For You (studio album) by Prince

For You by Prince
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 10,957th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 117 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (164th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,582nd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,957th)

Prince bestography

For You is ranked 15th best out of 63 albums by Prince on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Prince is Sign 'O' The Times which is ranked number 175 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,234.

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67/100 (from 117 votes)
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From 11/01/2023 17:47
Who is the best guitarist?; Ask Prince...
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From 09/11/2023 21:38
A swell debut, but I can see why people call it 'cheesy' or 'corny.' I love this album to death, not only because of the music but how this collection of songs paved the way to the great legacy that we know today. Starting as a simple funk/R&B act, Nelson, with the mononymous moniker 'Prince' attached to doing virtually everything on the record, or A record, including playing the "27 instruments" and producing, arranging, writing, and composing each piece, slowly but surely transformed his sound, starting with just his next self-titled album.

My favorites are: "Soft And Wet" (just barely, despite its radio play to this day and 'classic' status), the acoustic firefly "Crazy You," the disco/funk number "Just As Long As We're Together," the slow jam "Baby," and the best – probably one of the best songs of his entire career, in my opinion – one, "My Love Is Forever" (the demo version is on par if not better, in my honest opinion; it holds a part of the guitar solo not heard on the album).

Looking into this album is very interesting, especially when considering only seven years later, "Purple Rain" would spawn, cementing him in music history and royalty, and later, "Sign O' The Times," his magnum opus, would come to be, a decade after his debut as a sort of subconscious anniversary.
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From 12/18/2020 18:03
I actually think Prince's debut is very good. I really, really like Purple Rain and Sign, but this album displays that Prince was already a genius.
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From 04/16/2020 03:32
Prince was very young here and finding his sound. Soft and Wet is a legit track but nothing else really sticks for me.
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From 11/25/2018 20:51
Pretty much agree with the consensus. it's a passable debut, quite sweet in places but not very distinctive and nowhere near what Prince was capable of at his peak. That being said, there are a handful of good songs on here, my favourites being "In Love" and "My Love is Forever".
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From 10/04/2017 17:14
An okay debut from Prince but nothing seems to really standout and on the whole is pretty unmemorable. The best is certainly yet to come.
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From 06/05/2016 08:10
A solid debut from Prince and the start of a great and varied collection of Rock Funk & Soul. Side 1 (1-5) is better than Side 2 although I'm Yours and My Love Is Forever are good songs. The stand out tracks are Soft & Wet, In Love and Crazy You.
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From 02/01/2016 11:55
Not a bad debut but most of the tracks on here are forgettable.
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From 08/05/2013 18:18
A relatively uneventful debut considering the greatness that would eventually come, but still worth checking out for the highlights. I'm Yours proved that Prince was a closeted rocker from the get-go with some amazing guitar-work YEARS before Purple Rian, Soft And Wet is a disco classic, Just As Long As We're Together is funk heaven, etc...
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From 08/15/2010 19:31
His first and best album. Best song: "My love is forever">
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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch·Maschine [The Man-Machine] by Kraftwerk
7. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
8. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
9. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
10. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
11. Hemispheres by Rush
12. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
13. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
14. 3rd by Big Star
15. All Mod Cons by The Jam
16. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
17. Chairs Missing by Wire
18. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
19. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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