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Reply #60 posted 03/01/04 2:03pm

garnis

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littleman said:

EvilWhiteMale said:

joecoco said:
(Re: NEWS and Expectation) I think most peple don't like them cuz they suck.
Just a theory.


They suck, they being "most people"? Then you're absolutely right.

NEWS is a wonderful, challenging record. I love jazz and fusion and I know people find it very difficult to listen to this kind of record.
It takes concentration and knowledge.
It's a wonderful effort, interesting on many layers.

If you think diamonds & pearls and all that shit is better than news it just means you have to study a little better the history of music in the 20th century.

By the way, my three most disliked:

Diamonds & Pearls
The Symbol Album
Come

God, how I loathed those years. I felt like the world was dying. Thank god for News and TRC.
Sweet picks and even sweeter Avtar. With this ring.... I thee Wed!!!!!
All the gals say hoe if your man's giving up the gold. All the fellas say ruff if you're only giving up the bone.
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Reply #61 posted 03/01/04 2:08pm

littleman

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garnis said:

Sweet picks and even sweeter Avtar. With this ring.... I thee Wed!!!!!


Thanks! I didn't think there were so many Twin Peaks fans on the org!
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Reply #62 posted 03/01/04 2:22pm

namepeace

New Power Soul

N.E.W.S. -- long, complex and contemplative do not make a great a record per se. Madhouse 16 was much, much better.

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic gets worse with each listening, so let's go with that.
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Reply #63 posted 03/01/04 5:10pm

EvilWhiteMale

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littleman said:

EvilWhiteMale said:

joecoco said:
(Re: NEWS and Expectation) I think most peple don't like them cuz they suck.
Just a theory.


They suck, they being "most people"? Then you're absolutely right.

NEWS is a wonderful, challenging record. I love jazz and fusion and I know people find it very difficult to listen to this kind of record.
It takes concentration and knowledge.
It's a wonderful effort, interesting on many layers.

If you think diamonds & pearls and all that shit is better than news it just means you have to study a little better the history of music in the 20th century.

By the way, my three most disliked:

Diamonds & Pearls
The Symbol Album
Come

God, how I loathed those years. I felt like the world was dying. Thank god for News and TRC.


Please stop this.
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Reply #64 posted 03/01/04 8:29pm

WhenDovesCry20
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I can't believe someone said Parade...
~Stephanie~
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Reply #65 posted 03/01/04 9:57pm

diamond99

Take Emancipation and cut it down to one disk. Take the rest of that album and put it on two disks. So you have two disks worth from Emancipation and add Batman. That would be my bottom three. By the way N.E.W.S., Xpectation, and NPS are all great albums. (Well NPS is not great, but if you understand that is is essentially a dance record, it does that quite well. I remember the DJ spinning a lot of tracks from NPS after every show during Xenophobia and it really got the crowd moving.)
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Reply #66 posted 03/01/04 9:58pm

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WhenDovesCry2003 said:

I can't believe someone said Parade...



Ditto, some people just don't function properly. biggrin
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Reply #67 posted 03/01/04 10:00pm

diamond99

namepeace said:

New Power Soul

N.E.W.S. -- long, complex and contemplative do not make a great a record per se. Madhouse 16 was much, much better.

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic gets worse with each listening, so let's go with that.



Nice Blowout Comb!
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Reply #68 posted 03/01/04 10:06pm

JumpUpOnThe1

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mrdespues said:

There ARE no bottom three Prince albums. They're all up the top in some way or another.


worrrrrd Up..

what you consider to be the bottom depends on what else you vibe to besides Prince... and if you're just a listener/follower of the artistry, there's something good to be found in each and every one...so why try to find a bottom when the top is so intriguing and fluid? wink
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Reply #69 posted 03/01/04 10:11pm

JumpUpOnThe1

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diamond99 said:

namepeace said:

New Power Soul

N.E.W.S. -- long, complex and contemplative do not make a great a record per se. Madhouse 16 was much, much better.

