NewCC0015: Prince
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 10:27
Tags:
- Purple Rain (84): *****
- Sign O' the Times (87): *****
- 1999 (83): *****
- Dirty Mind (80): *****
- The Hits 1 (93): *****
- The Hits 2 (93): *****
- The Hits / The B-Sides (93): **** 1/2
- Parade (Music from the Motion Picture "Under the Cherry Moon"): **** 1/2
- The Love Symbol Album (92): ****
- Chaos & Disorder (96): ****
- Emancipation (96): ****
- Prince (79): *** 1/2
- Controversy (81): *** 1/2
- Around the World in a Day (85): *** 1/2
- Diamonds and Pearls (91): *** 1/2
- Gold Experience (95): *** 1/2
- Crystal Ball (98): *** 1/2
- The Black Album (87): ***
- Lovesexy (88): ***
- For You (78): ** 1/2
- Graffiti Bridge (90): ** 1/2
- The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (99): ** 1/2
- Come (94): **
- New Power Soul (98): **
- Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (99): * 1/2
- Batman (89): * 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever