For You
by Prince
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For You is ranked 21st best out of 67 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 15,278.
(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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For You track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
For You rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 70 Music Albums of 1978 | 45/70 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1978 | 30/37 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 71 Music Albums of 1978 | 68/71 | 0 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1978 | 56/59 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 22 Music Albums of 1978 | 19/22 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 56 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 97 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 08:42 | jeremy9 | 3,807 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 18:01 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 11:37 |  VictorVale | 3,900 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.5/100, a mean average of 66.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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neilgee 10/05/2019 11:03 in What album are you listening to right now?For You comments
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lifeisadoorway 09/11/2023 21:38 | #299080
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. (Edited)
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... (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/05/2016 08:10 | #167894
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. (Edited)
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/15/2010 19:31 | #14340
His first and best album. Best song: "My love is forever"> (Edited)
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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