A tentative list, but I think my top top would feature at least the follow Prince albums:

Parade

Sign o the Times

The Rainbow Children

The rest of the list might feature:

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

The Return of the Space Cowboy - Jamiroquai

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Ten Love Songs - Susanne Sundfor

The Sensual World - Kate Bush (or) Grey Tickles, Black Pressure - John Grant

Possibly Sign O' The Times. In reality I couldn't do a Top 10. I have over 3,000 cds.

homesquid said:

Possibly Sign O' The Times. In reality I couldn't do a Top 10. I have over 3,000 cds.

I'm having the same problem and my mood swings a LOT when it comes to music so my top ten always changes. Might make for a cool thread though. Except it'd get buried in "Music: NON PRINCE" so no one would read it.

I thought of ten more today and have no idea where to slot them

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Stand - Sly and the Family Stone
Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
Truth and Soul - Fishbone
What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye
Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
WAR - U2
Monsters and Robots - Buckethead

Man, I'm like you I could just keep going.

homesquid said:

Possibly Sign O' The Times. In reality I couldn't do a Top 10. I have over 3,000 cds.

3,000!

Where do you store that many CDs?

Based on this thread Parade is Prince's most highly regarded album. It's aged the best of all his records to my ears. Somehwere in my top 10 for sure.

TheGloved1 said:

Based on this thread Parade is Prince's most highly regarded album. It's aged the best of all his records to my ears. Somehwere in my top 10 for sure.

Not for me. I like it a lot but really have to be in the mood for it. It's a clever and fully realized record and has a lot of depth to it, but I'd rate 1999, PR, SotT, AoA, Dirty Mind, Exodus and Gold above it. Again, I just go by "how much do I play it" as my rating factor.

I don't break out "Parade" too much. Sometimes in the spring. You ever have those records that seem to match certain SEASONS? Maybe I'm weird like that

databank said:

pdiddy2011 said:

homesquid said:

Possibly Sign O' The Times. In reality I couldn't do a Top 10. I have over 3,000 cds.

3,000!

Where do you store that many CDs?

My office. One side of the room is just cds. I guess I'm a rare breed these days. It's only a problem when I have to move.

herb4 said:

TheGloved1 said:

Based on this thread Parade is Prince's most highly regarded album. It's aged the best of all his records to my ears. Somehwere in my top 10 for sure.

Not for me. I like it a lot but really have to be in the mood for it. It's a clever and fully realized record and has a lot of depth to it, but I'd rate 1999, PR, SotT, AoA, Dirty Mind, Exodus and Gold above it. Again, I just go by "how much do I play it" as my rating factor.

I don't break out "Parade" too much. Sometimes in the spring. You ever have those records that seem to match certain SEASONS? Maybe I'm weird like that

I have built an entire spring ritual around Parade, so...

databank said:

SOTT, PR & 1999 would be in my top 10

Parade.

Genesia said:

I have built an entire spring ritual around Parade, so...

Yes! Parade is definately a Spring album to me.

PeteSilas said:

JohnShaft said:

While not wanting to turn this into a All Time Top 10, I just couldn't resist here:

Kiss - Lick It Up
Prince - Dirty Mind
Danielle Brisebois - Arrive All Over You
Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley
Kyle Vincent - Solitary Road
Icon - Night Of the Crime
The Temptations - For Lovers Only
Blue Murder - Blue Murder
Michael Stanley Band - You Can't Fight Fashion
Girl - Sheer Greed

tell me what's so good about the temptations album? I used to think of them as singles artists but then i got a four disk set and was blown away by the great stuff i'd never heard.

What I love about this Temptations album is that they take songs from the "Great American Songbook" and re-work them into "Quiet Storm" styled R&B. The main vocalists are Theo Peoples and Ali-Ollie Woodson and they sound amazing together. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and "Some Enchanted Evening" are both simply and hauntenling beautiful.

Are you talking about the "Emperors of Soul" boxed set? I have that and if it's possible to wear out a CD I certainly did with that one!

herb4 said:

JohnShaft said:

While not wanting to turn this into a All Time Top 10, I just couldn't resist here:

Kiss - Lick It Up
Prince - Dirty Mind
Danielle Brisebois - Arrive All Over You
Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley
Kyle Vincent - Solitary Road
Icon - Night Of the Crime
The Temptations - For Lovers Only
Blue Murder - Blue Murder
Michael Stanley Band - You Can't Fight Fashion
Girl - Sheer Greed

Holy shit, that's great. A KISS solo album in an all time top ten. I love KISS but i'd never go that far. You rock dude.

WE should start a separate thread for this. See how many prince albums make the cut,

I've got, off the top of my head, along with the Prince Albums...

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Physical Graffitti - Led Zep
Electric Warrior - T Rex
When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple
Axis Bold As Love - Hendrix
Blood Sugar Sex Magic - RHCP
Rage Against the Machine
Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones
Original Musiquarium - Stevie Wonder

...man, this is hard. Way too hard...Impossible. TEN? My mood shifts too much.

Paul's album is the definition of the word "perfection". I know many Kiss fans get all wet over Ace's solo album but, while it's a good album, it doesn't feature Paul Stanley!

Apologies to anybody thinking I'm trying to derail the thread. That certainly isn't my intention here.

JohnShaft said:

herb4 said:

Holy shit, that's great. A KISS solo album in an all time top ten. I love KISS but i'd never go that far. You rock dude.

WE should start a separate thread for this. See how many prince albums make the cut,

I've got, off the top of my head, along with the Prince Albums...

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Physical Graffitti - Led Zep
Electric Warrior - T Rex
When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple
Axis Bold As Love - Hendrix
Blood Sugar Sex Magic - RHCP
Rage Against the Machine
Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones
Original Musiquarium - Stevie Wonder

...man, this is hard. Way too hard...Impossible. TEN? My mood shifts too much.

Paul's album is the definition of the word "perfection". I know many Kiss fans get all wet over Ace's solo album but, while it's a good album, it doesn't feature Paul Stanley!

Apologies to anybody thinking I'm trying to derail the thread. That certainly isn't my intention here.

Not at all. I had just NEVER heard anyone mention ANY of the KISS solo albums as top ten anything. I like KISS and I like Paul Stanley. He's a fine vocalist and front man and his book was my favorite among the ones written by the band members. Maybe I'll give it another spin

Prince has a lot of amazing albums, but i don't think any of them have captivated me like LotusFlow3r/MPLSoUND. Phase 2 is a very close second, but his (solo) 2009 output is my all time favorite Prince album.

Several of them

TheGloved1 said:

Based on this thread Parade is Prince's most highly regarded album. It's aged the best of all his records to my ears. Somehwere in my top 10 for sure.

I would agree....

Its definately the ONE I mention often whn asked the impossible tasks of selecting a favorite

Parade is EVERFRESH

Its like nothing else by no one ever

and In my Mind as time Marches by will become known as a CLASSIC

Parade lover here too. And 1999. Sometimes, Prince makes me think of other artists with albums I love, and vice versa. Love Madhouse covering Marvin's Got 2 Give It Up. Nona Gaye on vocals. : )

[Edited 7/10/18 22:49pm]

Art Official Age HAS to be in my top 10 albums of all time. That one is killer!