For You
by Prince

For You by Prince
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 11,913th   
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 123 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (175th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,667th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,913th)

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For You is ranked 20th 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 15,953.

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For You track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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For You rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,913th | 1970s rank: 1,667th | 1978 rank: 175th

For You collection

For You ratings

Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 123 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.4/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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For You comments

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75/100
From 11/01/2023 17:47 | #299743
Who is the best guitarist?; Ask Prince...
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From 12/18/2020 18:03 | #262879
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 | #250006
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 10/04/2017 17:14 | #199114
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 | #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.
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From 02/01/2016 11:55 | #158396
Not a bad debut but most of the tracks on here are forgettable.
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From 08/05/2013 18:18 | #83122
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 | #14340
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. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
6. Van Halen by Van Halen
7. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
8. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
9. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
11. Hemispheres by Rush
12. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
13. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
14. 3rd by Big Star
15. All Mod Cons by The Jam
16. Chairs Missing by Wire
17. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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