Prince (studio album) by Prince

Prince by Prince
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 4,747th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 184 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (809th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,747th)

Prince bestography

Prince is ranked 7th best out of 63 albums by Prince on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Prince is Sign 'O' The Times which is ranked number 171 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,271.

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Prince track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 184 votes)
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02/10/2024 04:50 Gendjar  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,69856/100
 
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01/31/2024 15:55 JamesMowbray  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,95870/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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80/100
From 04/03/2023 18:47
Delicinha de álbum.
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80/100
From 02/13/2022 17:13
I feel that this is a tad underrated in BEA.
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65/100
From 07/23/2020 14:49
A little over the top for me. Rating (71.67)
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90/100
From 04/15/2020 18:44
This is a very good 2nd effort leaps and bounds better than the debut. Some of the Production is a bit dated but has great songs such as I Wanna Be Your Lover, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Bambi, I Feel For You and It’s Gonna Be Lonely. This deserves to be in his top ten.
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From 11/25/2018 21:15
I do prefer the more energetic, funkier tracks over the slow ballads (opening track "I Wanna Be Your Lover" being the best of the uptempo bunch), however my personal favourite here is the almost ambient-pop "When We're Dancing Close and Slow" which is spare, yet gorgeous and atmospheric. A solid improvement over his debut, this self-titled record is edgier and shows flashes of greatness yet also flirts with the humdrum.
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From 11/12/2018 02:46
Has there ever been a better first two songs on an album? Prince is incredible.
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80/100
From 09/21/2017 17:45
Very underrated and miles better than, Dirty mind, or, controversy. This is Prince's best album before the big time of 1999. The ballads are the weakest but the rest is fantastic. I wanna be your lover, Sexy dancer, and, Bambi, are the highlights.
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90/100
From 03/31/2017 00:27
It's shocking to me that this isn't in his top 10, at least.
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80/100
From 06/05/2016 07:57
Second album from Prince and a step up from "For You". I Wanna Be Your Lover, Bambi, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad, With You & I Feel For You are the stand out tracks. The other tracks are all 75/100. I still listen to this album and it always leaves a smile on my face.
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70/100
From 02/01/2016 19:07
Not a bad sophomore effort. Prince is still looking for his sound. He begins to hone his song writing skills here and it's got some really good cuts. The best is still yet to come.
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