EMAINCIPATION.

rainbow children

1.The Truth
2.Emancipation

Rainbow Children, Gold Experience

The Gold Experience is my favorite and perhaps the best as well after Lovesexy.

Moonbeam said:

I go with this too

Grafitti Bridge and yes, I am dead serious. Three reasons:

Joy In Repetition
The Question of U
We Can Funk

Gold Experience, with TRC coming very close

stymie said:

I'll add to this:

Elephants and Flowers
Still Would Stand All Time
New Power Generation..

I'm going with COME after that.

stymie said:

Graffiti Bridge is for the most part brilliant!

Heck- I'll give ratings out of 10 to the albums after 1988:

Batman- 8/10
Graffiti Bridge- 8/10 (would be higher without the non-Prince tracks)
Diamonds and Pearls- 7/10
- 9.5/10
Come- 8/10
The Gold Experience- 10/10
Chaos and Disorder- 6.5/10
Emancipation- 7.5/10
Crystal Ball- 10/10 (I don't count this as a "proper" album after 1988 since some material predates 1988)
The Truth- 7/10
New Power Soul- 2/10
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale- 8/10
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic- 9/10
The Rainbow Children- 8/10
One Nite Alone- 9/10
Xpectation- 5/10
NEWS- 8/10

For the most part, I think Prince has had a great career since 1988. Call me a "fam" if you wish.

I AGREE!
MANY PEOPLE CLAIM THAT PRINCE IS A @HAS BEEN@ AND HASN'T MADE A GOOD ALBUM FOR 10 YEARS.
I FACT ALL HIS ALBUMS ARE GOOD.
CAN ANYONE ACTUALLY SAY THAT HE HAS EVER MADE A SHIT ALBUM?

Moonbeam said:

whatever.

there's nothing wrong with that album?

it just struck me that i don't often agree with you.

chris210972 said:

Yeah. Me. Plenty since '88.

purpleone said:

I don't believe so, no. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

how many albums has michael jackson released in his career?
and how many have been good, one?
surley prince is entitled to a few average albums out of the long list.

Marrk said:

co-sign.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Excellent! I'm not alone.

Gold Experience, Symbol, and One Nite Alone for me...

Hell, The Vault was great too, even though it's pretty much just a compilation

...and Emancipation Disk 2...

chris210972 said:

two: got to be there and thriller.

chris210972 said:

Look. He's in my avatar, big fucking deal, Fact is IMO MJ still releases more enjoyable music than Prince these days.I can actually still enjoy Invincible. Where the hell is my copy of TRC, you know what? i don't give a shit. I played NEWS 4 times and still hate it.Despite that, i actually like Prince a little more as an artist than MJ.Prince has released some godawful shite since his career went tits up in '93. 2 or 3 great songs per album is his story since then.

What he's been doing these last two years only he can tell you, but in my book Prince is fast becoming a class A fucking bore. As i've always said i'm an 80-88 man, i don't see that changing. The last relevant thing P did was TGE, and that's a long time ago.

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[This message was edited Tue Oct 14 13:34:28 PDT 2003 by Marrk]

chris210972 said:

Yes. Yes.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Marrk said:

'80-'88 is my fave P era as well. But I consider '97 (The Truth) the last time he made a decent album.

Cloudbuster said:

Most people on this planet think Prince is shit and has only ONE good album. Purple Rain.

That's a fact.

one nite alone is one of his best albums to date and that was 2002.

Cloudbuster said:

o-tay, one: got to be there. thriller is overrated as it is.

Cloudbuster said:

forgot about that. agreed.

My fave post '88 releases, in order of preference:

1. Batman
2. Come
3. Graffiti Bridge
4. Chaos & Disorder
5. Xpectation
6. Rave IN2 The Joy Fantastic
7.
8. Crystal Ball/The Truth
9. Emancipation
10. Gold Experience