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic gets worse with each listening, so let's go with that.



Nice Blowout Comb!


took the words outta my mouth Diamond, lol... when was that? '94-95? phat album..
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Reply #70 posted 03/01/04 10:19pm

diamond99

JumpUpOnThe1 said:

diamond99 said:




Nice Blowout Comb!


took the words outta my mouth Diamond, lol... when was that? '94-95? phat album..



One of the phattest ever!
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Reply #71 posted 03/01/04 10:47pm

nancyboy9

Can i ask why "Batman" seems to be so disliked??

My bottom 3:

New Power Soul (Yuk!!!)
1999 New Master (only got 1 listen then i lost it on purpose)
Graffiti Bridge (only 'cause of the title song)
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Reply #72 posted 03/02/04 12:07am

Mutiny04

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nancyboy9 said:

New Power Soul (Yuk!!!)
1999 New Master (only got 1 listen then i lost it on purpose)
Graffiti Bridge (only 'cause of the title song)
~_OH MY GAWD!!_~ omfg eyepop shake boxed
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Reply #73 posted 03/02/04 3:06am

goat2004

Hall Of Shame

1) Grafiti Bridge
2) New Power Soul
3) Come
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Reply #74 posted 03/02/04 6:13am

avatarfunk

man.when i saw this topic, i had to think....my worst 3

TRC.(this is better live so im throwing the cd out...i already have it in other formats..)

Diamonds and Pearls.(aside from gett off,money don't matter tonight,...what the what?)

Chaos and Dosorder(making that album probably was,given that it came out so quickly.) brick brick talk to the hand cooked boo hmph! doh! ill
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Reply #75 posted 03/02/04 6:34am

evreed

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My 3.

Graffiti Bridge

For YOU

Kamasutra- From Crystal Ball
E.
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Reply #76 posted 03/02/04 7:01am

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nancyboy9 said:

Can i ask why "Batman" seems to be so disliked??

My bottom 3:

New Power Soul (Yuk!!!)
1999 New Master (only got 1 listen then i lost it on purpose)
Graffiti Bridge (only 'cause of the title song)


"Batman" is an incredibly weak album. It is overly commercial, and most of the songs sound like he didn't even try to make anything interesting out of them. The only album I dislike more is the atrocious NPS, which makes "Batman" sound like a masterpiece.
jedi

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Reply #77 posted 03/02/04 7:40am

Gemstoned

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DOES NO ONE HERE OWN PURPLE MEDLEY ?? !! ??

My 3 coasters are:

PURPLE MEDLEY


BATMAN

FOR YOU
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Reply #78 posted 03/02/04 7:44am

EvilWhiteMale

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JediMaster said:

nancyboy9 said:

Can i ask why "Batman" seems to be so disliked??

My bottom 3:

New Power Soul (Yuk!!!)
1999 New Master (only got 1 listen then i lost it on purpose)
Graffiti Bridge (only 'cause of the title song)


"Batman" is an incredibly weak album. It is overly commercial, and most of the songs sound like he didn't even try to make anything interesting out of them. The only album I dislike more is the atrocious NPS, which makes "Batman" sound like a masterpiece.



Dude, Electric Chair alone beats all of TRC.
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Reply #79 posted 03/02/04 9:44am

namepeace

diamond99 said:

namepeace said:

New Power Soul

N.E.W.S. -- long, complex and contemplative do not make a great a record per se. Madhouse 16 was much, much better.

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic gets worse with each listening, so let's go with that.



Nice Blowout Comb!


Thanks. Nice to see my fellow orgers recognize this underappreciated masterpiece.
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Reply #80 posted 03/02/04 9:45am

namepeace

JumpUpOnThe1 said:

diamond99 said:




Nice Blowout Comb!


took the words outta my mouth Diamond, lol... when was that? '94-95? phat album..


1994, the greatest single year in hip-hop history (my twocents)
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

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Reply #81 posted 03/02/04 9:53am

OdysseyMiles

namepeace said:

JumpUpOnThe1 said:



took the words outta my mouth Diamond, lol... when was that? '94-95? phat album..


