Which 5 albums do you believe are the best examples of the Mpls Sound?

Mine would be.

Prince - 1999
Prince - Controversy
The Time - What Time Is It?
Andre Cymone - Livin' In The New Wave
Mazarati - Mazarati

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DirtyChris said:

Is this SOS band 2 album good. I bypassed it on my vinyl dig cuz i
wasn't familiar with the songs on it. I know they had a cut out that
sounded just like take your time but can't remember the name.

phunkdaddy said:

I'm trying to remember Too
it's not one I play often...
but I do have the mp3s for it though

but III is the real deal!

Jesse Johnson's Revue

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah i'll take this one along with cherrelle, time, and
prince albums of the 80's.
Throw in ebonee webb's debut.
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OK, this may be "off-topic" but, to me the MPLS sound is about three artists all at the same time:

Prince -- 1999
The Replacements -- Tim
Husker Du -- Candy Apple Gray


LOVE them all.

Does Rhythm Nation 1814 count?

Romeoblu said:

i couldn't agree more with this list. also add The girls, Klymaxx (meeting in the ladies room), Apollonia 6, Jak ( I go wild).

Romeoblu said:

No.

Cinnie said:

No?

Explain yourself.

100 mph and Stroke are two of the finest examples of the MPLS Sound I could think of.

I'd like to add

Madame X.

Jesse johnsons revue

Andre cymone- living in the new wave

Jak- I go wild

The time- what time is it

Morris Day- Color of success

Honorable mentions: Ta mara and the seen (self titled debut), prince-dirtymind/controversy/1999, mazarati(self titled debut. cinnie u are nuts), andre cymone- surviving in the 80s'/AC, The girls-girl talk, the family(self titled debut)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

feck yeah






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minneapolisFunq said:

LMMFAO @ Prince getting an "honorable mention" on a thread about the Minneapolis Sound!!!

GNS said:

That's kinda what is killin me too, with a band like Mazarati being on everyone's list. I yi yi

dope pix

but whats wrong with mazarati?

minneapolisFunq said:

man ionno, i guess it is time to revisit it... it just did not strike me the last few times i listened, but according to y'all it is pretty good so

i'ma fall back on this one.

How can people just forget about

TaMara & The Seen

Klymaxx - Girls Will Be Girls
(Wild Girls / The Man In My Life, Heartbreaker)

The Girls

Madame X

Bernadette Cooper (has that vibe to it).

Krystol - Talk Of The Town

paisleypark4 said:

Bernadette was the female Morris Day.

"Somebody slap me."

Ready For The World's first two albums.They totally captured the Minneaplois Sound of 1982/83 on those albums.

paisleypark4 said:

I love this album! It's got a sexy Vanity 6 vibe throughout."I Want Your Body" is just outrageous! Bernadette Cooper adds alot of spice to this song,with her wild spoken bits

Prince - Controversy
Prince - 1999

hmm... I need 3 more...
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phunkdaddy said:

It's called "Do It Now" and yes,it sounds just like "Take Your Time"



The album cover pictured above is their third album,containing the hit "High Hopes".

You mean albums without Prince on?

Cinema: Cinema 6.

http://theheaviestfunkint...ong-house/

All time classic of Minneapolis funk. Actually, no, scrub that. All time classic minimalist electronic soulful funk album.

Jesse Johnson: Every Shade of Love. The Heaviest and Bestest.

These are utterly essential.

After that, I don't know. 'Life According to Bernadette Cooper' was good, whoever suggested that.
[Edited 3/10/09 7:25am]

Vanity 6 definitely deserves a nod.

As a matter of fact, 1982 brought about thee Holy Grail of MPLS albums:

What Time Is It?
Vanity 6
1999

Thanx 2 Chri$topher for hippin' me to 'em last month.....



BTW, this album screams MPLS sound....



In fact, ALL all of Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam's produced discography between 82 and 87.

Cinnie said:

i know right? that is pretty funny since he only created the sound himself.

this thread has forced me
to pull out the albums
mentioned in here that I own

I played Madame X last night
and I cannot believe
I've had that album
for close to 2 years
and never paid attention...
there was alot of earcandy on there

same with Jesse Johnson's Revue
I've had it for close to a year
and just bit into it last night

great albums

today I think I'll be
doing a Tabu playlist

I need to revisit SOS Band's Too
and Alex's Hearsay