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Thread started 03/24/18 8:02am

lonelyalien

Around the world in a day, sign of the times, purple rain

In my opinion and its only my opinion these are his greatest albums but of the three which would you say is his best. For me its around the world in a day mainly because pop life is the first prince track I ever heard which got me into him and made me explore what else was out there also the ladder is my favourite prince track.

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Reply #1 posted 03/24/18 9:21am

TrivialPursuit

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You're basing an opinion on fond memories, not artistry. Someone might have a funny memory around "Jughead" - that doesn't make it a classic track.

To ignore the R&B brilliance of Prince, the raw demo edginess of Dirty Mind, the new wave funk of Controversy, the aural orgy of 1999, the warmth of Parade, and the trippiness of Lovesexy is short-sighted.


Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #2 posted 03/24/18 9:25am

lonelyalien

TrivialPursuit said:

You're basing an opinion on fond memories, not artistry. Someone might have a funny memory around "Jughead" - that doesn't make it a classic track.

To ignore the R&B brilliance of Prince, the raw demo edginess of Dirty Mind, the new wave funk of Controversy, the aural orgy of 1999, the warmth of Parade, and the trippiness of Lovesexy is short-sighted.


As I stated in my opinion.

I'm just like everybody else I need love.....and water.
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Reply #3 posted 03/24/18 10:17am

luvsexy4all

no jughead memories thread please...

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Reply #4 posted 03/24/18 12:10pm

pdiddy2011

Out of those 3 albums, I'd rank them Sign O the Times, then Purple Rain, then Around the World In a Day. It's funny though because I'd rank Pop Life as one of my 2 or 3 favorite tracks from among all three. Having answered your question, though, I must say that I'd bump Around the World In a Day from your greatest albums list for Parade (first) or 1999 (second) in a New York minute.

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Reply #5 posted 03/24/18 12:54pm

thedoorkeeper

Of the three you picked I would go with Sign o the Times as the best.
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Reply #6 posted 03/24/18 1:24pm

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thedoorkeeper said:

Of the three you picked I would go with Sign o the Times as the best.

Agreed!! biggrin

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Reply #7 posted 03/24/18 3:50pm

ShaggyDog

For me it's Purple Rain, then SOTT, then ATWIAD. What I love about PR is how it just feels like a perfect album, everything fits together so well and there's not an ounce of fat on it. From the first note to the last it's all brilliant. Now SOTT is great too, with a fantastic amount of variety and very expansive but it feels more like a connection of very, very good songs rather than the more organic project feel of PR, which is course is indicative of how the albums were put together. And in third place for me it's ATWIAD, a good album with some killer tracks but I'm just not so fond of last two ones on there. But if Prince had changed it around and put She's Always In My Hair on the album instead then I think it really could have been an outstanding album.
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Reply #8 posted 03/24/18 7:14pm

MonsterZeroTwo

luvsexy4all said:

no jughead memories thread please...



Lol
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