@@YnotNomis I have all of them except for For You. For You had some great tracks on it especially In Love, Crazy You and Just As Long as We're Together. Graffiti Bridge is UNDERRATED. Great soundtrack! 💜
Mine: 1. 1999 2. Purple Rain 3. Controversy 4. Parade 5. SOTT 6. Symbol Album 7. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Musicology 9. Artofficialage 10. Prince. but really, I like almost all of his albums, a fine line of excellence throughout so many of them. Only a few I can't say I was crazy about. Also, if we're counting all Prince generated albums, Times' first and third records might fit somewhere in there as well as any of Sheila's albums which underrated.
Mine 💜 LP List: 1. Purple Rain 2. 1999 3. Sign of the times 4. Dirty Mind 5. Parade 6. Controversy 7. Prince 8. For you 9. Around the world in a day 10. The Black album 💜 7 LP Honorable mentions: 11. Love Sexy 12. The Family 13. Come 14. The Exodus 15. The Time 16. Vanity 6 17. 8 💜 Prince’s Purple Hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 B-Side Joints: 1. Erotic city 2. She’s always in my hair 3. irresistible bitch 4. How come you don’t call me anymore 5. Alexa De Paris 6. A father song 7. Girl 8. All My Dreams 9. Love or the money 10. Shockadelica 11. Horny toad 12. Chocolate 💜💜💜💜 Prince was a prolific songwriter. I can only imagine what his work ethic must have been back in the 80s - 90s And throughout his entire career. He is the definition of a true artist. Along with his outstanding guitar playing and performances. Prince was one of a kind💜 my entire list is subject to change,, depending on my mood 🤣🤣🤣 But for today,, that’s it💜💜💜💜💜
wow ... I thought "I am Prince's biggest fan" but I don't know even half of these albums... woe:D Thanks man for opening my mind! Especially "What Time Is It?" sounds exactly like it would be up my alley. Parade and Lovesexy used to be my two favorite albums of his, but since so much material, especially live, has now appeared online, I have completely shifted my perspective on him... there is just so incredibly much more to the guy - he was a 100% fullblood certified musical genius.
1)Sign O' The Times 2)Purple Rain 3)1999 4)The Gold Experience 5)Lovesexy 6)Batman 7)Parade 8)Around The World In A Day 9)The Black Album 10)Controversy
1. 1999 2. Purple Rain 3. Sign O The Times 4. Parade 5. Around The World In A Day 6. Lovesexy 7. Controversy 8. Dirty Mind 9. The Family 10. Love Symbol
My Top 10: 10. Come 9. 1999 8. Batman 7. Dirty Mind 6. Purple Rain 💜 5. 3121 4. Parade 🎉 3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic 2. Sign O' The Times 1. Emancipation 0(+>💜🎶🎵🎼💜💯
Lady Cab Driver is my fav off 1999 too! I didn’t like it at first but it took me awhile to enjoy it. I love the interplay between the guitar and key solos
My Top ten Prince Albums: 1. 1999 2. Sign O' The Times 3 Purple Rain 4 Controversy 5 Emancipation 6 Parade 7 Around The World in A Day 8 Musicology 9 Dirty Mind 10 Diamonds and Pearls
Loved watching your video. I really liked what you said about Rainbow Children and Parade. My picks don't match yours 100%, but how could they, right? Great picks and great job putting your list together. Thanks for your work.
Thanks for the upload, brother! What I admire most about your Top 10 list is how deep and diverse it is. Like Prince, your funk is multilayered, taking us on a wild ride through all musical genres and eras.
Brother Dean, the peoples have spoken, and this is another excellent video. You are like Bomani Jones in that regardless of the topic you will provide insight with wit and wisdom. I like most that you thought outside the box, which is what I have come to expect from you, and provided a list that teaches and celebrates the depth and diversity of Prince. For that alone, this video should be viewed by as many people as possible. As such, I will include the link to it in my Friday’s newsletter to encourage even more folks to watch. Again, great job.
GREAT List! I especially feel you regarding "8", "Newpower Soul", "Rainbow Children (especially love the inclusion of Najee and Maceo Parker & Candi Dulfer💯💯💯)", "Parade" - a Deluxe is SORELY Needed and Overdue. I read that there are a bunch of versions of the Parade tracks with Claire Fischer on them). Also I Love "16", and "24" and DEFINITELY "1999", "Dirty Mind" and, "Sign O The Times". Thx and Peace and Be Wild.
1 Sott 2. Purple rain 3. Parade 4. Around the world in a day . 5 lotus flower ( yup I'm going against the grain here) 6. Come. 7. 1999 8. Thecrainbow children. 9 Controvery 10. Chaos and disorder. Order could change slightly depending on mood. Lol
I respect your take on this. I'm also a hardcore Prince fan who watched him blossom from the very beginning..... From 'Dirty Mind' to 'Diamonds & Pearls' ---- the first listen of a Prince album on the day it came out was an EVENT.
