Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With U
The Beautiful Ones
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star
Purple Rain



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Sign 'O' the Times
Play in the Sunshine
Housequake
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
It
Starfish and Coffee
Slow Love
Hot Thing
Forever in My Life
U Got the Look
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Strange Relationship
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Cross
It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
Adore

Easily Sign.

That's tough.

I'd have to go with Purple Rain.

It is tough, but I'm going with Sign O' the Times

"Starfish and Coffee" is one of my favorite Prince songs.

Sign of the Times. The last great Prince era.

Love both of 'em, but SOTT is a better representation of his range.

Those are probably his best 2 albums. I'll go with Sign just because of length.

Easily, Purple Rain.

I've always said SOTT is his best album, and I'm a Prince fan from waaaaaaaaay back.

Considering the vast amount of Prince's work that's available for scrutiny, why is this narrowed down to just two choices? Prince has several albums that I would say are better than either one of these, and neither album is really that good of an example of his true "range". A better example, in my opinion, would be 1999.

Anyway, just curious about the choices.

Purple Rain is better IMO, but most artist in the last few years have sampled or remade more songs from SOTT than any singular Prince cd.

I have to go with "Sign".

"If I was your Girlfriend" and "Adore" alone make SOTT a classic IMHO.

Purple Rain! i don't think any of his albums are quite as amazing through and through as this one.

Ditto. Overall, I'd have to go with Purple Rain as the better album. It's consistently solid, whereas Sign has some songs that are just 'okay' IMO. This is probably a given considering the length. I do think Sign's best songs are better than Purple Rain's best. So I suppose it depends on how you judge it... which is best overall or which has the best peak songs?

I votes 'Sign'. Though Purple Rain has my 2 faveorite songs.

Purple Rain by the slightest of margins (simply for having The Beautiful Ones), although I don't think either is better than 1999

I love these both, but SOTT because it has a better range, better length, and The Cross one of my all time Prince Faves.

I'd go with SOTT. I revisit if farily often. Purple Rain, while fantastic, always seemed to the CD that any casual listener would start with, probably because it's more accessible. As far as taking risks yet still keeping your interest, SOTT wins. Although, similar to what other posters have said, 1999 should also be on this poll.

I go with Purple Rain, but actually wish Around the World in a Day was on the list.

Purple Rain gets my vote, simply because of two songs, "I Would Die 4 U" and "The Beautiful Ones".

Sign is Prince's best. Nuff said.

I voted Purple Rain

Actually, One Night Alone, is Prince's best stuff.

Please tell me you're talking about the "studio" album and not that horrid box set..

Another vote for Purple Rain...Just something about that album.