Ranking Every PRINCE Album!

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  • @Chritin
    @Chritin Před 3 lety +31

    P. Control is one of the greatest prince songs of all time in my opinion

    • @Chritin
      @Chritin Před 3 lety

      @Tony cool…

    • @ebenezeramare1
      @ebenezeramare1 Před 2 lety +3

      How??? It's the most headache inducing of his discography

    • @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459
      @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459 Před rokem +2

      Lol it’s a fun song

    • @AbbeyRoadkill1
      @AbbeyRoadkill1 Před 10 dny

      It's forgettable. Prince is one of the greats, but can we stop being over-the-top fangirls pretending that every song he ever made is some kind of all-time masterpiece? The Gold Experience is a bit overrated in general. I like "Endorphinmachine," "Shhh," and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." I love "Billy Jack B*tch" and "Gold." But the rest of that album doesn't do much for me.

  • @SirHilaryManfat
    @SirHilaryManfat Před 3 lety +15

    Nice list. I was surprised (and disappointed) by your placing of the Gold Album, but I love that you've put Emancipation so highly. Such an underrated album.

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem +1

      I love disc 2 of Emancipation

    • @boondoggle4820
      @boondoggle4820 Před rokem +1

      So true about Emancipation. There is so much high quality stylistic variety on that album where Prince is experimenting and the songs are really great (and I say this even though about half of the first disc often sounds the same, but gems like Courtin’ Time, Damned If I Do and In This Bed I Scream make it absolutely worth the ride, and even more standard 90s R&B songs like Somebody’s Somebody are really good).

    • @KnotPhound
      @KnotPhound Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeah, like how could you put The Gold Experience in such a low place? It is one of Prince's five best albums.

  • @ricardomendez7803
    @ricardomendez7803 Před 3 lety +23

    Strange that you missed The Black Album

    • @saschaD02
      @saschaD02 Před 3 lety +1

      ...and One Night Alone,New Power Soul(NPG,but still him),PlectrumElectrum(3rd Eye Girl, but still him),Old friends 4 Sale,Welcome 2 the Slaughterhouse,Chocolate Invasion,N.E.W.S,Xpectation....

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem +1

      ​@@saschaD02 old Friends is hard

  • @erick_perez633
    @erick_perez633 Před 3 lety +20

    Here's my top 10
    1.Parade
    2.Purple Rain
    3.Sign O The Times
    4.The Gold Experience
    5.Graffiti Bridge
    6.Prince 1979
    7.Diamonds and Pearls
    8.Batman soundtrack
    9.Dirty Mind
    10.For You

    • @ruebencristobal7790
      @ruebencristobal7790 Před 2 lety +3

      Great list. Graffiti Bridge & Batman Soundtrack are underrated

    • @michaelfrazia4569
      @michaelfrazia4569 Před 2 lety +2

      wow...cool list...no 1999...interesting...ive been a prince fan since I heard that album at 8...till this day it's my favorite...I love the albums you put on your list, but I found it interesting you didn't put 1999 on. I find it was his most groundbreaking album

  • @christophermackinnon2724
    @christophermackinnon2724 Před 9 měsíci +1

    great stuff my man keep it us prince was the man

  • @sebastian_reu9220
    @sebastian_reu9220 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this Video! Subscribed :)!! Huge Bowie, MJ, JJ and Prince Fan!

  • @jorgeivangalindo
    @jorgeivangalindo Před 3 lety +9

    I am a big prince fans, and you make a very good list , i thnik you aprecciate his music and legacy,

  • @jeffs9300
    @jeffs9300 Před 3 lety +7

    Interesting to hear your rankings as a very new Prince fan. Good stuff! I've been a fan since 1982. LOL. Don't sleep on all the unreleased bootleg material! Better than the albums, imho, and there's so much of it. Good job, man!

