Prince
by Prince
Prince bestography
Prince is ranked 11th 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 15,758.
(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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Prince track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 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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| 01/20/2026 18:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,293 | 70/100 | |
| 01/18/2026 16:33 | thenat | 1,380 | 75/100 | |
| 01/03/2026 13:15 | markl73 | 585 | 78/100 | |
| 12/08/2025 09:05 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,381 | 71/100 | |
| 11/25/2025 03:01 | brent13 | 1,940 | 68/100 |
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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 13.0.
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VictorVale 04/03/2023 18:47 | #295751
Delicinha de álbum.
Jboy56 02/13/2022 17:13 | #281261
I feel that this is a tad underrated in BEA.
llibnanoon 07/23/2020 14:49 | #256074
A little over the top for me. Rating (71.67)
Brandon8 04/15/2020 18:44 | #249986
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.
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.
Sandinistar 11/12/2018 02:46 | #224629
Has there ever been a better first two songs on an album? Prince is incredible.
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.
It's shocking to me that this isn't in his top 10, at least.
Tamthebam 06/05/2016 07:57 | #167892
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.
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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