My list (Not in order): 1. COME 2. 1999 3. Purple Rain 4. Signs of the Times 5. Diamonds & Pearls 6. O(+> 7. Crystal Ball 8. Graffiti Bridge 9. What Time Is It (Morris Day & The Time) 10. PRINCE
My Top 10: 1. The Gold Experience 2. Purple Rain 3. Lovesexy 4. Around The World In A Day 5. The Symbol Album 6. Diamonds And Pearls 7. Sign O’ The Times 8. 1999 9. Come 10. Emancipation
1.1999 2.Purple Rain 3.Diamonds & Pearls 4.Sign o The Times 5. Parade 6. Controversy 7. Vanity 6 album 8. Batman soundtrack 9. Prince 10. Graffiti Bridge
Great list! It's a list that only a true student of my dude PRINCE'S art would come up with! It's also a little unorthodox considering the fact that it's supposed to be a greatest PRINCE albums list. I can understand your adding the MADHOUSE 8 album, but, not the TIME album! It makes sense considering that PRINCE played most of the instruments, wrote the songs, and compositions as well as arrangements, but, it's a TIME album! Excellent and classic album though. I would have to think for a long time about my top 10 list. However, the 1999 album is my all-time favorite album and it's what made PRINCE my musical hero in 1982 until today. You disappointed me by putting a commercial album like PURPLE RAIN so high on your list! Some of the music was so simple and commercial. It's still a solid album regardless! Let's Go Crazy, Take Me With You, and Computer Blue are stellar. PURPLE RAIN is too overplayed and commercial in my opinion ultimately! Am I wrong or did you miss adding CONTROVERSY to your list? If so, I think that would be a huge mistake, homie!
My top ten favorite Prince albums and two are tied. 1. Sign O' Times 2. Purple Rain 3. 1999 4. Around The World In A Day 5. Parade 6. Lovesexy 7. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Controversy 9. Dirty Mind 10. Chaos and Disorder, Love Symbol (Tied)
My top 10 looks something like this: 1. 1999 ; 2. SOTT 3 ; Purple Rain 4. Controversy ; 5. Prince ;6. Diamonds and Pearls ; 7. The Gold Experience ; 8. Around The World In a Day ; 9. Dirty Mind ; 10. Graffiti Bridge My top pick changes a lot. Lately I’ve been on Controversy and The Gold Experience lately
Here's my list and I became a fan since last year. I LOVE his music so much. 1. Sign O The Times 2. Parade 3. 1999 4. Purple Rain 5. Lovesexy 6. Dirty Mind 7. Symbol 8. Around The World In A Day 9. Art Offical Age 10. Rainbow Children/One Nite Alone Live
Saw the title, I have to comment. No one is a bigger prince fanatic than I am, been a fan of his since I was in second grade and I’m 48 now. Here’s the undisputed top five greatest Prince albums list: 1. Dirty Mind 2. 1999 3. Purple Rain 4. Controversy 5. Parade
1. SOTT 2. Exodus 3. 1999 4. Around the world in a day 5. Purple Rain 6. Dirty Mind 7. Controversy 8. Come 9. The rainbow children 10. The gold experience Frankly speaking they are all number one for me. 1999 was my first Prince album, still love it, imo it's the princiest album, it's a milestone of 1980ies era. Exodus is one of the funkiest albums ever and my fav funk album together with Sly's "Fresh". Sign o the times by far best album of 1980s - a masterpiece.
I'm not going to give my full top 10 list because most of them will be represented often by others in these comments. I will however, give 2 of my top 10 that are unlikely to appear on most lists. They are: Hit N Run Phase II. I love this album, especially coming off the heels of phase I which I did not like. This album was Prince getting back to his R&B roots. Favorite tracks are Look At Me, Look At You, Stare, Black Muse, and Baltimore. The other album in my top 10 that won't be on many list is Exodus. No disrespect to Michael Dean, but this is Prince's funkiest album. Favorite tracks are The Exodus Has Begun, The Good Life, Count The Days, and Get Wild.
I've often said that Rainbow Children is the only 2000's album that can sit right next to his 80's stuff. Actually if he had released this instead of Batman it would've made his 80's decade catalog perfect. 1. Purple Rain 2. Sign ☮ The Times 3. 1999 4. LoveSexy 5. Rainbow Children 6. Sign ☮The Times Live ( that soundtrack is a beast and I think he should've released it as a live recording) 7. Madhouse 16 8. The Time 9. What Time is it 10. Emancipation 11. The Family 12. Madhouse 8
Fast forward to make sure you got #1 and #2 correct. You did. #1 just gets better and better the more you listen to it and learn about it. Now I to go back and watch the whole video.
That whole Glam Slam Live album/video is hitting. It's just an outstanding release. I'm glad you are giving the Deluxe treatments some love as well as Madhouse 8 being included. I would say mine today would be... 1. Sign O The Times Deluxe 2. Batman 3. 1999 Deluxe 4. Purple Rain Deluxe 5. Lovesexy 6. Love Symbol 7. LotusFlow3r 8. Dirty Mind 9. Parade 10. 3121
I wish they had put a different concert from the D&P tour as the live audio disc in the D&P super deluxe edition instead of repeating the Glam Slam show.
I loved sott the best because it really stood put sonically in the 80s. It sounded almost outside the times it was written in. As did parade. And you are right it was a very introspective and mature prince all of the sudden.
Hey for me, gotta be 1st time I heard Prince! Back in the day, a friend mixed Sexy Dancer on a tape with tons of other songs. When I caught that interlude and breathing part, was hooked y’all!😂👍🏽 Then I caught Private Joy in high school, so there’s the start of my list!🤔🙂 1. Prince (self titled) 2. Controversy 3. Purple Rain 4. 1999 5. Dirty Mind 6. Sign O’ Times 7. Emancipation 8. Graffiti Bridge 9. 3121 10. Musicology 11. What Time is It (The Time) (I know but I couldn’t stop at 10! MD looks like you edited out anything past 11 choices😂) This is subject to change as I know I’ll move something!😂 Can’t wait to read all y’all’s selections!😬👍🏽
My Prince-ly Top 10 list: 10. Planet Earth 9. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Controversy 7. Symbol Album O+> ( '92) 6. Parade 5. Sign ☮️ the Times 4. Batman soundtrack 3. Lovesexy 2. Come 1. Around the World in a Day 💜 Sidenote: Props for including Madhouse. My favorite out of the 3 is Madhouse 16. 'Baby Doll House.' 🎵🎶
1) Sign O‘ The Times 2) Diamonds and Pearls 3)1999 4) Purple Rain 5)Parade 6)Controversy 7)The Black Album 8)BATMAN SOUNDTRACK 9)3121 10)DIRTY MIND. I like a lot of your choices Mr. Dean. But, this is mine this week. I’ve been listening to Prince officially since 1981. Discovered his album DIRTY MIND back in 1980. But was to young to buy it or listen to it. But he got me on The TIME RECORDS AND CONTROVERSY.
