1. Lotusflow3r (by a country mile)

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2. One Night Alone (studio)

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3. Planet Earth

PJMcGee said:

That's 9 years.

True. It still ain't the whole decade.

All these stammering semantics over 20Ten of all things, the worst Prince album of all-time.

nayroo2002 said:

It's actualy very cool to see 'N.E.W.S.' as many favorites

N.E.W.S. is the next Come. Gen-Z will rewrite the narrative as soon as they finish their 200th replay of Purple Rain, both the album and the film, and probably tour footage, too.

Honestly though these threads are great, Prince has gotta be way wayy up there in terms of fan diversity in taste in his material if you compare different fanbases of different artists. It's always fascinating to see one person's trash or at least "skippable" is another's cherished treasure among Prince fans, pretty much always.

[Edited 8/14/23 22:46pm]

RJOrion said:

The diversity in these lists is primarily due to the diversity in Prince's fanbase, and also Prince's ability to play any genre of music...Prince may have the most diverse fan base of any musician ever...so many different races and nationalities love him and his music...all genders, and people of different sexual orientations love his music...different age groups, different economic backgrounds...and different groups of people are drawn to different genres of music...so it makes perfect sense that songs like Jughead or Moonbeam Levels can be so polarizing...songs being enjoyed by certain people, while being simultaneously disliked by another

Co-sign.

TrivialPursuit said:

PJMcGee said:

That's 9 years.

True. It still ain't the whole decade.

Yeah. You can make an argument for 2000-2009 or 2001-2010. I'd be fine with either. But having the date range be 2001-2009 doesn't make sense...

Unless the OP intedned to define it as 2000-2009, but left off they year 2000 because Prince released no albums that year?

lurker316 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

True. It still ain't the whole decade.

Yeah. You can make an argument for 2000-2009 or 2001-2010. I'd be fine with either. But having the date range be 2001-2009 doesn't make sense...

Unless the OP intedned to define it as 2000-2009, but left off they year 2000 because Prince released no albums that year?

It more boils down to what I find worthy of a top 3 list for my own tastes. The last 16 years of his music was less than great, for me. I still stand by being able to make one great album from Musicology/3121/Planet Earth.

And Mpls/Lotus can be whittled to one disk.

I can't even count the online stuff like News, Xpectation, Chocolate, Slaughter, etc. It's just a really weird time for his music and I honestly don't get it. It's one thing to grow and change, it's another to do that.

TrivialPursuit said:

RJOrion said:

The diversity in these lists is primarily due to the diversity in Prince's fanbase, and also Prince's ability to play any genre of music...Prince may have the most diverse fan base of any musician ever...so many different races and nationalities love him and his music...all genders, and people of different sexual orientations love his music...different age groups, different economic backgrounds...and different groups of people are drawn to different genres of music...so it makes perfect sense that songs like Jughead or Moonbeam Levels can be so polarizing...songs being enjoyed by certain people, while being simultaneously disliked by another

yep. He helps shape the continuing diversity of his already diverse fanbase as well. Like I didn't really "get" ballads or slow jams before him or really the first couple years of Prince replays, many many years later and I'm 100% addicted.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

He just threw anything and everything out in this period. Because he could. And prob also just to get some cash before the majors showed an interest again. But he did what many modern artists do, just stick whatever they want, quality control be damned, out there, so they get a chance to release all sorts of stuff they couldnt on a label that imposes limits. Prince did that early. He didnt need soundcloud or bandcamp lol. He was working the labels shrewdly in this period too, i dont think he cared that much about the albums, it was more about the tours. The albums just let him plug the tours where the money was at. All the albums released in this decade except trc could be edited and truncated. He didnt make another great or proper album until AOA (and then threw out a load of other albums as if just for the sake of it to show he could) [Edited 8/16/23 1:22am]

It's basically a stretch where he did album-after-album of stuff basically Around the World the Day in philosophy (not ATWIAD genre) where it was like do whatever whenever and not be beholden what the general audience's or even hardcore fans idea or concept of "Prince" is.

It's why it's my favorite period after the 80s prime. He just didn't give an F. Which might be why some don't "acknowledge" it, but it's why I love when it's highlighted.

After this era his albums kinda became like his tours when he was trying to give the fans/general audience exactly what they wanted or craved in terms of "Hits" Prince or "Icon" Prince, most encapsulated/climaxed by MPLSound and 20Ten where he literally dusts off the Linn drum out-of-storage and tries in earnest to emulate the 'ole Obraheim 80s synth MPLS-style what have you with whatever his new keyboard presets could mime... Then he kind of scaled the overt purple nostalgia vibes back again.

[Edited 8/16/23 22:34pm]

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

He just threw anything and everything out in this period. Because he could. And prob also just to get some cash before the majors showed an interest again.

That's entirely untrue. That's stuff a 15-year-old would come up with.

TrivialPursuit said:

1. 3121

2. The Rainbow Children

3. Musicology

Musicology and 3121 really suck.

CAL3 said:

olb99 said:

The Rainbow Children

Lotusflow3r

3121

This.

1. The Chocolate Invasion

2. The Slaughterhouse

3. 3121

A poll feature is what is needed on threads like this.

1. The Rainbow Children

2. N.E.W.S

3. Lotusflow3r

mb71 said:

A poll feature is what is needed on threads like this.

no.

upvotes/blocks/polls. All that modern forum crap diminishes actual discussion in favor of apathetic button mashing.

This forum's circa 1996 design is the best discussion format still on the web.

WhisperingDandelions said:

mb71 said:

A poll feature is what is needed on threads like this.

no.

upvotes/blocks/polls. All that modern forum crap diminishes actual discussion in favor of apathetic button mashing.

This forum's circa 1996 design is the best discussion format still on the web.

*don't give a fuck edit.

[Edited 9/3/23 1:19am]

scififilmnerd said:

hosemasterflex said:

Definitely check out the original release sequence of The Chocolate Invasion if that's one of your favs, the original version of "The Dance" on there is sublime. Tidal uses an alternate configuration.