And that’s keeping in mind that Prince’s worst album is roughly 10 times more accomplished than anything else you’re likely to hear. Purple Rain gets the top spot on this list (and many others) because it is undeniable. We sorted through all of it, and put in the work to rank every last one. Even then, there are hidden tracks, audio pranks, temporal figure-eights, and unreleased songs galore.
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Apropos of Prince's old-school work ethic, you may have to track some of these down in physical form to hear the full breadth of this raging, stylish, improbable force-of-will’s prolificacy. And then there's the matter of Prince's digital obstinance, a position his estate has largely held since his April 21, 2016, death, only slightly loosening restrictions on making his catalog available via streaming services. With dozens of studio releases (only 31 of which we’re counting as distinct, non-instrumental LPs issued under his name and/or symbol) not all of them can be great, betraying a fearless experimentation that fell flat as often as it soared. That's what Prince spent his four-decade career creating, leaving us with one of the most voluminous and (at times) intimidating bodies of work of any artist, musical or otherwise. His 39 studio albums-not to mention greatest-hits compilations, live documents, EPs, instrumental detours, and posthumous releases-demand their own rules and vocabulary. How does one parse a discography as vast as Prince's?
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