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Thread started 05/05/04 11:09am

mstelmack

Prince's Best and Worst Albums

Which albums do you consider "essential" Prince albums, and whcih do you consider "hrow aways."? Just curious to what you all think!
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Reply #1 posted 05/05/04 11:24am

NouveauDance

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ESSENTIAL 5:
1999
Dirty Mind
Purple Rain
Sign O' The Times
Parade

(This ISN'T my personal Top 5)

THROWAWAY 5:
NEWS
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Emancipation
The Vault
One Night Alone Live

(This IS my personal Bottom 5)
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Reply #2 posted 05/05/04 11:35am

skywalker

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Essential 5:

Purple Rain
Sign O' the Times
The Gold Experience
Emancipation
Musicology

(yeah they are not all from that holy 80-88 period, but I think that it's essential to see the entire picture and not just a portion)

Least essential:
94 East: MPLS Genius
The Very Best of Prince
C-Note
xpectation
Goldnigga
"New Power slide...."
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Reply #3 posted 05/05/04 11:40am

croweonbranch

Most Essential (in no order):
Sign O' the Times
1999
Purple Rain
Parade
Dirty Mind

Least Essential:
NEWS
Come
Chaos & Disorder
Batman (though I was jamming to it last night)
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
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Reply #4 posted 05/05/04 11:44am

ThataintFunky

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MOST ESSENTIAL, that's easy:

1. DIRTY MIND
2. 1999
3. AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
4. SIGN "O" THE TIMES
5. BLACK ALBUM

THROW-AWAYS, that's difficult (everything after LoveSexy isn't excactly great):

1. CHAOS AND DISORDER
2. DIAMONDS AND PEARLS
3. SYMBOL
4. NPS
5. RAVE

to be quit honest:
can't throw away RAVE / the VAULT / TRC ..... didn't buy them anyway!!!
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Reply #5 posted 05/05/04 11:50am

MrGoldstruck

- 6 Essentials
Lovesexy
Parade
The Gold Experience
The Rainbow Children
Dirty Mind
Around the World in a Day

- 5 Throwaways
Diamonds & Pearls
prince
Batman
Graffiti Bridge
New Power Soul
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Reply #6 posted 05/05/04 12:02pm

GottaLetitgo

Essential 5

Sign O The Times
Purple Rain
1999
Diamonds and Pearls
Controversy/Dirty Mind (Tie)


Throwaway 5

New Power Soul
Chaos and Disorder
NEWS
Rainbow Children
The Truth
All good things they say never last...
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Reply #7 posted 05/05/04 12:43pm

insatiable247

Essential:
(in no particular order)
1. Sign o' The Times
2. 1999
3. Parade
4. Lovesexy
5. Dirty Mind

Pretty run-of-the-mill, I know, but they are what they are.

Not so much:
1. Purple Rain - yeah I said it
2. Emancipation
3. The Rainbow Children
4. prince
5. For You (enough with the vocals, already)

Please don't bash me.
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Reply #8 posted 05/05/04 1:38pm

r1ghteousone

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The five essentials:
Sign 'O' The Times
1999
Purple Rain
Parade
Lovesexy


...it absolutely kills me not to mention Dirty Mind though. fit

The five throw-aways: (despite me liking all of 'em in their own way)
Newpower Soul
Chaos & Disorder
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Kamasutra
- if NPS counts, so does this. lol
For You
pray love is god, god is love, girls and boys love god above pray
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Reply #9 posted 05/05/04 3:32pm

brneyes007

Best five:
Purple Rain
Emancipation
around the world in a day
sign o'the times
diamonds and pearls


Least five:
Chaos and disorder
come
news
gold experience
vault
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Reply #10 posted 05/05/04 3:52pm

ZARIA7ETAN

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Essential 5:
Sign O The Times
Parade
Symbol (Well I loved it)
Purple Rain
Come

Throwaways:
Batman
The Black Album
Exodus
For You
Xpectation
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Reply #11 posted 05/05/04 4:18pm

lezenith

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LOVESEXY IS THE ONE,
THEN PURPLE RAIN
3 SIGN OF THE TIMES
4 PARADE
5 THE RAIMBOW CHILDREN
6 1999
7 AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

WORST:
1 GRAFFITI BRIDGE
2 BATMAN
3 4U

IF "1999 THE NEW MASTER" IS AN ALBUM, THIS IS THE WORST!!!
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Reply #12 posted 05/05/04 5:10pm

PrettyMan72

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Essentials:
Dirty Mind
1999
Purple Rain
Parade
Sign O' the Time
The Gold Experience
Emancipation

Good:
Controversy
Prince
Around the World in a day

Throw Away:
NPS
Rave
Chaos & Disorder
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Reply #13 posted 05/05/04 5:14pm

rudedog

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My Essential 5:
1999
Purple Rain
Around The World In A Day
Sign O The Times
The Gold Experience

My throwaway 5:
NEWS
Xpectation
Most of Disc 1 of Emancipation
C-Note
For You
"The voter is less important than the man who provides money to the candidate," - Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Rudedog no no no!
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Reply #14 posted 05/05/04 5:16pm

ultrraviolette

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Must haves:

SOTT
Lovesexy
Parade
Purple Rain
1999

Throwaways:

C&D
For You
prince
Rave
...:...Must I become naked?
No image at all?
Shall I remain upright?
Or get down and crawl?...:...
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Reply #15 posted 05/05/04 5:51pm

Love2tha9s

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Must haves:

Purple Rain

Sign o' the Times

Gold Experience

Parade

1999

Wouldn't call them throwaways but just not his best:

Old Friends for Sale
Symbol
Graffiti Bridge
"Why'd I waste my kisses on you baby?" R.I.P. Prince You've finally found your way back home. Well Done.
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Reply #16 posted 05/05/04 11:02pm

andyman91

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Purple Rain
Sign o the Times

Kamasutra
News
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Reply #17 posted 05/06/04 12:06am

GeSmi1

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andyman91 said:

Purple Rain
Sign o the Times

Kamasutra
News


Essentials:

LoveSexy (I love that CD)
Purple Rain
1999
Dirty Mind
Sign of the Times
Prince

Throw Aways
The New Power Soul
Come
Graffitti Bridge (Possibly, the worst CD)

Those are the only three I can rule out.

I haven't heard the "Rainbow Children" yet. I'm beginning to think that it's good.

GeSmi1
Baby, Baby, Baby...what's it going 2 b?
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