That song and the Batman album as a whole was a turning point for me as a fan. I continued to buy every Prince release that followed but rarely found them thrilling or worth repeated listenings (The Gold Experience, MPLS Sound and Exodus being the expeptions).

After the genius displayed in his previous 8 albums going back to DIRTY MIND, this album felt like a limp and uninspired mess. Yes, there were a few songs I could pick out of the rubble that I still enjoy (The Future, Electric Chair and Arms of Orion) but the remaining tracks, especially Lemon Crush were a warning sign that something was changing and, in my opinion, not for the better.

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come is a top 5 prince album

lustmealways said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

lustmealways said:

come is a top 5 prince 1990s album

There, i fixed it for you.

Jumping in to say, nope top Prince album for me and you will have to deal.

Come is like a Top 1 album if we're limiting it to 90s...

paisleyparkgirl said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

lustmealways said: There, i fixed it for you.

Jumping in to say, nope top Prince album for me and you will have to deal.

whats in the rest of the top 5, out of curisoity?

lustmealways said:

come is a top 5 prince album

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Not in my top 5, but in my top 15. Definitely an excellent album (to me).

WhisperingDandelions said:

Come is like a Top 1 album if we're limiting it to 90s...

of that NPG trio era, id rank it as: 1) chaos and disorder, 2) come, 3) gold.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

This album is filled with poor rhymes lol
Trippy picture shoo
Jobba/robba
So i dont go like a jerk

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Come is like a Top 1 album if we're limiting it to 90s...

of that NPG trio era, id rank it as: 1) chaos and disorder, 2) come, 3) gold.

top 90's for me

1.Come

2.Chaos and Disorder

3.Gold

4.Diamonds and Pearls

5.Crystal Ball

lustmealways said:

Electric Chair is an all timer

Yes! Minneapolis Funk-N-Roll BANGER!!!

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Jumping in to say, nope top Prince album for me and you will have to deal.

whats in the rest of the top 5, out of curisoity?

interested in this, too, from ppg, all eras.

90s Top 5:

1. Love Symbol

2. Come

3. Emancipation

4. Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic

5. Chaos and Disorder

Crystal Ball is a "From the Vault" compilation like the extra discs of the SOTT SDE and has a bunch of previously released content.

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lustmealways said:

come is a top 5 prince album

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'come' is a POS album, worst of the '90s.

WhisperingDandelions said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

whats in the rest of the top 5, out of curisoity?

interested in this, too, from ppg, all eras.

90s Top 5:

1. Love Symbol

2. Come

3. Emancipation

4. Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic

5. Chaos and Disorder

Crystal Ball is a "From the Vault" compilation like the extra discs of the SOTT SDE and has a bunch of previously released content.

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This ain't even close.

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'90s Top 5

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1. Graffiti Bridge.

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2. Chaos and Disorder

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3.

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4. NewPower Soul (yeah, I said it)

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5. The Truth

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'Nuff said.

SoulAlive said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

This album is filled with poor rhymes lol
Trippy picture shoo
Jobba/robba
So i dont go like a jerk

Even though I enjoy the Batman album,I have to admit that the songwriting throughout isn’t very strong.

CAL3 said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

i never include gb as i know most songs are from the 80s. But i guess he re recorded them so it doesnt matter. NPS though?

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Yes, it's hard to consider GB as an album from the 90s, when all the tracks except "Thieves In The Temple" were first recorded in the 80s, some even in the first part of the 80s.

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On D&P, "Diamonds and Pearls" and "Live 4 Love" were first tracked/recorded in December 1989, but all the other tracks were first recorded in 1990-91 (as far as PrinceVault knows). That makes it the first "real" album from the 90s.

GB is like a mopping up of 80s leftovers. kinda makes sense as the film is a sort of PR sequel, but its like the end of that era really, rather than a true new beginning.

PJMcGee said:

I read an interview where Burton said he just wanted the two songs, but Prince made an album and Warners forced it on him.

Yeah, I read the same thing. Burton was using 1999 and Baby I'm A Star as "placeholders" in the movie.

I think they did a pretty good job of blending the new Prince songs into the movie!

I was 17 in the summer of 1989, just graduated high school. It was a fun Batman/Prince summer!

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

CAL3 said:

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This ain't even close.

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'90s Top 5

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1. Graffiti Bridge.

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2. Chaos and Disorder

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3.

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4. NewPower Soul (yeah, I said it)

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5. The Truth

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'Nuff said.

i never include gb as i know most songs are from the 80s. But i guess he re recorded them so it doesnt matter. NPS though?

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Yeah I mean, GB came out in 1990 regardless of the origins of the songs. So going strictly by decade, it was a '90s release.

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And yeah, NPS is fucking awesome.

Lemon Crush was one of my favorite tracks on the Batman album.

In the Summer of '89 when I was dj'ing parties I often played it and it got a good response.

I know the production sounds dated now, but in the pop landscape of '89 it wasn't that out of place.

And compared to Batdance, it's understated.

Now though I'd have to say Electric Chair is the standout track for me.

WhisperingDandelions said:

No way! It was written by Bruce Wayne! Or Batman, or Robin, or the Mad-Hatter, or whatever designator he smacked on yet another repurposed Anna Fantastic song.

The entire album is "out of place" and the arrangements are "so basic" most of the record. The beat's on this album are poor man's Prince, let alone Thriller.

Without the Batman logo I lurve it, tho. This track and "The Future" are my favs on an album full of wall-to-wall by-the-numbers generic Prince on autopilot, on shuffle mode.

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I did not write that song