Art Official Age (studio album)
by Prince
Prince bestography
Art Official Age is ranked 17th 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 15,912.
(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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Art Official Age 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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| ! | 09/18/2025 07:53 | davidhuret | 2,032 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2024 13:40 |  Tamthebam | 22,857 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2024 08:22 | RemainInLight | 3,152 | 36/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2024 19:40 | Jakor | 4,882 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2023 11:01 | fabm0 | 6,506 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Time has passed since my first comment... it is indeed a grower. Not one of his best though.
Brandon8 05/20/2016 00:12 | #166484
This one is a grower it keeps getting better. Prince uses an updated sound and has some excellent songs like Art Official Cage, Clouds, Breakdown, The Gold Standard, Breakfast Can Wait and Funknroll.
Give this one another spin. Try and separate it from Plectrum Electrum, which was just okay.
This is a fantastic record.
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