album that was promoted in that big classic way, singles + videos, approaching a wide range of shows (even American Idol) etc.

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214 said:

stpaisios said:

Well, this post gave me cancer...

Sorry to hear that, but he/she is right, it wouldn't hurt his legacy by any means.

I would sacrifice a half of his 80's output for that album...

dodger said:

feeluupp said:

agree.

I think their is a difference between BEST and FAVORITE.

Who determines what is best. Surely if you ask people to list their best it is their opinion/favourites

Common sense does. And intellect does.

Any person that doesn't list PURPLE RAIN, 1999 or SOTT as TOP 10, which many members haven't... Surely doesn't know what BEST is.

This is turning into the old "objective vs. subjective" argument. Some people believe that there is some objective quality of music by which there is some true way of ranking albums and songs, etc. Others believe there is no such measure and hence there is no difference between "best" and "favorite". I'm in the latter camp.

rusty1 said:

I'd like to know if any orgers who are placing Prince's 90s/00s/10s albums above his 80s releases on their top ten lists were Prince fans during his heyday in the mid 80s. If they were, I'd find that fascinating. Not at all wrong of course, just something you rarely see.

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sexton said:

sexton said:

I'd like to know if any orgers who are placing Prince's 90s/00s/10s albums above his 80s releases on their top ten lists were Prince fans during his heyday in the mid 80s. If they were, I'd find that fascinating. Not at all wrong of course, just something you rarely see.

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I doubt they were around then. That dude who is creaming himself over Symbol album said he would give up half of his 80s output for that one. He is 28-30. There ya go.

For ex: Someone put CHAOS & DISORDER and MUSICOLOGY on the TOP 10 and didn't even include 1999...

feeluupp said:

For ex: Someone put CHAOS & DISORDER and MUSICOLOGY on the TOP 10 and didn't even include 1999...

dips

luvgirl said:

Since 1983...Although I only placed Emancipation above some. [Edited 2/20/17 15:58pm]

Seven albums on your list and all of your top four are still from the 80s so that's not really what I mean. I'm talking about lists like this one:

purpleemotions said:

Sweet list! My list is in order from greatest to least.

1. Love Symbol
2. LotusFlow3r
3. One Night Alone
4. ATWIAD
5. 1999
6. 20ten
7. The Hits/B-Sides
8. Emancipation
9. Musicology
10. Controversy

sexton said:

luvgirl said:

Since 1983...Although I only placed Emancipation above some. [Edited 2/20/17 15:58pm]

Seven albums on your list and all of your top four are still from the 80s so that's not really what I mean. I'm talking about lists like this one:

purpleemotions said:

Sweet list! My list is in order from greatest to least.

1. Love Symbol
2. LotusFlow3r
3. One Night Alone
4. ATWIAD
5. 1999
6. 20ten
7. The Hits/B-Sides
8. Emancipation
9. Musicology
10. Controversy

Wow, LOTUSFLOW34, 20TEN, MUSICOLOGY, is BETTER than PURPLE RAIN and SOTT??

Hahaha. Wow...

sexton said:

feeluupp said:

sexton said:

I'd like to know if any orgers who are placing Prince's 90s/00s/10s albums above his 80s releases on their top ten lists were Prince fans during his heyday in the mid 80s. If they were, I'd find that fascinating. Not at all wrong of course, just something you rarely see.

[Edited 2/20/17 15:56pm]

Hadn't thought about this, but maybe this applies to me. I got into Prince in 1989, just after his golden era. Age probably does play a role in this, but I think the fact that Prince albums really take on their own unique little identities makes it understandable that there is diversity in these lists. Albums like Lotusflow3r have a lot of character, and I can see how it could be someone's favorite.

luvgirl said:

feeluupp said:

Wow, LOTUSFLOW34, 20TEN, MUSICOLOGY, is BETTER than PURPLE RAIN and SOTT??

Hahaha. Wow...

I don't know, but I always like to see that... Even though I wouldn't necessarily go that route. It makes me happy to know people loved his later work as much as we loved his 80's.

Same here. I think that no artist, album, song etc. is above criticism and that no artist, album, song etc. is beneath appreciation. I wouldn't put those albums ahead of Purple Rain or Sign o' the Times, but if someone else does, why should I begrudge them?

Moonbeam said:

luvgirl said:

feeluupp said: I don't know, but I always like to see that... Even though I wouldn't necessarily go that route. It makes me happy to know people loved his later work as much as we loved his 80's.

Same here. I think that no artist, album, song etc. is above criticism and that no artist, album, song etc. is beneath appreciation. I wouldn't put those albums ahead of Purple Rain or Sign o' the Times, but if someone else does, why should I begrudge them?

Not about begrudging... But the title of the thread is BEST PRINCE ALBUMS not worst

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