Rate the 00's Prince albums best to worst

Rate the 00's Prince albums best to worst

My list

3121
Musicology
The Lotus Flow3r
The Rainbow children
Mplsound
Planet Earth

Cant rate ONA because I have never heard it in its entirety

Reply #1 posted 01/09/21 6:36am

NoSwan

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1. The Rainbow Children
2. 3121
3. Musicology
4. The Slaughterhouse
5. MPLSound
6. The Chocolate Invasion
7. One Nite Alone...
8. Planet Earth
9. Lotusflow3r
10. N.E.W.S.
11. Xpectation

Reply #2 posted 01/09/21 7:33am

psyche2

1. The Rainbow Children

2. Lotusflow3r

3. 3121

4. Xpectation

5. One Nite Alone...

6. One Nite Alone... Live!

7. Planet Earth

8. Musicology

9. N.E.W.S.

10. MPLSound

11. The Chocolate Invasion

12. The Slaughterhouse

Reply #3 posted 01/09/21 8:04am

thisisreece

1. The Rainbow Children (stands up in any era)
2. Lotusflower (a few songs shy of being Top Tier)
3. One Nite Alone
4. N.E.W.S
5. Musicology
6. 3121 (had it been as consistently brilliant as the title track and The Word, this would place much higher)
7. Xpectation
8. C-Note
9. Planet Earth (some decent songs but the epitome of light weight)
10. The Slaughterhouse (despite the great nasty feel to some of this)
11. The Chocolate Invasion
12. MPLSound (though I'm a sucker for the sentimentality of 'Here', and the occasional guitar inflections are exciting - thinking tracks like Valentina, No More Candy 4 U)

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Reply #4 posted 01/09/21 8:34am

jorge

1. The Rainbow Children

2. One Nite Alone...

3. Planet Earth

4. Lotusflow3r

5. 3121

6. Musicology

7. The Chocolate Invasion

8. The Slaughterhouse

9. Xpectation

10. MPLSound

11. N.E.W.S.

12. One Nite Alone... Live!

Reply #5 posted 01/09/21 12:47pm

lurker316

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Tier 1 (all amazing):

1.) The Rainbow Children
2.) Lotusflow3r
3.) 3121

After this there is a huge drop off to Tier 2:

4.) The Slaugtherhouse
5.) The Chocoloate Invasion
6.) MPLSound
7.) Musicology
8.) Planet Earch
9.) One Nite Alone . . . Live!
10.) One Nite Alone

Tier 3 (I'm sure these have merit, but not the type of stuff I personally listen to):

11.) Xpectation
12.) N.E.W.S.
13.) C-Note

Reply #6 posted 01/09/21 2:23pm

cooldayla

There are songs scattered throughout the decade that I enjoy listening to. But none of these albums are worthy of a start to finish listen. You can argue Rainbow Children, N.E.W.S. or C-Note. But that is a stretch. Pretty underwhelming decade, ranking them is not even fun.

Reply #7 posted 01/09/21 2:37pm

MendesCity

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Damn, this was a rough decade for him, huh?

The Lotus Flow3r (this album would be more loved had it not been saddled with the other discs) A-

Musicology B+

3121 B+
The Rainbow Children B+
Planet Earth B

One Night Alone B-

Chocolate Invasion/Slaughterhouse C+

Mplsound C+

NEWS C

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Reply #8 posted 01/09/21 3:49pm

OperatingTheta
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The Rainbow Children
Lotus Flow3r
One Nite Alone - Piano & Vox
Rave IN2 the Joy Fantastic (Special edition, mailed to NPGMC members in 2000)
3121
The Chocolate Invasion
Musicology
The Slaughterhouse
Planet Earth
Xpectation
Indigo Nights
C-Note
One Nite Alone... Live!
NEWS

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[Edited 1/9/21 15:52pm]

funkbabyandthe
babysitters

Reply #9 posted 01/09/21 3:54pm

A pointless contest, but fwiw..

