Comments on: Take it Back–What’s Prince’s Best Album?

By: jkg

jkg — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:11:00 +0000

i know eric arnold.

Signs is definitely prince at the apex of his genius. it is STILL ahead of its time in that electronic analogue garage funk sort of sound no one has even gotten close to touching yet.

but i would say the ballad of dorthy parker is the albums true gem.

By: Lester Spence

Lester Spence — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:08:48 +0000

The first two times I listened to Emancipation, I thought it was aight.

The third time?

It’s now one of those albums I damn near can’t skip a track on. everytime i play it, i’m looking at a 180 minute session.

but i’ve got an old school question. what’s the best single side of a prince album? i imagine that anything after diamonds and pearls (at the least) is out of the equation for obvious reasons.

I put my money on Around the World in a Day’s A side.

By: aquababie

aquababie — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:33:31 +0000

i can flip between ’signs’ and ‘1999′. and i don’t disagree with your choices. i listen to those four album more than the others…include ‘under the cherry moon’ soundtrack and ‘around the world in a day’. like someone said ‘1999′ started it off for me. and the title track for ’signs’ is so prophetic…even today.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:10:34 +0000

Each one of the first four Ramones albums was about a half hour, as was Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by the Dead Kennedys–all undisputed classics.

By: Jonzee

Jonzee — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:50:59 +0000

“How often can you say that you blasted the entirety of a classic in half an hour?”

Not many…

As a matter of fact, only ones comes to mind. Nas’ Illmatic. A little over 30 minutes, but one of my fav’s never the less.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:25:34 +0000

The symbol is about as powerful as Helen Keller’s eyesight.

By: Rex

Rex — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:54:58 +0000

Is the symbol too powerful for you Patton followers Kirk?

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:46:56 +0000

Rex, you’re a genuinely nice guy, and we all think the world of you. But don’t ever, EVER, do that again.

Stop it.

By: Rex

Rex — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:37:16 +0000

By the way Alex, instead of saying, “The Symbol Album,” here is what I use in text posts and for my MP3 album tag:

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You have to use a “zero” to flatten out the round symbol.

By: Rex

Rex — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:30:44 +0000

“Sign O The Times” will always be the album that pulled off the ultimate crime against man: The duet with Sheena Easton, “U Got The Look.” What was he thinking? Sheena Easton?

Overall great album, but it loses a point or two for that.