My favorite is DirtyMind. I can't rank beyond that because it will change daily depending on my mood. DirtyMind is what made me a fan back in the day. I'm such a fan. All could be number 2 because I cherish them all. His Royal Badness is the Greatest!!!!.
Man Michael this is a hard one. And like you said the list can fluctuate from day to day lol. Your list and explanation is awesome. And there really is no wrong answer because we all have different ears and preferences. But this is my list today lol. 10. Crystal Ball 9. The Black Album 8. Love Symbol 7. Rainbow Children 6. Emancipation 5. Dirty Mind 4. Sign O The Times 3. 1999 2. Purple Rain 1. For You You should do a video on top 10 favorite protege albums.
Interesting top ten! Prince wrote everything on Madhouse and the early Time's albums so it's still all Prince! Many of us shuffle around our top tens, maybe substitute one or two in place of another. Here is my top ten, at the moment 😁 1. 1999 2. SOTT 3. Dirty Mind 4. Controversy 5. O(+> 6. For You 7. D&P 8. Parade 9. Purple Rain 10. LoveSexy Honorable mention to Madhouse and the first 2 The Time albums and all the B-Sides and 12" s
Great list. Love your commitment to it. Mine for today is (and it’s fluid as you know)- though not really a ton of variety… 1. SOTT 2. 1999 3.Purple Rain 4. Parade 5. Dirty Mind 6. Gold 7. Crystal Ball 8. Chocolate Invasion 9. Slaughterhouse 10 3121 Would also love a protege top 10 as well
Superb, sir! I love how you just stated your list...with little apology - as non is needed :-) I bet if I asked you another day, you'd put LoveSexy in the top 10....or Gold Experience...That's Prince, he is that good! I happen to agree that SOTT is numero uno...even what we got before Crystal Ball. Best Tony
1) Sign O the Times 2) Around the World in a Day - Around the World is my nostalgia album 3) LoveSexy - I place this album after Around the World because TO ME if you take the song Temptation and expand it into a concept album LoveSexy would be it I also love the clean horn arrangements evoking Sign O the Times 4) Purple Rain - I want to have this album at #2 but I have to be honest w/ myself that Around the World was the 1st time I really gave my undivided attention to Prince after moving on from Micheal 5) Parade - I want this at #1 because one of the top 3 prettiest girls in high school wrote me a letter using the poem Prince said over the phone to the Lady in white from the bathtub😂 Didnt remember the poem from the movie so imagine my reaction reading it🤯 But I won't do Sign O the Times like that 6) 1999 7) Controversy 8) Dirty Mind 9) Diamonds & Pearls 10) Batman
You made a great top 10. Miss my dude Prince. My fav Prince album was the Prince album(2nd album). But Sign o the times-great album and concert movie; 1999 so many high school stories with this one; The Time What Time is It - played it to death and they stole the show March 5, 1983 in Baltimore.
1. Purple Rain 2. Parade 3. Diamonds and Pearls 4. O(+> 5. SotT 6. Around the World in a Day 7. The rainbow children 8. Batman 9. 1999 10. The Gold Experience
I respect this list a lot for going outside the norm and recognizing that albums like Newpower Soul are Prince albums through and through. Madhouse 8 makes my list as well!
Controversy is definitely one of them for me because I had my Mom go back and buy it for me on cassette tape at Turtle's records and tapes 40 YEARS AGO because my Uncles turned me onto the title song with that AMAZING chicken scratch guitar chugging while driving the rhythm section. The Controversy Tour was my Mom's 1st concert and she told me that it was during a time when Prince was HOT and that the ONLY way that she can describe it since it was such a LONG TIME AGO was that it was mesmerizing beyond her wildest dreams. I used to know someone that said that Controversy was his BEST album even though I said 1999 at the time and she stated that he tapped into EVERYTHING with this record. I have Cashbox and Record World billboard charts saved on my phone that ranked Controversy HIGHER than rick james street songs LP back in the day.
So Mike I’ve shared this story with a few times. So Sign O‘ The Times came out the year I travelled to Europe. I saw Prince Live that year in 1987for the second time a few months after the release. When I came back to the States I found out he was presenting a film of the concert.
My top ten is 30 albums long ! Great watch, very hard task. Shameful admission here. I've been a prince fan since 1984, I have never heard Jill's album. I need to get on that.
Wow, I like your list❤MY list: 10. The Gold Experience 9. Prince 8. Come 7. O{+> 6. Piano & a Microphone 5. Crystal Ball 4. Purple Rain 3. The Family 2. One Nite Alone… Live! 1. Parade
Parade the continuation of the Paisley Park Sophistication era Straight Fim Noir brought into the 80's they play the extended version at the end of the film
mine is 1. sign o the times 2. around the world in a day 3. purple rain 4. love symbol 5. gold experience 6. 1999 7. musicology 8. self titled 9. controversy 10. parade
Lovesexy Sign o the Times Purple Rain 1999 Dirty mind Parade Prince The Gold Experience Come The Vault - old Friends for Sale My favourite studio albums
Good stuff. I love Prince. Saw him live in London in 2007. Best night ever. My favourite Prince album is Parade. It has my favourite Prince song kiss. I love Sign O the Times but I rarely listen to it all the way through. The first Prince album I bought was the Batman soundtrack it was actually the first ever album I bought with my own money. My second favourite is Controversy. Surprised it's not in your top 10.
