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Please to rank Purple Rain (1 Viewer)
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Dan Lambskin
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Darling Nikki. 
fantasycurse42
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Not a huge Prince fan, but even so I still give it a good solid album rating.
Bogart
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Thorn
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MC Gas Money
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I voted great. Not many albums I would call one of the greatest ever
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MC Gas Money
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Are you a woman?
Smiling in pictures is hard for me. It always looks forced. I prefer a genuine smile
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MC Gas Money
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You commented on my looks so I thought you like men
Not that there is anything wrong with that
Thorn
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oh sorry! no it just seemed like every time yo uwere here you had no avatar. i was just curious not gay.
MC Gas Money
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I couldnt decide on one so I figured ill just be myself
I dont hide behind the internet like some
I dont hide behind the internet like some
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Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever and its his best album
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Ghost Rider
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Option 3.
I am not a big Prince fan, but this album is pretty damn good. Not one of the best albums ever by any stretch of the imagination, but still pretty freaking good.
I am not a big Prince fan, but this album is pretty damn good. Not one of the best albums ever by any stretch of the imagination, but still pretty freaking good.
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skol asylum
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Blech. Its Prince.
FUBAR
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Dark side of the moon
IV
The white album
Sgt peppers lonely hearts
What's going on
The Joshua tree
Nevermind
Rumours
randall146
Footballguy
Let's talk about what it means to be one of the greatest albums ever. Top 7 ever? Top 1% ever? Top 5%?
I tried to briefly look at percentages of pro athletes that become hall of famers. Looks like 5-10% of eligible baseball players eventually get it (historically - it's a much smaller percentage more recently). But to be eligible you have to play in the majors for parts of 10 seasons, so I'd imagine that culls out most Major Leaguers right off the bat.
In music you'd need some similar type of eligibility requirement. I'd imagine a billion albums have been released, with most of them totally sucking. So maybe you'd shrink the pool initially by requiring a certain number of albums sold/downloads? And/or a certain number of songs "charting" for a given period of time?
And even looking at sports hall of fames, that only gets us to "great" or "pretty freakin good but . . .". Greatest ever is just a subsection of Halls of Fame.
Anyhoo - even without knowing the eligibility requirements, Purple Rain is among the greatest ever
I tried to briefly look at percentages of pro athletes that become hall of famers. Looks like 5-10% of eligible baseball players eventually get it (historically - it's a much smaller percentage more recently). But to be eligible you have to play in the majors for parts of 10 seasons, so I'd imagine that culls out most Major Leaguers right off the bat.
In music you'd need some similar type of eligibility requirement. I'd imagine a billion albums have been released, with most of them totally sucking. So maybe you'd shrink the pool initially by requiring a certain number of albums sold/downloads? And/or a certain number of songs "charting" for a given period of time?
And even looking at sports hall of fames, that only gets us to "great" or "pretty freakin good but . . .". Greatest ever is just a subsection of Halls of Fame.
Anyhoo - even without knowing the eligibility requirements, Purple Rain is among the greatest ever
Baloney Sandwich
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It is easily one of the top 2-3 albums of the 80s...granted a crappy decade for music overall but still impressive. All-time great album IMO.
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Thorn
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I know it. But I got it back on track. Let's not dwell on it.
PS did you know that Nikki masturbating with a magazine was the impetus for Tipper Gore's explicit labeling campaign?
meanjoegreen
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i think it is up there with the greatest of albums ever.
NCCommish
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SaintsInDome2006
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1999 might actually be better musically. I just liked the funky stuff better. PR is great but it's consciously pop, no bad songs on PR (IIRC), which is an accomplishment in itself but musically I don't think it hits great or groundbreaking which is what is necessary to get to that top echelon. Given all his talent the lil' guy might have left more in the studio (and not on marketed track) than any modern performer.
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NCCommish
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Supposedly has hundreds, maybe thousands, of songs written that we will likely never hear.
Arizona Ron
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MC Gas Money
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Doesnt he play like 300 instruments?
mr. furley
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Papa Georgio
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I wasn't sure how I felt about Prince, but when he tricked Apollonia into getting nekkid and jumping into some lake that wasn't Lake Minnetonka I knew he was a genius.
If someone hijacks their own thread can we call that Thorning?
If someone hijacks their own thread can we call that Thorning?
NorvilleBarnes
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1999 is just as good IMO. Even his work with the NPG is solid. Basically, I think he put out solid albums in the 80s.
Josie Maran
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All-timer.
NorvilleBarnes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1U4KJaERxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1U4KJaERxk
Since we're among fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1U4KJaERxk
Since we're among fans