  • @sherkonia644
    @sherkonia644 Před 3 lety +8

    Emancipation being so high negates any problems I may have had with your list. Massive respect for that, That's patrician as fuck

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před rokem +6

    I have no problem with a long album, as long as it's coherent & not too meandering -- Initially, critics said these things about SOTT, but over time it came to be known as one of his masterpieces

    • @curly_wyn
      @curly_wyn Před rokem +3

      Robert Christgau gave SOTT an “A+” which is of course a perfect score, and I fully agree. It is Prince’s magnum opus. :)

    • @Tarantulisimo
      @Tarantulisimo Před rokem

      @@curly_wyn yes he did -- one of the only critics to do so at the time

  • @chrisshill1252
    @chrisshill1252 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for this. Huge Prince fanatic here!

  • @japhetvesagas1748
    @japhetvesagas1748 Před 3 lety +10

    my top 10
    1. Purple rain
    2. 1999
    3. around the world in a day
    4. sign o the times
    5. parade
    6. prince
    7. hitnrun phase 2
    8. controversy
    9. musicology
    10.for you

    • @ruebencristobal7790
      @ruebencristobal7790 Před 2 lety

      10. Dirty Mind 9. Love Sexy 8. Batman 7. Love Symbol Album 6. Diamonds & Pearl's 5. Sign O' The Times 4..Parade 3. Purple Rain 2. Around The World In A Day 1. 1999

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před rokem +2

    There's a difference between my list personal faves & his most critically acclaimed as well as his most successful albums, but sometimes an album checks all 3 boxes like Purple Rain...

  • @abbyhelms8056
    @abbyhelms8056 Před 3 lety +7

    Stunning choices!!! I love your takes! Love symbol is an underrated gem! Maybe try Chaos and Disorder again though, it’s pretty darn good! Great list!

  • @andrewedwards8238
    @andrewedwards8238 Před 3 lety +3

    Big respect. So far you are the only ranking of all of Prince's genius releases on Y Tube.

  • @kanesgirl623
    @kanesgirl623 Před 2 lety +10

    10. Parade
    09. The Gold Experience
    08. Lotus Flower
    07. Diamonds And Pearls
    06. Emancipation
    05. Around The World In A Day
    04. Come
    03. Graffiti Bridge
    02. Sign 'O' The Times
    01. The Love Symbol

  • @elorapowell7355
    @elorapowell7355 Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing you managed to do all this in 18 minutes!

  • @josephsantagada9191
    @josephsantagada9191 Před 3 lety +10

    My favourite album is Signs of the times followed by 1999...

  • @saschaD02
    @saschaD02 Před 3 lety +2

    He died on the same day that he wrote "Sometimes It Snows in April"...31 yrs later...

  • @josephsantagada9191
    @josephsantagada9191 Před 3 lety +2

    Great review of Prince .... Been listening to Prince since the album for you, but kinda stopped early 90’s. recently purchased a few of the newer ones from your review & just loving the music... 😊🤩

  • @user-rp5yg1gr8s
    @user-rp5yg1gr8s Před 3 lety +5

    1.Purple Rain
    2.Sign O the times
    3.1999
    4.Dirty Mind
    5.Around the world in a day
    6.Parade
    7.Controversy
    8.Lovesexy
    9.Love symbol
    10.Black album

  • @fabianvaldivia1874
    @fabianvaldivia1874 Před 3 lety +8

    10) Emancipation
    09) Musicology
    08) The Black Album
    07) Diamonds and Pearls
    06) Purple Rain
    05) Controversy
    04) Originals (kind of cheating but I don't care)
    03) Sign 'O' The Times
    02) 1999
    01) Dirty Mind

  • @danaosmilie9678
    @danaosmilie9678 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much! Thanks for having patience

  • @christophermackinnon2724
    @christophermackinnon2724 Před 9 měsíci +1

    the deluxe albums are smoking man really funky and diamonds pearls out 27 th

  • @erikblanton9949
    @erikblanton9949 Před 3 lety +4

    I like your view on emancipation.... very underrated ! Holy river all time best song

  • @ROCKNROLLFAN
    @ROCKNROLLFAN Před 3 lety +2

    I'm wearing my Prince For You album T-shirt that I bought from hot topic right now. Correction: it was released in 78'.

