Prince and Michael become monsters of the music buisness.. while many can say Michael's popularity was bigger then Prince's many believed Prince had much more musical passion than Michael in his albums.. We all know commercially Micahel won Thriller sold over 50 million copies Purple Rain sol 16.9... or Bad sold over 20 million copies in 1987 and Sign o The Times sold 3.2 million the U.S. alone...

But the question is.. which do you prefer ...
Purple Rain
or
Thriller

"Purple Rain" brings back wonderful memories but "Thriller" is better. "Bad" is some of the worst shit EVER while "SOTT" still kicks the ass of the new stuff that's out now!

u can't even compare the 2.

Hmmm, difficult one.

If it wasn't for Billy Jean and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' I'd say Purple Rain - but I think we all know which album had the most impact.

It's the entertainer against the Musician.

The two can't be compared because they are two separate genres. Thriller is R&B and Purple Rain is soft rock/pop/funk. But I'd definitely take Purple Rain over any of Michael Jackson's albums.
[This message was edited Thu Aug 14 8:53:15 PDT 2003 by ChadtheRTF]

both are really good albums and made a lotta impact in the '80s, so this is a toughie...but i gotta go with pr.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Dansa said PR? I don't even own Thriller. Off the Wall was a way better album musically. Thriller is pop fluff to appeal to the masses. Purple Rain is a much better album.

stymie said:

why you laughin at me? and yes, i don't own a copy of thriller, either. i've never really cared for it since i wuz a kid.

Thriller.

now if it'd have been Vs SOTT, my answer would've probably been different.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Cuz I'm used to you saying DM for practically everything!!

PR

Purple Rain. Thriller is OK at best and its knowhere near as good as Off The Wall.

Surely this is a loaded question on a Prince forum

Romance1600 said:

Yet Thriller is holdng it's own. Try posting the same question on an MJ forum and see what happens.

stymie said:

I always thought so 2,even tho I loved it as a kid when
it came out,still after listening recently on the
special edition Thriller I really think it´s a masterpiece.
There R lot´s of cool things happening in the mix while
listen carefully & Michael phrasings R so incredibly funky.
I think Quincy Jones did a fantastic job producing this.
/peace Manki

Holy...holy...holy... This is when I was proud to be a MJ fan. PR and THRILLER are outstanding albums of their time and are classics up to this day. SOTT and BAD are fantastic as well. Im sorry but I cant chose one over the other and Im a MJ hater now.

i know which cover i prefer...

Purple Rain all the way. Thriller is a great album, no doubt about that, but Purple Rain is raw and funky! Also, Prince wrote everything and played just about everything. MJ had loads of help from QJ and plays nothing.

muirdo said:

YEAH AND THRILLER AIN'T GOT PURPLE NINYL VERSION EITHER!!!

PURPLE RAIN PURPLE RAIN ITS OUR SONG U KNOW

lildragon said:

This again? DAMN!

Purple Rain


I love every song on that album. Can't say the same for Thriller.

Tough one.
But i guess you could say Thriller is the 'ultimate Pop album', while PR is just a really amazing album, but not a standard in one genre or another. That's why i think Thriller was actually a bigger feat and for me it wins, but it's a close call.

Now Bad vs. SOTT, it's SOTT, easily.

or

Decisions, decisions. I mean, both albums were great and show the 2 artists at the peak of theri pow...Awww, shit, who am I kidding??? I'm not gonna come on Prince.org and say that Michael Jackson has the better album. We all know that Purple Rain is sonically cooler. It's at the top of my favorite albums list while Mike's is somewhere between 11-20. My vote's on Purple Rain. And he didn't even have to get a former Beatle to make a guest appearance to make it cool either. My hero (as well as his Revolution) did all the work himself.

Thriller.

Marrk said:

You want to go and piss people off in an MJ forum? Then try going to www.emjweb.com and you'll get a pretty good idea... HEE HEE! OOOW!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

LOL...I've made up for you Over the years I've owned Thriller on LP, cassette, 1/2 speed master LP, picture disc, and CD...and I just got the special edition cd


I dunno if I can pick between the two...they're both excellent in their own ways. Altho if I go with which one gets played more on my stereo at the moment, Thriller wins

They both gave me "that feeling," but somehow I still have some zeal for Prince that ended long ago for MJ

I think you should be comparing Thriller with 1999 since they were released in the same year

im a huge mj fan but i really dont like thriller. besides billie jean it is just weak pop songs. i think its a bad album to 'represent' mj. i semi understand why it was so big when it came out, but IMO HIStory or dangerous deserves to hold the title of biggest selling album ever.
so purple rain gets my vote, even tho i still love mj.

'NUFF SAID.