I'd personally list all of Prince's '80s solos (excluding The Black Album) up to the tragically underappreciated Lovesexy, The Rainbow Children and 3121 (Prince's finest straightforward pop/craftsman record) as my top 10. Perhaps not that adventurous but I stand by it. If I went by personal preference, I'd sneak in Exodus (more or less a Prince project) and perhaps O{+> or Come. Prince never stopped making good music but album cohesion and editing post-80s is a recurring issue imo...
Hey what do you think about The Truth? My top three are 1. Sign o the times 2. Live in Small Club Den Haag and One Nite Alone live 3. One Nite Alone piano Album 2002 Althoigh the Lovesexy is not easy to listen it was purely magic to me. And in certain moments N.E.W.S. is just mind blowing.
Good list and love your takes on your favs. Parade will always go down as my favorite. New Power Soul is the only pick I disagree with. The Black Album, The Truth, One Night Alone, Controversy, Prince and The Family Album are better pieces of work to me. But always much respect for your takes and videos. Love watching them…….
You have to include boots 👢 especially when not if the Estate officially releases the Deluxe Lovesexy campaign and has to bring the Small Club boot to the masses. 10. Small Club 1988 9. Rainbow Children 8. Come 7. Around the 🌎 world 6. Madhouse debut 5. Batman 4. Dirty Mind 3. 1999 2. SOTT and gotta go with the deluxe version of Purple Rain at #1 but the fact that Beautiful Ones long version is not on there loses a little shine. Still the best album notwithstanding.
My Top 10:
1. SOTT 2.Purple Rain 3. Lovesexy 4.Parade 5. 1999 6.Rainbow Children 7. Caos and Disorder 8. Come 9. Symbol Album. 10.ATWIAD. 💜💜
Rainbow Children was Over the Top
1. 1999 2. Purple Rain. 3 Dirty Mind 4. Sign "O" the Times 5. Controversy 6. For U 7. Prince
8. Diamond and Pearls 9. O+> 10. Graffti Bridge
Love it.
Great list, mine is very similar.
I got 7 of those in my collection.
Best list
@@YnotNomis I have all of them except for For You. For You had some great tracks on it especially In Love, Crazy You and Just As Long as We're Together. Graffiti Bridge is UNDERRATED. Great soundtrack! 💜
Mine: 1. 1999 2. Purple Rain 3. Controversy 4. Parade 5. SOTT 6. Symbol Album 7. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Musicology 9. Artofficialage 10. Prince. but really, I like almost all of his albums, a fine line of excellence throughout so many of them. Only a few I can't say I was crazy about. Also, if we're counting all Prince generated albums, Times' first and third records might fit somewhere in there as well as any of Sheila's albums which underrated.
Mine 💜 LP List: 1. Purple Rain 2. 1999 3. Sign of the times 4. Dirty Mind 5. Parade 6. Controversy 7. Prince 8. For you 9. Around the world in a day 10. The Black album 💜 7 LP Honorable mentions: 11. Love Sexy 12. The Family 13. Come 14. The Exodus 15. The Time 16. Vanity 6 17. 8 💜 Prince’s Purple Hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 B-Side Joints: 1. Erotic city 2. She’s always in my hair 3. irresistible bitch 4. How come you don’t call me anymore 5. Alexa De Paris 6. A father song 7. Girl 8. All My Dreams 9. Love or the money 10. Shockadelica 11. Horny toad 12. Chocolate 💜💜💜💜 Prince was a prolific songwriter. I can only imagine what his work ethic must have been back in the 80s - 90s And throughout his entire career. He is the definition of a true artist. Along with his outstanding guitar playing and performances. Prince was one of a kind💜 my entire list is subject to change,, depending on my mood 🤣🤣🤣 But for today,, that’s it💜💜💜💜💜
wow ... I thought "I am Prince's biggest fan" but I don't know even half of these albums... woe:D Thanks man for opening my mind! Especially "What Time Is It?" sounds exactly like it would be up my alley. Parade and Lovesexy used to be my two favorite albums of his, but since so much material, especially live, has now appeared online, I have completely shifted my perspective on him... there is just so incredibly much more to the guy - he was a 100% fullblood certified musical genius.
1)Sign O' The Times 2)Purple Rain 3)1999 4)The Gold Experience 5)Lovesexy 6)Batman 7)Parade 8)Around The World In A Day 9)The Black Album 10)Controversy
Glad to see Madhouse 8 on your list, I agree, an.amazing album from start to finish.
Agreed!