  • @CortinasAndClassics
    @CortinasAndClassics Před 2 lety +2

    What do you make of The Vault..Old friends 4 sale?

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem

      Just ordered my physical copy. It's 2 good 4 him not 2 promote it

  • @urban_stories
    @urban_stories Před 3 lety +5

    Nice list!
    My top ten:
    1. Purple Rain
    2. Sign o the times
    3. 1999
    4. The gold experience
    5. Parade
    6. Planet Earth
    7. Diamonds and Pearls
    8. Around the world in a day
    9. Prince
    10. Graffiti Bridge

  • @magicslave3066
    @magicslave3066 Před 4 lety +1

    Man you make me drool

  • @nicholasnelson7829
    @nicholasnelson7829 Před 2 lety +3

    the gold experience is a top 5 album not 20

    • @greenishscott6830
      @greenishscott6830 Před rokem

      Agreed, I mean Shh, Gold, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Endorphinmachine, P control, they're amazing.

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem

      Right. Eye Hate U

  • @jonathanduquec.8167
    @jonathanduquec.8167 Před 3 lety +3

    1. Dirty Mind
    2. Sign O The Times
    3. 1999
    4. Purple Rain
    5. Girl 6
    6. Parade
    7. LoveSymbol
    8. Controversy
    9. The Gold Experience
    10. Originals
    11. Love Sexy
    12. Graffiti Bridge
    13. Emancipation
    14. Prince
    15. Art Official Age
    16. Around the world in a day
    17. Batman
    18. 3121

  • @niteline8429
    @niteline8429 Před 3 lety +1

    Great list.
    1. lovesexy
    2. Sign o the times
    3. Love symbol
    4. Musicology
    5. Emancipation
    6. Come
    7. Diamonds and pearls
    8. Purple Rain
    9. The Gold Experience
    10. 1999
    Honorable mentions: The Black Album. I’d put it on my list but idk if it would count since you were mainly talking about officially released projects and the black album was more of a project he didn’t want to put out.

  • @hoosierfan4life836
    @hoosierfan4life836 Před rokem +2

    Gold Experience and Lovesexy are Top 6 albums of Prince all time. On anyone’s list. I wonder how many you listens you have both. They are masterful from top to bottem. I wish U Heaven and Glam Slam are badass. Not a bad song on Gold.

  • @willthomas2310
    @willthomas2310 Před 3 lety +3

    1. Love symbol
    2. Purple Rain
    3. Around the world in a day
    4. Lovesexy
    5. 1999
    6. Gold Experience
    7. Sign o the times
    8. Diamonds and pearls
    9. Controversy
    10. Prince
    11. Emancipation
    12. Graffiti Bridge
    13. Batman
    14. Parade
    15. Rainbow Children

  • @JonathanEmprendedor
    @JonathanEmprendedor Před 3 lety +2

    My new top 20 studio albums (before listening his new album and all his discography again)
    1. Sign O the times
    2. Dirty Mind
    3. 1999
    4. Purple Rain
    6. Love Symbol
    7. Parade
    8. The Gold Experience
    9. Lovesexy
    10. Controversy
    11. Graffiti Bridge
    12. The Black Album
    13. 3121.
    14. Art Official Age
    15. Prince
    16. Around the world in a day
    17. Emancipation
    18. Welcome 2 America
    19. Planet Earth
    20. Musicology

    • @ruebencristobal7790
      @ruebencristobal7790 Před 2 lety

      Musicology to me is a decent album, a good sometimes. But overrated for me personally. Love Symbol Album is a bit underrated

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před rokem +1

    Prince kinda seemed to have a problem walking the line between commercialism (short song lengths, potential hit singles, marketing) & his artistic/experimental desires & inclinations -- led to a lot of variety in his catalog, but not much accessibility for a new or casual fan

