1999 (studio album)
by Prince
Prince bestography
1999 is ranked 3rd 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 15,907.
(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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1999 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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| ! | 4 days ago | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 21:20 | Juneof44 | 2,552 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:06 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 11:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 19:56 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,731 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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HoldenM 06/14/2025 21:51 | #309536
Thought it may not be my favorite Prince but I get why it might be someone's.
Cargusbralem 01/24/2025 20:50 | #307186
A collection of unnecessarily long and/or goofy songs with underwhelming production.
This album is definitely an inconsistent one. I will start with things that I liked about it, 1999 and especially Little Red Corvette are excellent opening tracks with immaculate production and lyrics more tasteful than any other ones on the record. Not much worse is D.M.S.R. which is one of the rare examples here where length is not dragging a track down and works pretty well, the beat is great and funky too. Delirious and Let's Pretend We're Married are examples of tracks with great energy ruined by either irritating synth or cringy lyrics. Lady Cab Driver would be great if it was trimmed to 4 minutes. The rest is not outstanding or clearly bad - Something In The Water, International Love.
Great record
thumpy, bumpy to excess. vulgar nonsense. "dance" rock
It's a solid album for me - 1999, Little Red Corvette, DMSR and Automatic stand out for me. The rest is good with nothing falling below good.
Great start with the first two songs. The rest of the album not so special imo.
Brad1770 04/01/2021 10:05 | #268049
Let’s be honest the lyrical content on this album is extremely cheesy even by early 80’s cheesy standards which sets the bar rather high in this regard. Not convinced ? Try “1999” with its lets party through the apocalypse mantra or “Lady Cab Driver” being every teenagers wet dream or the simply awful “International Lover” with its “thank you for flying Prince airlines its going to be a bumpy ride”
Regardless this is all inconsequential as ‘1999’ ultimately sold by the truck load, made Prince a household name and would set the scene for what would be the main course ‘Purple Rain’ which would propel the Love Symbol into the mega stratosphere of super stardom alongside the likes of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and The Rolling Stones
An extremely solid album, but some of the songs need to be trimmed
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