Originals (studio album)
by Prince
Prince bestography
Originals is ranked 22nd best out of 66 albums by Prince on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Prince is Purple Rain which is ranked number 72 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,922.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Originals track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2025 16:23 | Invader666 | 2,623 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2023 20:56 |  Leonard | 6,441 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2023 17:08 | Aitch | 308 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2023 15:27 |  Brandon8 | 1,019 | 89/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2023 18:40 |  RevolverCB72 | 1,803 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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Brandon8 04/13/2020 00:22 | #249857
I was a bit hesitant at first to see how Prince’s vault will be handled by his Estate but this is really well done. The songs don’t sound like demos more like album quality. There are many hits here for other artists and to hear these songs performed by Prince only enhances them.
Maybe Prince was to bored of these songs, or thought they didn't reach high enough to record them. Is he right? My first listens tells me he sometimes is and at other times I just don't know. For me it often sounds like world class funk or soul. Right now I place it on third place in his catalogue, after Purple rain and Sign O' the times.
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