1994, the greatest single year in hip-hop history (my twocents)


'94, was that the year Tribe came out with "Award Tour"? Man, that song was everywhere!
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Reply #82 posted 03/02/04 10:10am

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Rave.... holy crap. Every song had a decent guest star, but it seemed like they only kept the "warm up" tracks and coulda done better.

2/3 of Emancipation. I like most of the first disk, and then the Kate Bush computer song. And...that's about it. BTW, has anyone heard his collaberation with KB on The Red Shoes cd? It's one of my favorite pieces of music ever. ever.

and last but not least... NPS. The One was the only one track that deserved playing more than once. I haven't played that cd since I heard it the first day I bought it. Horrible. Horrible.
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Reply #83 posted 03/02/04 10:31am

Welcome2daRevo
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WhenDovesCry2003 said:

I can't believe someone said Parade...

BELIEVE IT! I know that era in Prince music is pretty sacred around here, but when I throw it in there with everything from "Prince" to "Lovesexy" it's the weakest of the bunch. IMO But hey, I'm probably harder on it because it came out during his glory days when I expected so much from him. I fact still is, however, when it's time to listen to some Prince, Parade is rarely my choice.
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Reply #84 posted 03/02/04 10:39am

thebige

At the bottom:


Emancipation
New Power Soul
One Nite Alone



Stormbringer
No Sonny T?
No Michael B?
Ain't NPG!

Spider Wisdom: http://bigesayswhat.blogspot.com/

the Manipulations: http://www.myspace.com/themanipulations
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Reply #85 posted 03/02/04 10:50am

fairlite

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Savannah said:

WHAT ARE YOUR BOTTOM 3 PRINCE ALBUMS YOU HARDLY EVER PLAY...


I never thought this would ever happen since I love every Prince album up until 2002
but..

neutral Xpectation
confused ONA Live
sad News

God forbid.. they'd make it to the CD drink coaster hall of fame...


Xpectation and News is understandable- two challenging discs to listen to because they have no vocals.

However, ONA:LIVE is great


Good music does not need vocals. These albums show of artistically what Prince and the NPG can do and not have to rely on vocals. It is all about the MUSIC first.
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Reply #86 posted 03/02/04 10:54am

warning2all

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My bottom 3:

New Power Soul (Yuk!!!)
1999 New Master (only got 1 listen then i lost it on purpose)
Graffiti Bridge (only 'cause of the title song)


You lost "1999: The New Master"? Well, I've got some great news! My local record store has a copy that I know has sat there for 5 years now, and it's only $16.99! Want me to pick it up for you?

"Grafitti Bridge"? eek EVERYBODY wants to find "Grafitti Bridge"!!
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Reply #87 posted 03/02/04 11:04am

warning2all

Savannah said:

WHAT ARE YOUR BOTTOM 3 PRINCE ALBUMS YOU HARDLY EVER PLAY...


I never thought this would ever happen since I love every Prince album up until 2002
but..

neutral Xpectation
confused ONA Live
sad News

God forbid.. they'd make it to the CD drink coaster hall of fame...



"Newpowerpak" is a harder set of discs to get through than any 3 Prince cd's combined:Try It Today! eek
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Reply #88 posted 03/02/04 11:21am

JediMaster

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Okay, I agree with everyone that "1999 the New Master" sucked, but that wasn't an album. It was a Maxi-single. Likewise for the "Purple Medley". Maybe we need a "worst Maxi-single" thread. Of course, that honour goes to the Cream maxi, which sucks more than a hoover.
jedi

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Reply #89 posted 03/02/04 11:22am

namepeace

OdysseyMiles said:

namepeace said:



1994, the greatest single year in hip-hop history (my twocents)


'94, was that the year Tribe came out with "Award Tour"? Man, that song was everywhere!


Methinks that was late 1993. But that and "Electric Relaxation" were in "steady ro" through '94, as I remember.
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