Great list, Mr. Dean! Agree about Newpower Soul. Very underrated. That CD stays in my car, too! And thlose Come On remixes tho! 🔥🔥🔥
1. 1999
2. Purple Rain
3. Sign O The Times
4. Parade
5. Around The World In A Day
6. Lovesexy
7. Controversy
8. Dirty Mind
9. The Family
10. Love Symbol
Brother your take on these treasures on point😎🎧 ...shout out to yourself and your great channel😎
I appreciate it, thank you! Salute
My Top 10:
10. Come
9. 1999
8. Batman
7. Dirty Mind
6. Purple Rain 💜
5. 3121
4. Parade 🎉
3. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
2. Sign O' The Times
1. Emancipation 0(+>💜🎶🎵🎼💜💯
YAY! Somebody else loves Come and the Batman soundtrack as well! 💜
Lady Cab Driver is my fav off 1999 too! I didn’t like it at first but it took me awhile to enjoy it. I love the interplay between the guitar and key solos
This is for the sun the moon the stars the tourists at Disneyland🔆🌜⭐
My Top ten Prince Albums:
1. 1999
2. Sign O' The Times
3 Purple Rain
4 Controversy
5 Emancipation
6 Parade
7 Around The World in A Day
8 Musicology
9 Dirty Mind
10 Diamonds and Pearls
Loved watching your video.
I really liked what you said about Rainbow Children and Parade.
My picks don't match yours 100%, but how could they, right?
Great picks and great job putting your list together.
Thanks for your work.
Thanks for the upload, brother! What I admire most about your Top 10 list is how deep and diverse it is. Like Prince, your funk is multilayered, taking us on a wild ride through all musical genres and eras.
Thanks for listening
1. SOTT 2.ATWIAD 3. Parade 4. Purple Rain 5. 1999 6. Dirty Mind 7. Batman 8. Graffiti Bridge 9. Prince album 10.Controversy
Another great list!
Top 10
1. 1999
2. Purple Rain
3. SOTT
4. Dirty Mind
5. Controversy
6. Diamonds and Pearls
7.Batman
8. Around the World In A Day
9. Parade
10. For You
Emancipation, Musicology, The Black Album, Rainbow Children, Lovesexy, 1999, Purple Rain, Dirty Mind, For You & New Power Soul
Haven’t seen you in a while. Great to see this post!
i’ve been waiting for a micheal dean special like this for a minute
I hope you enjoy it.
Excellent takes SOTT Is my #1 as well Love Madhouse was on your list. I would also include The Family that album was funky as well💜
What the fuck is this SOTT album that you people keep mentioning!? Why not just spell the shit out?
Brother Dean, the peoples have spoken, and this is another excellent video. You are like Bomani Jones in that regardless of the topic you will provide insight with wit and wisdom. I like most that you thought outside the box, which is what I have come to expect from you, and provided a list that teaches and celebrates the depth and diversity of Prince. For that alone, this video should be viewed by as many people as possible. As such, I will include the link to it in my Friday’s newsletter to encourage even more folks to watch. Again, great job.
Thank you C Liegh! I appreciate the newsletter push.
GREAT List! I especially feel you regarding "8", "Newpower Soul", "Rainbow Children (especially love the inclusion of Najee and Maceo Parker & Candi Dulfer💯💯💯)", "Parade" - a Deluxe is SORELY Needed and Overdue. I read that there are a bunch of versions of the Parade tracks with Claire Fischer on them). Also I Love "16", and "24" and DEFINITELY "1999", "Dirty Mind" and, "Sign O The Times". Thx and Peace and Be Wild.
@@cjsvoiceworks6008 He's right about the EXTENDED versions of Mountains and Anotherloverlikeuneedaholeinyohead. They are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥! Mountains is my JAM! 💜
1. SOTT
2. Purple Rain
3. 1999
4. Lovesexy- TBA
5. Parade
1 Sott 2. Purple rain 3. Parade 4. Around the world in a day . 5 lotus flower ( yup I'm going against the grain here) 6. Come. 7. 1999 8. Thecrainbow children. 9 Controvery 10. Chaos and disorder.
Order could change slightly depending on mood. Lol
I respect your take on this. I'm also a hardcore Prince fan who watched him blossom from the very beginning..... From 'Dirty Mind' to 'Diamonds & Pearls' ---- the first listen of a Prince album on the day it came out was an EVENT.
My list (Not in order):
1. COME
2. 1999
3. Purple Rain
4. Signs of the Times
5. Diamonds & Pearls
6. O(+>
7. Crystal Ball
8. Graffiti Bridge
9. What Time Is It (Morris Day & The Time)
10. PRINCE
My Top 10:
1. The Gold Experience
2. Purple Rain
3. Lovesexy
4. Around The World In A Day
5. The Symbol Album
6. Diamonds And Pearls
7. Sign O’ The Times
8. 1999
9. Come
10. Emancipation
Parade has always been my favorite Prince album. I'm also really glad to see What Time Is It in your top 10.
Good stuff, Michael!! Nice list you put together!!!
1.1999 2.Purple Rain 3.Diamonds & Pearls 4.Sign o The Times 5. Parade 6. Controversy 7. Vanity 6 album 8. Batman soundtrack 9. Prince 10. Graffiti Bridge
Great list! It's a list that only a true student of my dude PRINCE'S art would come up with! It's also a little unorthodox considering the fact that it's supposed to be a greatest PRINCE albums list.
I can understand your adding the MADHOUSE 8 album, but, not the TIME album! It makes sense considering that PRINCE played most of the instruments, wrote the songs, and compositions as well as arrangements, but, it's a TIME album! Excellent and classic album though.
I would have to think for a long time about my top 10 list. However, the 1999 album is my all-time favorite album and it's what made PRINCE my musical hero in 1982 until today.
You disappointed me by putting a commercial album like PURPLE RAIN so high on your list! Some of the music was so simple and commercial. It's still a solid album regardless! Let's Go Crazy, Take Me With You, and Computer Blue are stellar. PURPLE RAIN is too overplayed and commercial in my opinion ultimately!
Am I wrong or did you miss adding CONTROVERSY to your list? If so, I think that would be a huge mistake, homie!