The Rainbow Children

Then several rungs below
3121/Musicology/planet earth

Then even further down
mplsound/lotusflower

Then
One night alone

And then below the very lowest rung....
Slaughterhouse/chocolate invasion/news/xpectation
[Edited 1/9/21 15:55pm]

Reply #10 posted 01/09/21 3:55pm

Tora

Reply #11 posted 01/09/21 4:30pm

LILpoundCAKE

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01 - The Rainbow Children

02 - Lotusflower
03 - 3121
04 - One Nite Alone (solo piano and vocal)
05 - The Chocolate Invasion
06 - MPLSOUND
07 - The Slaughterhouse
08 - Planet Earth
09 - Musicology

I also rate the instrumental albums very highly NEWS/EXPECTATION/CNOTE but I find it almost impossible to rank them amongst the albums with vocals, it's like 2 different worlds.

"You're not my real dad and you never will be!!"

Reply #12 posted 01/09/21 4:59pm

gandorb

!. One Night Alone Live

2. Musicology

3. The Chocolate Invasion

4. 3121

5. One Night Alone

6. Planet Earth

7. Lotusflow3r

8. The Rainbow Chlddren (strong preference to here it live).

9. MPL Sound

10. N.E.W.S.

11. The Slaughterhouse

funkbabyandthe
babysitters

Reply #13 posted 01/10/21 3:38am

decided its more accurate to rank it like this:

1. The Rainbow Children

8. 3121/Musicology/planet earth

15. mplsound/lotusflower

17. One night alone

30. Slaughterhouse/chocolate invasion/news/xpectation

Reply #14 posted 01/10/21 8:06am

JayCrawford

Oh fuck lol, I just posted this thread lol. ONLY if this website allows you to delete old posts.

Anyways to answer your question. The Rainbow Children and One Nite Alone

Reply #15 posted 01/10/21 8:11am

JayCrawford

Man, Princes music decline was heartbreaking. He went from being the king of music throughout the 80s into a joke throughout the 90s and 00s. No classic albums.

Reply #16 posted 01/10/21 8:24am

JayCrawford said:

Oh fuck lol, I just posted this thread lol. ONLY if this website allows you to delete old posts.

Anyways to answer your question. The Rainbow Children and One Nite Alone

no problem
Your the one who gave me the idea to make this thread.

Reply #17 posted 01/10/21 8:25am

JayCrawford said:

Man, Princes music decline was heartbreaking. He went from being the king of music throughout the 80s into a joke throughout the 90s and 00s. No classic albums.

Some would argue that the Gold experience is a classic.
I believe it is and so is 3121.The latter means a lot to me

Reply #18 posted 01/10/21 8:27am

I forgot about these
NEWS
Slaughterhouse
Chocolate invasion
Xpectation

I recently ordered the ONA piano and LIVE cd set
Cant wait to finally hear it in its entirety

funkbabyandthe
babysitters

Reply #19 posted 01/10/21 9:03am

Phase3 said:

JayCrawford said:

Man, Princes music decline was heartbreaking. He went from being the king of music throughout the 80s into a joke throughout the 90s and 00s. No classic albums.

Some would argue that the Gold experience is a classic.
I believe it is and so is 3121.The latter means a lot to me

3121 might mean a lot to you but it's no classic, sorry to say.

Reply #20 posted 01/10/21 9:17am

JayCrawford

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Phase3 said:

Some would argue that the Gold experience is a classic.
I believe it is and so is 3121.The latter means a lot to me

3121 might mean a lot to you but it's no classic, sorry to say.

Any 90s and 00s Prince album isn't classic.

His classics dates back to his prime the 80s
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Reply #21 posted 01/10/21 7:20pm

RODSERLING

1) The Rainbow Children ( the masterpiece)

The good ones :
2) 3121
3) Musicology

The average ones :
4) MPLS
5) Lotus Flower

Then the terrible ones : I don t know how frankly how to rank them in the worst.

Reply #22 posted 01/10/21 7:40pm

kewlschool

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RODSERLING said:
1) The Rainbow Children ( the masterpiece) The good ones : 2) 3121 3) Musicology The average ones : 4) MPLS 5) Lotus Flower Then the terrible ones : I don t know how frankly how to rank them in the worst.

I would add Artifical Age as average from a Prince quality standard.

99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment

Reply #23 posted 01/10/21 8:34pm

RODSERLING

kewlschool said:

RODSERLING said:

1) The Rainbow Children ( the masterpiece) The good ones : 2) 3121 3) Musicology The average ones : 4) MPLS 5) Lotus Flower Then the terrible ones : I don t know how frankly how to rank them in the worst.

I would add Artifical Age as average from a Prince quality standard.

Not from the same decade.
Would you Put The Gold Experience in the 80's?