So for some reason I do not own Prince’s first four albums - For you, Prince, Dirty Mind, Controversy.
The first Prince album to blow my mind was Sign o the times, though by then I knew the big songs from 1999, Purple Rain, Around the world…. And Parade.
I have about three quarters of everything else up to 2016. I think I am missing Lovesexy and the symbol one, and The Rainbow Children; and I think a few were digital only releases.
Are all the first four essential? Which are essential?
How complete is your Prince collection?
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Digitally I have every note he ever released
On discs now I only have 1999 through to Lovesexy
The first two are alright but Dirty Mind is the pick of the early ones. Controversy is worth a punt too.
After the turn of the 90s he is hit and miss but there is usually some value in everything.
On discs now I only have 1999 through to Lovesexy
The first two are alright but Dirty Mind is the pick of the early ones. Controversy is worth a punt too.
After the turn of the 90s he is hit and miss but there is usually some value in everything.
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All of the eighties records are pretty much must-owns, with Dirty Mind, 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign of the Times being compulsory.
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My own favorite (cover and lack of track indexing notwithstanding) is Lovesexy. I might be alone in that.
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The Slider wrote:Parade is his very best LP of 1986.
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'Controversy' is my second favorite Prince album.
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