LoveGalore said:

claudemorton said:

LoveGalore said:

RODSERLING said:

rusty1 said:

RODSERLING said:

Here s to make a very bad Prince record : 1999 Little Red Corvette Kiss Purple Rain When Doves Cry I would Die 4 you Darling Nikki Baby I m a star Sign O The Times Take Me With U TMBGITW Gold

haha you're kidding,right?

Consider the source, man.

Ok, here is my take:

1) Graffiti Bridge

2) Jughead

3) Push

4) We March

5) Free

6) Ronnie Talk To Russia

7) Now

8) Money Don't Matter

9) Right The Wrong

10) Daddy Pop

11) Walk Don't Walk

12) 200 Balloons

.

Really not a graat album at all (but still more listenable then most stuff out there!!) Free is the best song on the album IMO when I look at it. Maybe I will want to take that out and replace it with something else, but I will keep it for now. Really can't say much bad about his pre-Graffiti work. Loved it all!!!

TrivialPursuit said:

Make your own 10-12 song bad Prince record, using only officially released songs from the Warner recorded years, through 1996 (Chaos and Disorder being the end of the era). This includes b-sides, but not remixes. We can't delve into a Junior Vasquez, or all the takes on "Cream" and "Gett Off" or whoever mix to make a list.

Everything from Emancipation and after that is spotty as a default, so it'd be pointless to wade through that here.

I'll start, with a small caviat (one being recorded in the WB years, but released much later).

1. Rebirth of the Flesh
2. Life Can Be So Nice
3. Arrogance
4. The Cross
5. Jughead
6. Lemon Crush
7. Shy
8. Push
9. Money Don't Matter 2 Nite
10. Superfunkycalifragisexy
11. It
12. Girl

There are others, but these are some of the worst offenders, to me. Let's see yours. 1979-1996 only.

I agree with part of the list, and I will do mine soon, but Money Dont matter is a very good song. In fact, it has an interesting melody / harmony and one of the songs I can show easily to a non-fan (different from many others)

PJMcGee said:

rusty1 said:

claudemorton said:

Wtf is going on here, there are so many great songs being listed as "bad", is there something I'm not getting?

As far as an actual bad record I can put together, here is one actually bad record.

1.) The Arms of Orion

2.) I'm Yours

3.) Love Machine

4.) Hot Summer

5.) Money Don't Matter 2 Nite

6.) 3 Chains O' Gold

7.) I Rock, Therefore I Am

8.) Right The Wrong

9.) Betcha by Golly Wow!

10.) Purple & Gold

11.) Fixurlifeup

12.) (bonus track) Baltimore

I absolutely LOVE five of those songs, and very much like another two.

GustavoRibas said:

jazzz said:

LoveGalore said:

Art Official Age is so bad it's almost comical. If anyone needed to hear a shit album, I'd see they get ahold of that one. Edit: and to the pedants, AOA is a WB album.

. Except for the opening track, I am actually quite moved by the melancholy of AOA. On the other hand, HNR1 is easily P's worst album ever for me, although I like "June", it fits AOA... .

i agree, after the opening track it's rather fantastic album. His late period gem.

bozojones said:

RODSERLING said:

Fascinating how different people view things. Just as for every terrible song there's someone who thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread, for every great song there's someone who thinks it's pants. Generally I'm sat in the corner with a "it takes a world of all sorts" shrug, but seriously, "Anotherloverholenyohead" on a "worst of" list?

I didn't want to put a lot of energy into this, but I'd say most of The Truth, about half of The Vault, Free off 1999 and quite a few off Graffiti Bridge.

1. Graffiti Bridge

2. Batdance

3. God

4. Arrogance

5. The flow

6. Sweet Baby

7. Orgasm

8. I rock therefore I am

9. 200 balloons

10. Love & Sex (original song)

11. Lemon Crush

Horrible.

you guys..."Free" is a great song!! I'm surprised that is so disliked by many fans

TheEclecticElectric said:

Fascinating how different people view things. Just as for every terrible song there's someone who thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread, for every great song there's someone who thinks it's pants. Generally I'm sat in the corner with a "it takes a world of all sorts" shrug, but seriously, "Anotherloverholenyohead" on a "worst of" list?

I didn't want to put a lot of energy into this, but I'd say most of The Truth, about half of The Vault, Free off 1999 and quite a few off Graffiti Bridge.