My top ten favorite Prince albums and two are tied.
1. Sign O' Times
2. Purple Rain
3. 1999
4. Around The World In A Day
5. Parade
6. Lovesexy
7. Diamonds and Pearls
8. Controversy
9. Dirty Mind
10. Chaos and Disorder, Love Symbol (Tied)
My top 10 looks something like this:
1. 1999 ; 2. SOTT 3 ; Purple Rain 4. Controversy ; 5. Prince ;6. Diamonds and Pearls ; 7. The Gold Experience ; 8. Around The World In a Day ; 9. Dirty Mind ; 10. Graffiti Bridge
My top pick changes a lot. Lately I’ve been on Controversy and The Gold Experience lately
Here's my list and I became a fan since last year. I LOVE his music so much.
1. Sign O The Times
2. Parade
3. 1999
4. Purple Rain
5. Lovesexy
6. Dirty Mind
7. Symbol
8. Around The World In A Day
9. Art Offical Age
10. Rainbow Children/One Nite Alone Live
I appreciate your inclusion of Madhouse 8!
Saw the title, I have to comment. No one is a bigger prince fanatic than I am, been a fan of his since I was in second grade and I’m 48 now. Here’s the undisputed top five greatest Prince albums list:
1. Dirty Mind
2. 1999
3. Purple Rain
4. Controversy
5. Parade
No particular order but...Gold Experience, Symbol, Emancipation, 1999, SOTT, Prince, Graffiti Bridge, Purple Rain, ATWIAD, Chaos and Disorder
I messed up I forgot Come and For You. Prince just put out too much stuff lol.
1. SOTT 2. Exodus 3. 1999 4. Around the world in a day 5. Purple Rain 6. Dirty Mind 7. Controversy 8. Come 9. The rainbow children 10. The gold experience
Frankly speaking they are all number one for me. 1999 was my first Prince album, still love it, imo it's the princiest album, it's a milestone of 1980ies era. Exodus is one of the funkiest albums ever and my fav funk album together with Sly's "Fresh".
Sign o the times by far best album of 1980s - a masterpiece.
I'm not going to give my full top 10 list because most of them will be represented often by others in these comments. I will however, give 2 of my top 10 that are unlikely to appear on most lists. They are: Hit N Run Phase II. I love this album, especially coming off the heels of phase I which I did not like. This album was Prince getting back to his R&B roots. Favorite tracks are Look At Me, Look At You, Stare, Black Muse, and Baltimore. The other album in my top 10 that won't be on many list is Exodus. No disrespect to Michael Dean, but this is Prince's funkiest album. Favorite tracks are The Exodus Has Begun, The Good Life, Count The Days, and Get Wild.
Exodus is classic. The Good life, Cherry Cherry
I love Exodus. Return of the Bump Squad
I've often said that Rainbow Children is the only 2000's album that can sit right next to his 80's stuff. Actually if he had released this instead of Batman it would've made his 80's decade catalog perfect.
1. Purple Rain
2. Sign ☮ The Times
3. 1999
4. LoveSexy
5. Rainbow Children
6. Sign ☮The Times Live ( that soundtrack is a beast and I think he should've released it as a live recording)
7. Madhouse 16
8. The Time
9. What Time is it
10. Emancipation
11. The Family
12. Madhouse 8
Great list
Fast forward to make sure you got #1 and #2 correct. You did. #1 just gets better and better the more you listen to it and learn about it. Now I to go back and watch the whole video.
Hilarious! Enjoy.
That whole Glam Slam Live album/video is hitting. It's just an outstanding release. I'm glad you are giving the Deluxe treatments some love as well as Madhouse 8 being included.
I would say mine today would be...
1. Sign O The Times Deluxe
2. Batman
3. 1999 Deluxe
4. Purple Rain Deluxe
5. Lovesexy
6. Love Symbol
7. LotusFlow3r
8. Dirty Mind
9. Parade
10. 3121
I wish they had put a different concert from the D&P tour as the live audio disc in the D&P super deluxe edition instead of repeating the Glam Slam show.
I loved sott the best because it really stood put sonically in the 80s. It sounded almost outside the times it was written in. As did parade.
And you are right it was a very introspective and mature prince all of the sudden.
Hey for me, gotta be 1st time I heard Prince! Back in the day, a friend mixed Sexy Dancer on a tape with tons of other songs. When I caught that interlude and breathing part, was hooked y’all!😂👍🏽 Then I caught Private Joy in high school, so there’s the start of my list!🤔🙂
1. Prince (self titled)
2. Controversy
3. Purple Rain
4. 1999
5. Dirty Mind
6. Sign O’ Times
7. Emancipation
8. Graffiti Bridge
9. 3121
10. Musicology
11. What Time is It (The Time)
(I know but I couldn’t stop at 10! MD looks like you edited out anything past 11 choices😂)
This is subject to change as I know I’ll move something!😂 Can’t wait to read all y’all’s selections!😬👍🏽
Great list.
Brother Michael, you should do Top 10 Singles next!
My Prince-ly Top 10 list: 10. Planet Earth 9. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Controversy 7. Symbol Album O+> ( '92) 6. Parade 5. Sign ☮️ the Times 4. Batman soundtrack 3. Lovesexy 2. Come 1. Around the World in a Day 💜
Sidenote: Props for including Madhouse. My favorite out of the 3 is Madhouse 16. 'Baby Doll House.' 🎵🎶
Baby Doll House is butter.
