LaurenceNoonan said:

Best Album Cover: Controversy. Best Collection Cover: The Hits 1. Best Ep Cover: The Beautiful Experience. Best Maxi Single Cover: Letitgo Best Singles Cover: My Name Is Prince

Best Album Cover: LOVESEXY

BoraBora said:

Best album cover: Sign O' The Times

Best single cover: If I Was Your Girlfriend

214 said:

Best Album Cover: The Rainbow Children - not my favorite album by far, but it's a beautiful cover
Best Collection Cover: The Hits/The B-Sides (those Ritts photos are primo)
Best EP Cover: The Beautiful Experience
Best Maxi Single Cover: "Gett Off" - hand drawn
Best Single Cover: "I Would Die 4 U" for the b-side photo

LaurenceNoonan said:

214 said:

Best album cover: Sign O' The Times

Best single cover: If I Was Your Girlfriend

I'm guessing your a fan of the Sign 'O' Times era and it's great songs

Yep, but i really love that cover from IIWYG, Prince in a very freflective kind of gesture.

TrivialPursuit said:

214 said:

controversy99 said:

NorthC said:

The best album cover is Around the World In a Day because it illustrates the songs-with a little twist. We see a ladder, a woman with a raspberry beret (and the costume from the video), a tamborine... Prince disguised as Dr. Fink holding a little ladder... Most album covers are just a photo of the artist, this one actually shows you the songs.

That is Dr. Fink, it's not Prince in disguise. Every Revolution member is represented there, as well as Sheila E. But I agree with your assessment. It was his first real conceptual album cover. Others hinted at things (Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999), but ATWIAD really gave you a literal and mental picture of what was inside. But even with that, no one knew what was in store on that record until we all played it.

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LaurenceNoonan said:

The B-Side Cover to "I Would Die 4 U" is a nice photo of prince during the Purple Rain era and Yeah the "Rainbow Children" is nice too

I was so enamored with that cover when it came out. There are a few outtakes from that photo session that are equally nice. Plus it seems Prince in bare feet became a pretty rare thing, although we did see it on occasion.

TrivialPursuit said:

NorthC said:

Best Prince Album Cover = Lotusflow3r

RJOrion said:

Best Prince Album Cover = Lotusflow3r

I do like the way it looks.

I agree with you guys! I wish I could choose one with a photograph of Prince on the cover but I think this one is the most creative and most fun to look at imo!

TrivialPursuit said:

NorthC said:

The best album cover is Around the World In a Day because it illustrates the songs-with a little twist. We see a ladder, a woman with a raspberry beret (and the costume from the video), a tamborine... Prince disguised as Dr. Fink holding a little ladder... Most album covers are just a photo of the artist, this one actually shows you the songs.

That is Dr. Fink, it's not Prince in disguise. Every Revolution member is represented there, as well as Sheila E. But I agree with your assessment. It was his first real conceptual album cover. Others hinted at things (Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999), but ATWIAD really gave you a literal and mental picture of what was inside. But even with that, no one knew what was in store on that record until we all played it.

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The Black Album - because it is like a unknown black hole to that freaky album.

LaurenceNoonan said:

Best Album Cover: Controversy. Best Collection Cover: The Hits 1. Best Ep Cover: The Beautiful Experience. Best Maxi Single Cover: Letitgo Best Singles Cover: My Name Is Prince

Best Album Cover: SOTT

Best Collection Cover: 4Ever

Best Ep Cover: The Beautiful Experience

Best Maxi Single Cover: Scandalous Sex Suite

Best Singles Cover: Let's Work

LaurenceNoonan said:

NorthC said:

The best album cover is Around the World In a Day because it illustrates the songs-with a little twist. We see a ladder, a woman with a raspberry beret (and the costume from the video), a tamborine... Prince disguised as Dr. Fink holding a little ladder... Most album covers are just a photo of the artist, this one actually shows you the songs.

I never looked at it like that and Prince had blonde hair at the time so it was Prince with Blue Cloud suit.

I didn't know about Prince bleaching his hair blonde back then until just after he died.

When I think of him with blonde hair, I wonder what effect he was going for. Maybe photos will surface someday.

If he was going for "as far away from the Purple Rain look" as possible, blonde hair and ATWIAD would've done a pretty good job.

JorisE73 said:

The Black Album - because it is like a unknown black hole to that freaky album.

F Yeah!!!

partyup77 said: