PRINCE: What two albums would you RECOMMEND to new listener?

[Travellin' Man]

Sign O The Times

2 discs with a hodge podge of all of his styles

 

[shutterguy]

Sign O The Times is one of my personal favorites, however Hits B-Side trilogy should take care of everything for getting into Prince.

I see the Estate is rereleasing a lot of albums. They need to put out the Madhouse reissues as well. I had 8 on vinyl when it dropped, no clue what happened to it.

 

[Days of Future Piff]

The Hits/The B-Sides

The Hits/The B-Sides - Wikipedia

Grand opening, grand closing, lol.

But if you’re strictly looking for albums and not greatest hits compilations, then I’d recommend Purple Rain and Sign O the Times.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Ima keep it a bean prime Prince was before my time but the only albums I love are Sign O the times and PR. The rest got a lot of mid joints on it, that’s why I’ve always said Prince needed some other people in the studio

Also for jazz type heads NEWS was a great instrumental album in the 2000s I believe

 

[Cat piss martini]

EVERY album he made got Gems.

1, Purple Rain
2, Parade
3, 1999
4, Sign o the times
5, Controversy
6, Around the world in a day

My Top 6.

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

1999 and Parade

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Close thread

nah open the bytch back up...his version of all the stimulus packages he sent to ppl

 

[Jean toomer]

Dirty Mind, Controversy, and 1999 to start. 1999 might be a clichéd answer, but the b sides are better than the singles imo
17 Days is my favorite Prince song.

That piano and cigarettes version is surreal. Pure genius.

 

[keond]

Purple Rain
Parade

 

[Jean toomer]

Lovesexy

 

[CROM]

Sign O the Times and 1999. I think I have all but 2 or 3 of his albums, but these 2 are masterpieces, in my opinion.

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

Sign "☮︎" the Times and The Gold Experience (I bet y'all weren't expecting that one).

The Gold Experience is somewhat like his comeback album after falling flat post Sign "☮︎" the Times era.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

This doesn't answer OP's question but who cares

 

[Alvin]

Sign o the times/his self titled
Purple rain

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Sign o the Times was a great door for me
Purple Rain

Sign o the times is a great album. That and purple rain