  • @dustyroze150
    @dustyroze150 Před 2 lety +1

    💜 my top best 10 Prince albums plus bonus: 1."81"Controversy 2."85"Around The W🌎rld In A Day 3."88"Lovesexy 4."82"1999 5."84"Purple Rain☔ 6."87"Sign Of X's 7."86"Parade 8."90"Graffiti Bridge 9."89"Batman 10."95"The Gold Experience Bonus:"80"Dirty Mind 🎵

  • @ilovejunetoo
    @ilovejunetoo Před rokem +1

    I'm Kinda late to the Party... but here's my Top 10 (purely for fun) anyways
    10. Rave Un2+In2 the Joy Fantastic🤍💙🤍
    9. 1999 💜💜💜
    8. [Love Symbol] 🤍💛🤍
    7. Planet Earth 💛❤️🧡
    6. The Black Album 🖤🖤🖤
    5. Sign "O" the Times 💛🧡💛
    4. Music from Graffiti Bridge 🤍💚💙
    3. Lovesexy 💜🍑🤍
    2. 3121 🖤🤍🧡
    1. The Gold Experience 🧡💛🧡
    Some Honorable Mentions -
    • Purple Rain 💜💜 💜
    • Parade 🖤🤍🖤
    • LOtUSFLOW3R ❤️💜💙

    • @arvpreenja3090
      @arvpreenja3090 Před rokem

      Really nice choices. Surprised by Grafitti Bridge being so high on many lists. Seems like fans and critics don't agree on that one. Joy in Repetition saves that album for me.
      I wonder why Around the World In A Day isn't mentioned more often by fans.

  • @silvialeyva5555
    @silvialeyva5555 Před 3 lety +3

    I love Batdance

  • @rslja5700
    @rslja5700 Před rokem

    Can you do a review on prince vs Elton John

  • @chuckmissildine2894
    @chuckmissildine2894 Před 3 lety

    Strange but true fact sometimes it snows in April came out in 1986 here in Florence Alabama in 1986 we had one of the worst snow and ice storms ever and it occurred as you guessed it in the month of April which made this song and album even more profound

  • @eboiman6082
    @eboiman6082 Před 3 lety +1

    I think you'd enjoy some of his other albums like newpower soul (1998) and maybe the undertaker (1994)

  • @michaeledwards6249
    @michaeledwards6249 Před rokem

    Sign o the Times trumps everything, then Lovesexy (very similar thematically), and Controversy and 1999 I tend to rank together, then Purple Rain

  • @joshuaogden1296
    @joshuaogden1296 Před 3 lety

    Have u ever listened to the black album

  • @bridges4232
    @bridges4232 Před 3 lety +1

    My top 5
    1: purple rain
    2: 1999
    3: sign of the times
    4: controversy
    5: Batman

  • @Moneytane1976
    @Moneytane1976 Před rokem +1

    Funkinroll - Da fuk? It is called Art Official Age and the song is called Funknroll.

  • @curly_wyn
    @curly_wyn Před rokem +1

    1. Sign “☮️” the Times
    2. 1999
    3. Dirty Mind
    4. Parade
    5. Purple Rain
    6. The Gold Experience
    7. Prince
    8. The Gold Experience
    9. The Love Symbol
    10. The Black Album

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem

      I really like your list. I'm not a fan of The Black Album. I'd swap that out with Emancipation

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem

      U really like The Gold Experience 😅

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před rokem

    I'm a Prince fan, but I don't automatically feel obligated to love & defend all his albums like most superfans do -- some of his albums are just weak as a whole. However, I love the fact that there's so much music out there in so many different genres, & I always respected Prince's artisitc risks

  • @ryanmelton3679
    @ryanmelton3679 Před 3 lety +1

    To each their own but you had a lot of really great albums on the backend...Gold Experience, Crystal Ball, Chaos and Disorder, even LotusFlow3r...those could all be bumped way up into the top half of his work lol. Both Hit N Run Albums, Art Offical Age, Come, Rave, those could all take the place of the aforementioned albums...Prince is a ROCKSTAR, let those guitar driven albums loose baby!!!