I just never understood the appeal of "Anotherlover...", it doesn't click with me at all. On paper it should be a song that I love but something about the execution just feels lacking. The verses are weirdly obtuse in a way that feels like Prince was trying to push outside of the box, yet they feel stilted and don't flow well; the chorus feels uninspired and generic. Altogether, it just makes for one of the least interesting songs in Prince's golden years for me personally.

Even segues like "Venus de Milo" serve their purpose on that album, "Anotherlover..." just feels like a failed attempt at a hit pop song.

bozojones said:

TheEclecticElectric said:

Fascinating how different people view things. Just as for every terrible song there's someone who thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread, for every great song there's someone who thinks it's pants. Generally I'm sat in the corner with a "it takes a world of all sorts" shrug, but seriously, "Anotherloverholenyohead" on a "worst of" list?

I didn't want to put a lot of energy into this, but I'd say most of The Truth, about half of The Vault, Free off 1999 and quite a few off Graffiti Bridge.

I just never understood the appeal of "Anotherlover...", it doesn't click with me at all. On paper it should be a song that I love but something about the execution just feels lacking. The verses are weirdly obtuse in a way that feels like Prince was trying to push outside of the box, yet they feel stilted and don't flow well; the chorus feels uninspired and generic. Altogether, it just makes for one of the least interesting songs in Prince's golden years for me personally.

Even segues like "Venus de Milo" serve their purpose on that album, "Anotherlover..." just feels like a failed attempt at a hit pop song.

As far as Parade goes, Anotherlover is probably my least favourite song on it. I don't dislike it, but I like the other songs more. But I'll tell ya, the 12" version knocks me right out!

bozojones said:

bozojones said:

Even segues like "Venus de Milo" serve their purpose on that album, "Anotherlover..." just feels like a failed attempt at a hit pop song.

I somewhat agree, i like the song but it don't think it fits on the album, and maybe it feels lik a failed attempt because the song wasn't finished and Prince finished it after the album was released.
Prince said the album wasn't finished and was rushed to release and he finished it after itwas released, i would love to hear the finished tracks so hopefully the Estte will put these on the SDE if it evr coms out.

littlemissG said:

I agree with RODSERLING on Matter Don’t Matter Tonight. It’s lyrically strong and has a video that looks like something Spike Lee would produce.

That's probably because Spike Lee did produce it

LoveGalore said:

christobole said:

I searched through his massive output for hours and hours and came up with this list:

1. Chaos And Disorder (4:18)
2. I Like It There (3:15)
3. Dinner With Delores (2:45)
4. The Same December (3:23)
5. Right The Wrong (4:38)
6. Zannalee (2:43)
7. I Rock, Therefore I Am (6:14)
8. Into The Light (2:46)
9. I Will (3:35)
10. Dig U Better Dead (4:00)
11. Had U (1:25)

LOL

TrivialPursuit said:

Make your own 10-12 song bad Prince record, using only officially released songs from the Warner recorded years, through 1996 (Chaos and Disorder being the end of the era). This includes b-sides, but not remixes. We can't delve into a Junior Vasquez, or all the takes on "Cream" and "Gett Off" or whoever mix to make a list.

Everything from Emancipation and after that is spotty as a default, so it'd be pointless to wade through that here.

I'll start, with a small caviat (one being recorded in the WB years, but released much later).

1. Rebirth of the Flesh
2. Life Can Be So Nice
3. Arrogance
4. The Cross
5. Jughead
6. Lemon Crush
7. Shy
8. Push
9. Money Don't Matter 2 Nite
10. Superfunkycalifragisexy
11. It
12. Girl

There are others, but these are some of the worst offenders, to me. Let's see yours. 1979-1996 only.

Can't believe you put The Cross on there, hhhmmm. One of My Favorites. Oh Well, I guess each to their own likes

Astasheiks said:

Can't believe you put "The Cross" on there, hhhmmm. One of My Favorites. Oh Well, I guess each to their own likes

I always felt like it was just missing something. Some of the lyrics are a little corny. But the sound on it, especially in the beginning and first half, are so faint, and covered in analog hiss. I suppose it's just not well done. It sounds like a bad Fostex 4-track demo.

1. Graffiti Bridge

2. Ronnie Talk To Russia

3. I Rock, therefore I Am

4. The Lubricated Lady

5. My Love Is Forever

6. Life Can Be So Nice

7. Orgasm

8. Arrogance

9. Do It All Night

10. Push