@@mdeanSmooth like it! 🧈
1) Sign O‘ The Times 2) Diamonds and Pearls 3)1999 4) Purple Rain 5)Parade 6)Controversy 7)The Black Album 8)BATMAN SOUNDTRACK 9)3121 10)DIRTY MIND. I like a lot of your choices Mr. Dean. But, this is mine this week. I’ve been listening to Prince officially since 1981. Discovered his album DIRTY MIND back in 1980. But was to young to buy it or listen to it. But he got me on The TIME RECORDS AND CONTROVERSY.
1980 to 1989: 10 great albums (including The Black Album) IMO.
Love Rainbow Children… people sleep on Art Official Age.. very underrated.
My Prince top 10:
1. SoTT
2. 1999
3. Dirty Mind
4. Black Album
5. Controversy
6. Purple Rain
7. Come
8. ATWIAD
9. The Gold Experience
10. LoveSexy
My favorite is DirtyMind. I can't rank beyond that because it will change daily depending on my mood. DirtyMind is what made me a fan back in the day. I'm such a fan. All could be number 2 because I cherish them all. His Royal Badness is the Greatest!!!!.
1)"Sign "O" The Times", 2)"Controversy", - 3)"Purple Rain", 4)"The Black Album" , 5)"1999" , 6)"Art Official Age", 7)"Dirty Mind", 8)"3121", 9)"Crystal Ball", 10)"Musicology"
Man Michael this is a hard one. And like you said the list can fluctuate from day to day lol. Your list and explanation is awesome. And there really is no wrong answer because we all have different ears and preferences. But this is my list today lol.
10. Crystal Ball 9. The Black Album
8. Love Symbol 7. Rainbow Children 6. Emancipation
5. Dirty Mind 4. Sign O The Times
3. 1999 2. Purple Rain
1. For You
You should do a video on top 10 favorite protege albums.
Im feeling that list. Good idea on the protege albums.
@@mdean thank you 🤜🤛
Not sure if you mentioned this, but the group, "THE FAMILY" that Prince Produced. they had maybe one album, but don't sleep on that.
Interesting top ten! Prince wrote everything on Madhouse and the early Time's albums so it's still all Prince! Many of us shuffle around our top tens, maybe substitute one or two in place of another. Here is my top ten, at the moment 😁
1. 1999 2. SOTT 3. Dirty Mind 4. Controversy
5. O(+> 6. For You 7. D&P 8. Parade 9. Purple Rain 10. LoveSexy
Honorable mention to Madhouse and the first 2 The Time albums and all the B-Sides and 12" s
Feeling that list
Great list. Love your commitment to it. Mine for today is (and it’s fluid as you know)- though not really a ton of variety…
1. SOTT
2. 1999
3.Purple Rain
4. Parade
5. Dirty Mind
6. Gold
7. Crystal Ball
8. Chocolate Invasion
9. Slaughterhouse
10 3121
Would also love a protege top 10 as well
Love The span of years.
Rainbow Children It's one of my favorite albums and album covers as well. Rainbow Children is when Prince tapped into his inner Roy Ayers.
Mr Dean Grat job! My list is slightly different but in general I agree
Superb, sir! I love how you just stated your list...with little apology - as non is needed :-) I bet if I asked you another day, you'd put LoveSexy in the top 10....or Gold Experience...That's Prince, he is that good! I happen to agree that SOTT is numero uno...even what we got before Crystal Ball.
Best
Tony
For many years Lovesexy was mu number 1.
1) Sign O the Times
2) Around the World in a Day
- Around the World is my nostalgia album
3) LoveSexy
- I place this album after Around the World because TO ME if you take the song Temptation and expand it into a concept album LoveSexy would be it
I also love the clean horn arrangements evoking Sign O the Times
4) Purple Rain
- I want to have this album at #2 but I have to be honest w/ myself that Around the World was the 1st time I really gave my undivided attention to Prince after moving on from Micheal
5) Parade
- I want this at #1 because one of the top 3 prettiest girls in high school wrote me a letter using the poem Prince said over the phone to the Lady in white from the bathtub😂
Didnt remember the poem from the movie so imagine my reaction reading it🤯
But I won't do Sign O the Times like that
6) 1999
7) Controversy
8) Dirty Mind
9) Diamonds & Pearls
10) Batman
At one time Lovesexy would have been number 1.
@@mdean It was only in the past 5 years that I started to fully process LoveSexy
You made a great top 10. Miss my dude Prince. My fav Prince album was the Prince album(2nd album). But Sign o the times-great album and concert movie; 1999 so many high school stories with this one; The Time What Time is It - played it to death and they stole the show March 5, 1983 in Baltimore.
Love Or Money was great as well from Under The cherry moon
Can't believe it got a Razzie for Worst Song! 🙄
@@danavixen6274they didn’t get it back then. They joked about the Donald Duck voice
Mine (in no order)- 1. SOTT 2. Rainbow Children 3. MPLSoUND 4. Lovesexy 5. Parade 6. Planet Earth 7. Gold Experience 8. Diamonds and Pearls 9. Dirty Mind 10. Purple Rain
1. Purple Rain
2. Parade
3. Diamonds and Pearls
4. O(+>
5. SotT
6. Around the World in a Day
7. The rainbow children
8. Batman
9. 1999
10. The Gold Experience
Madhouse 8. Good call!
8 is my favorite.
Solid top 10 💯💯💯💯
I respect this list a lot for going outside the norm and recognizing that albums like Newpower Soul are Prince albums through and through.
Madhouse 8 makes my list as well!