  • @garyskadra5236
    @garyskadra5236 Před rokem

    5 - Prince (1979)
    4 - Parade
    3 - Around The World In A Day
    2 - 1999
    1 - Purple Rain

  • @ericcampbell6370
    @ericcampbell6370 Před 2 lety +4

    I don't think I could ever determine an exact ranking order.
    My favorites are everything from the first decade, For You all the way to Lovesexy, including The Black Album .
    I'm more selective about his post-80's output. I would like some songs but not others. My favorites here are The Rainbow Children, Lotusflow3r and The Truth. I also admire N.E.W.S. , but you'd probably have to be a musician and a Jazz and World music enthusiast in order to appreciate it.
    My least favorite Prince album ever is HITnRUN Phase One. It's bland and uninspired. The only redeeming moment for me is June.
    I'm also lukewarm on 20ten, 3121 and Musicology. They were more about pleasing the marketplace, which is something that always puts me off about any recordings. I greatly prefer when artists err on the side of creativity.

    • @michaelfrazia4569
      @michaelfrazia4569 Před 2 lety +1

      we are the same type of fan of prince..his first decade and a half I love it all...after that I am more selective...1999 is still my favorite...I heard it at 8 when it first came out and naturally loved it...looking back I find it was his best mixture of early raw prince and megastar prince...its punk, funk, new wave /new romantic, rock, soul, gospel etc ...delirious, let's pretend we're married, and automatic are my favorites off of it...the album versions are so great

  • @sallykinley5939
    @sallykinley5939 Před rokem

    My top ten albums are 1. The Gold Experience 2. Emancipation 3. New Power Soul 4. Sign o the Times, 5. The Love Symbol Album 6. Batman album 7. Diamonds and Pearls 8. Come 9. Purple Rain 10. Musicology...but i must give a special mention to both Controversy and 3121.

  • @knotwilg3596
    @knotwilg3596 Před 10 měsíci

    I was a teenager in the 80s so presumably witnessed Prince at his peak. I'd say For You and Prince (the album) are his coming of age, prime Prince starting at Dirty Mind and ending somewhere at the Black Album/Lovesexi period where Prince allegedly started to produce mediocre albums deliberately as part of a feud with his record company. On occasion he "returned to form" but he never went back to being in tune with the public at large and mostly kept either satisfying or even disappointing his loyal following. A bizarre aspect of his artistry is that his performances on stage remained extraordinary much longer than his record output did.
    I came to this list after having acquired 2010 2nd hand and was not too disappointed listening to it. It's bland at times but it does have hooks and arrangements that pleasantly surprised me. The same goes for Plectrumelectrum, which isn't featured here due to being a "collaboration" but I think it's 100% a Prince album. It has the same interesting mix of run of the mill songs and occasional gems. I keep wondering what was really going on in his head. Having been the most accomplished artist of the 80s, how he kept going for so long in twilight mode, is a true mystery.

  • @Outlaw2739
    @Outlaw2739 Před 7 měsíci

    Sign o times, 1999,Purple Rain,Controversy

  • @jaymejoshua575
    @jaymejoshua575 Před 3 lety +1

    I take it you didn’t really listen to the 3121 album, or else you would have said “thirty one, twenty one” instead of saying the album was “three one two one” lol

  • @chuckmissildine2894
    @chuckmissildine2894 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude much respect you for ranking Prince as a new fan however you incorrectly called a song Chelsea Ferguson and in actuality the name of the song is Chelsea Rodgers

  • @jjjones8609
    @jjjones8609 Před 3 lety

    I hate you has an extended version it is great. Suggest you listen to it.

