I'm not sure if there's anything on Xpectation that would make my top 50... And I like that album!

toejam said:

FunkJam said:

toejam said:

I'm not sure if there's anything on Xpectation that would make my top 50... And I like that album!

“Xpedition” is a jam!

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It is! ... but top 50? I dunno...

toejam said:

FunkJam said:

FunkJam said:

Even in the midst of Prince's muddlings of musical output, there were moments of brilliance that stood out. That's varying degrees of brilliance, mind you. It also depends how you define "classic." That's a term thrown around a lot. I mean, it's really defined as, "judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind." So given that, I suppose most of his albums would have that one track that is memorable or worthy of an extra nod. I think anything after 1996 would get into murky waters, really trying to find that one song.

datdude said:

TrivialPursuit said:

jdcxc said:

datdude said:

not even Way Back Home for you?! Definitely for me! Many would say The Breakdown, others still BCW, but yeah AOA too has at least one classic,

“Time” is potentially Top 50 material. “U Know” is another Jam.

There are a bunch of tracks that could have made Top 50 on AOA.

jdcxc said:

Is there a Prince album without a Top 50 (Worthy) Greatest Prince Song? Even his lesser albums have at least one brilliant JAM. Ur thoughts?

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Hi Jdcxc,

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In my subjective opinion I would say 'no', but if you disagree I'd be interested to hear which songs you'd suggest.

ChickenMcNuggets said:

OperatingThetan said:

ChickenMcNuggets said:

When I saw the thread title, 20Ten was the album that came to my mind that lacked an obvious ‘classic’ track for me. So I’d be interested to hear people’s suggestions for that one.

'Future Soul Song' and 'Beginning Endlessly' would be my two contenders. They're among his strongest later work in my estimation. Obviously though, these kind of perceptions are always highly subjective.

True. It's interesting to see AOA mentioned, as that one's got a lot of contenders for top 50 or at least top 100 Prince, for me. "The Breakdown", "Gold Standard", "Clouds"... pretty much his Gold Experience of the 2010s, IMO.

OperatingThetan said:

VaultCurator said:

jdcxc said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Even in the midst of Prince's muddlings of musical output, there were moments of brilliance that stood out. That's varying degrees of brilliance, mind you. It also depends how you define "classic." That's a term thrown around a lot. I mean, it's really defined as, "judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind." So given that, I suppose most of his albums would have that one track that is memorable or worthy of an extra nod. I think anything after 1996 would get into murky waters, really trying to find that one song.

Disagree. 1996+ Albums have a boatload of underrated great songs. Ppl make the mistake of comparing his 79-88 Genius Period with the rest of his catalogue. That is unfair...that was one of the greatest creative runs in pop music history and shouldn’t diminish the great music that followed.

right on....

I, personally, wouldn't put any of the 4 tracks on "N.E.W.S." in my top 100, let alone top 50.

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jaawwnn said:

dodger said:

dodger said:

jdcxc said:

jdcxc said:

djdaffy1227 said:

jdcxc said:

Disagree. 1996+ Albums have a boatload of underrated great songs. Ppl make the mistake of comparing his 79-88 Genius Period with the rest of his catalogue. That is unfair...that was one of the greatest creative runs in pop music history and shouldn’t diminish the great music that followed.

I'm not comparing anything. Any Prince album should be judged on its own, since they are all so different. But that's also the problem, though. 1996 was a time mark, not a comparison of different decades. It was a falling off, for me. His music started to mesh together. Nothing stands out.(3121 and Planet Earth is practically a 2-CD album, as an example.) And while there are nice songs on most albums in this time period, nothing is "classic".