Controversy is definitely one of them for me because I had my Mom go back and buy it for me on cassette tape at Turtle's records and tapes 40 YEARS AGO because my Uncles turned me onto the title song with that AMAZING chicken scratch guitar chugging while driving the rhythm section. The Controversy Tour was my Mom's 1st concert and she told me that it was during a time when Prince was HOT and that the ONLY way that she can describe it since it was such a LONG TIME AGO was that it was mesmerizing beyond her wildest dreams. I used to know someone that said that Controversy was his BEST album even though I said 1999 at the time and she stated that he tapped into EVERYTHING with this record. I have Cashbox and Record World billboard charts saved on my phone that ranked Controversy HIGHER than rick james street songs LP back in the day.
Madhouse 8 yep ! way underrated
Batman, diamonds and pearls, gold experience, emancipation, musicology, purple rain, graffiti bridge, 8, parade,
Beautiful is such an accurate description for Parade album
So Mike I’ve shared this story with a few times. So Sign O‘ The Times came out the year I travelled to Europe. I saw Prince Live that year in 1987for the second time a few months after the release. When I came back to the States I found out he was presenting a film of the concert.
Thank you Sir.
If I was your girlfriend, is my favorite P song. Both movie and album version.
My top ten is 30 albums long !
Great watch, very hard task.
Shameful admission here. I've been a prince fan since 1984, I have never heard Jill's album. I need to get on that.
Agree with you 1000!~ Sign of the TIMES was funky and edgy!!. My top favorite as well. Controversy is my number 2!..
Not mad at Controversy. Private Joy is my cut
Wow, I like your list❤MY list: 10. The Gold Experience 9. Prince 8. Come 7. O{+> 6. Piano & a Microphone 5. Crystal Ball 4. Purple Rain 3. The Family 2. One Nite Alone… Live! 1. Parade
U can make all the List you want.....but Sign O The Times is No.1 for me all day and every day. 🎶 💯 However, Solid list Mr. Dean. Respect
Great list can't complain...no1 and no.2 are my picks as well.💜💜👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for checking out the video.
Prince: The Hits/The B Sides
Parade the continuation of the Paisley Park Sophistication era Straight Fim Noir brought into the 80's they play the extended version at the end of the film
Great top ten album list. I have most of those albums.
Love the Dirty mind album
10. BatMan Soundtrack
9. Chaos and Disorder
8. Musicology
7.Diamonds n Pearls
6.Dirty Mind
5. Prince
4. Controversy
3. O(+>
2.SOTT
1, LOVESEXY
mine is 1. sign o the times
2. around the world in a day
3. purple rain
4. love symbol
5. gold experience
6. 1999
7. musicology
8. self titled
9. controversy
10. parade
Lovesexy
Sign o the Times
Purple Rain
1999
Dirty mind
Parade
Prince
The Gold Experience
Come
The Vault - old Friends for Sale
My favourite studio albums
I love new power soul…. The one is my favorite❤❤❤❤
New Power Soul!
Good stuff. I love Prince. Saw him live in London in 2007. Best night ever. My favourite Prince album is Parade. It has my favourite Prince song kiss. I love Sign O the Times but I rarely listen to it all the way through. The first Prince album I bought was the Batman soundtrack it was actually the first ever album I bought with my own money. My second favourite is Controversy. Surprised it's not in your top 10.
I'd personally list all of Prince's '80s solos (excluding The Black Album) up to the tragically underappreciated Lovesexy, The Rainbow Children and 3121 (Prince's finest straightforward pop/craftsman record) as my top 10. Perhaps not that adventurous but I stand by it. If I went by personal preference, I'd sneak in Exodus (more or less a Prince project) and perhaps O{+> or Come. Prince never stopped making good music but album cohesion and editing post-80s is a recurring issue imo...
Alexa de Paris ❤️❤️
Dirty mind at no 9 is nasty work lol
Hey what do you think about The Truth?
My top three are
1. Sign o the times
2. Live in Small Club Den Haag and One Nite Alone live
3. One Nite Alone piano Album 2002
Althoigh the Lovesexy is not easy to listen it was purely magic to me. And in certain moments N.E.W.S. is just mind blowing.
I was gonna do Small Club as number 10..
But didn't want to cause no drama picking a bootlegg lol Fave from The Truth...Circle Of Amour
Thanks!
Thank you!
SOTT
Lovesexy
Parade
1999
Purple Rain
Diamonds And Pearls
The Love Symbol
The Gold Experience
The Truth
AOA
Good list and love your takes on your favs.
Parade will always go down as my favorite.
New Power Soul is the only pick I disagree with.
The Black Album, The Truth, One Night Alone, Controversy, Prince and The Family Album are better pieces of work to me.
But always much respect for your takes and videos.
Love watching them…….
All Prince albums are dope, but I gotta ride with the ones I play :)
You have to include boots 👢 especially when not if the Estate officially releases the Deluxe Lovesexy campaign and has to bring the Small Club boot to the masses. 10. Small Club 1988 9. Rainbow Children 8. Come 7. Around the 🌎 world 6. Madhouse debut 5. Batman 4. Dirty Mind 3. 1999 2. SOTT and gotta go with the deluxe version of Purple Rain at #1 but the fact that Beautiful Ones long version is not on there loses a little shine. Still the best album notwithstanding.
SOTT Prince’s Magnum Opus
The reason why I funks with you is if I was doing a retrospective on Sign or Purple Rain it would be exactly like you presented it here.
Nice! Salute
My top ten...
1. Sign
2. Purple Rain
3. 1999
4. Parade
5. Dirty Mind
6. Controversy
7. Gold
8. Symbol
9. D&P
10. 3121
Where is this live at glam slam available? Paisley?
The blu ray is included in the Diamonds and Pearl's deluxe edition. The album is available on major streaming sites.
@@mdean thank you for the info!