  • @scarlett7613
    @scarlett7613 Před 3 lety +1

    🥰

  • @yoan658
    @yoan658 Před 3 lety +4

    Here's my top 5
    Gold Experience
    For You
    Rainbow Children
    Prince
    Around The World In A Day

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem

      Now that's a different list but I like it. Gold Experience stays n rotation as well as For You. I recently order Rainbow Children.i been listening 2 Dirty Mind non stop this week

  • @dominiquejones3805
    @dominiquejones3805 Před rokem

    20Ten is ranked higher than most of the 2000s albums. Seemed like leftovers but still better than the average

  • @ruebencristobal7790
    @ruebencristobal7790 Před 2 lety

    Top 10 ( personal)
    10. Dirty Mind
    9. Love Sexy
    8. Batman
    7. Love Symbol Album
    6. Diamonds & Pearl's
    5. Signs O' The Times
    4. Parade
    3. Purple Rain
    2. Around The World in a Day
    1. 1999

  • @frankbrown4513
    @frankbrown4513 Před 3 lety +1

    What song on "Planet Earth" is named Chelsea Furgeson? I think you mean "Chelsea Rodgers". Good funky song. Sung with Shelby J. And inspired by the clothing designer Chelsea Rodgers (CR)

    • @RayofHIStory
      @RayofHIStory  Před 3 lety

      Lmao you know what I meant 🤪

    • @frankbrown4513
      @frankbrown4513 Před 3 lety +1

      I know, but I was lmao that I had to reply to it. Good list though. It would be hard for me to rank them since there are so many styles. If you get a chance check out "The Black Album", "The Chocolate Invasion, and "The Slaughter House"

    • @RayofHIStory
      @RayofHIStory  Před 3 lety

      Haha I don’t blame you! I make some silly mistakes with what I say watching this back 🤪😂thank you! Yeah I really need to, so many albums and so much talent, my list would probably change again making this list now!

  • @shewolfcub3
    @shewolfcub3 Před 2 lety

    Parade is high up for me in his top 5

  • @user-ys3qq6rf6z
    @user-ys3qq6rf6z Před 3 lety +1

    around the world dirty work parade

  • @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459

    For me:
    1. Tie between Sign o the Times/Crystal Ball
    2. Purple Rain
    3. Parade
    4. Batman
    5. 1999

  • @antonioalghul9498
    @antonioalghul9498 Před 3 lety +1

    Batman1989 soundtrack?????????

  • @shewolfcub3
    @shewolfcub3 Před 2 lety

    Good list but I feel you slept on Controversy, that album is pure gold

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před rokem +1

    For You (& the Prince album) was bascially WB's attempt to market Prince as the next Stevie Wonder & pigeonhole him as an R&B performer -- & that's totally understandable from the label's POV at the time -- so overall it's somewhat unremarkable in the whole scheme of his work & in contrast to what was coming 2 albums later....

  • @chuckmissildine2894
    @chuckmissildine2894 Před 3 lety +1

    Alright dude we can only give you so many free passes ...you once again called something wrong and I got to correct you.. funknroll was the name of a song off of the album art official age

  • @aricfroze8971
    @aricfroze8971 Před rokem

    Do Bob Dylan next, and don’t you dare skip the Christian records.

  • @mrmacson6125
    @mrmacson6125 Před 2 lety +2

    Every album after the gold experience is a bit trash

    • @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459
      @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459 Před rokem +3

      I wouldn’t say “trash”, but he definitely fell off after gold experience. You can only produce so much content before you gas out.

  • @Moneytane1976
    @Moneytane1976 Před rokem

    Good to see you rank Rainbow children so low, it is overrated tosh, yet most Prince fans (Who are straight and Male) seem to think its really good and its not, even with the repellent and hateful lyrics the music and performances are mediocre at best. Good to see that like me, you don't think everything he did was perfect - he was a genius, but he made and issued a lot of rubbish as well.

  • @tedmontana2745
    @tedmontana2745 Před měsícem

    So random

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo Před rokem

    Unfortunately, Grafitti Bridge will forever be anchored to & weighed down by the horrible dreadful movie it's asscoaited with

  • @brendonl624
    @brendonl624 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Really cannot understand how you have Gold in the 20s..cmon dude, it's a brilliant album..easily a top 10

    • @RayofHIStory
      @RayofHIStory  Před 10 měsíci

      It is brilliant! Just not one of my favourites 😀

  • @coimbralaw
    @coimbralaw Před rokem +2

    Batman soundtrack was his best album.