I'm tempted to say SOTT. It's great and it has a lot of songs. Then again there's Lovesexy/The Black Album: the best double album never made. Purple Rain is probably the strongest album he's made from start to finish. Parade just makes me feel great-- the songs aren't too bad either . TRC is musical perfection. Grafitti Bridge and Controversy are my current Prince discs of choice. The Truth and Chaos and Disorder are always amongst my favorites. My fascination with all things purple (or Gold in this case) began with TGE so that'll always have a special meaning to me.

No matter how you dice it up it will hurt, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna be stuck on some deserted island without 1999.


[This message was edited Tue May 4 12:34:04 2004 by whodknee]

What a stupid problem this is.... BOY!

UrGGGGGh!

Wow... This is tough.

When I first read through, I automatically thought of Lovesexy. For me, like many, Lovesexy just holds so much personal and emotional memories. But, I thought about jams, social commentary, and just feel goodiness - and Sign O' the Times brought a smile to my face. Yet, it wasn't sufficitent.

Both albums are great but I would become bored with them after while. It would be months, perhaps years before I enjoy them again.

Then it hit me like an unexpected slap to the face. I would want N.E.W.S. Everytime I listen to it, it sounds different, perhaps because it shifts through melodies like one endures emotions. It's always fresh and can be taken seriously or disfuntionally.

Yep, I'll take N.E.W.S.

Sign O Tha Muthafuckin Times. Aint nothing else I need.

Um.

Except a record player.

And a plug!

And some speakers.


[This message was edited Tue May 4 20:16:44 2004 by otan]

Gotta have my SOTT.

PURPLE RAIN

because it was my first Prince-album and it means a lot to me

Jasziah said:

To refine this question a little further...

An assumption I'm making here is that you've heard ALL Prince's albums. Therefore If 'you can only have one' this does not mean to say that it's your favorite right? But rather the album that makes some kind of trajectory of / form / to the other albums.

You see I really feel there is a taste of everything in Lovesexy.

But boy, I really couldn't live without TRC or SOTT or 1999 or.....
[This message was edited Wed May 5 14:33:42 2004 by infinitetrio]

Purple rain/SOTT/ the rainbow children

1999

Parade!

Wow. Tough one. Probably "SOTT" with "Lovesexy" a close second.

Parade

i'm having trouble deciding which album. Purple Rain, SOTT or Parade. those are the 3 albums that i listen to everyday.I'll put them in order.

1. Purple Rain
2. SOTT
3. Parade

I'm going to be different and go with the Symbol album. It means a lot to me personally, and it was the first album I bought when I discovered Prince in 1992 aged 15. I love that album I couldn't be without it.
[This message was edited Wed May 5 16:45:10 2004 by ZARIA7ETAN]

I'd go with Purple Reign.

Sign 'O' The Times

EvilWhiteMale said:

And meeeee