Thriller -vs- Purple Rain song by song: Who U Got?

[L.Kizzle]

The battle of the mid-80s' albums. Both are considered by many as each artist best release and both are their most popular and highest selling releases too.

Both records have 9 total tracks, so that's perfect for the battle.

THRILLER Released November 30, 1982.

PURPLE RAIN Released June 25, 1984





First we got the mega singles:
When Doves Cry -vs- Billie Jean
Let's Go Crazy -vs- Beat It

Than the title cut(s):
Thriller -vs- Purple Rain

The ballads:
Lady In My Life -vs- The Beautiful Ones

The mid-tempo hits:
I Would Die 4 U -vs- Human Nature

Co-Star cuts:
The Girl Is Mine (ft Paul McCartney) -vs- Take Me with U (ft Apollonia)

(Victory) Tour opener -vs- (Purple Rain) Tour closer
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -vs- Baby I'm a Star

Females
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -vs- Darling Nikki

Strong Album Cuts
Computer Blue -vs- Baby Be Mine


OK ... vote.

[LilBTheBasedGod]

THRILLER Released November 30, 1982.

PURPLE RAIN Released June 25, 1984





First we got the mega singles:
When Doves Cry -vs- Billie Jean
Let's Go Crazy -vs- Beat It

Than the title cut(s):
Thriller -vs- Purple Rain

The ballads:
Lady In My Life -vs- The Beautiful Ones

The mid-tempo hits:
I Would Die 4 U -vs- Human Nature

Co-Star cuts:
The Girl Is Mine (ft Paul McCartney) -vs- Take Me with U (ft Apollonia)

(Victory) Tour opener -vs- (Purple Rain) Tour closer
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -vs- Baby I'm a Star

Females
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -vs- Darling Nikki

Filler
Computer Blue -vs- Baby Be Mine


OK ... vote.

...

[LilBTheBasedGod]

Personally, I like Purple Rain better.

[L.Kizzle]

Purple Rain

By the way, anybody else noticed that Prince has more cross-over hits than Michael had?

Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette, When Dove Cries, Kiss, 1999, etc all are still playing on pop radio today. While Beat It and Billie Jean seems like the only MJ songs that hits the airwave these days.

You must not here every song on those stations. Don't Stop, Rock With You, The Way You Make Me Feel, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, You Are Not Alone get as much play as those Prince songs you mentioned.

Those songs (the 4 by Prince) might get more play on a soft rock station than MJs songs. But a pop station I doubt it.

[leopoldstotch]

The battle of the mid-80s' albums. Both are considered by many as each artist best release and both are their most popular and highest selling releases too.

Both records have 9 total tracks, so that's perfect for the battle.

THRILLER Released November 30, 1982.

PURPLE RAIN Released June 25, 1984





First we got the mega singles:
When Doves Cry -vs- Billie Jean
Let's Go Crazy -vs- Beat It

Than the title cut(s):
Thriller -vs- Purple Rain

The ballads:
Lady In My Life -vs- The Beautiful Ones

The mid-tempo hits:
I Would Die 4 U -vs- Human Nature

Co-Star cuts:
The Girl Is Mine (ft Paul McCartney) -vs- Take Me with U (ft Apollonia)

(Victory) Tour opener -vs- (Purple Rain) Tour closer
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -vs- Baby I'm a Star

Females
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -vs- Darling Nikki

Filler
Computer Blue -vs- Baby Be Mine


OK ... vote.

tough choice....

First we got the mega singles:
When Doves Cry -vs- Billie Jean
Let's Go Crazy -vs- Beat It

Than the title cut(s):
Thriller -vs- Purple Rain <-- very close call, but Thriller's baseline helps the track win by a hair

The ballads:
Lady In My Life -vs- The Beautiful Ones

The mid-tempo hits:
I Would Die 4 U -vs- Human Nature

Co-Star cuts:
The Girl Is Mine (ft Paul McCartney) -vs- Take Me with U (ft Apollonia)

(Victory) Tour opener -vs- (Purple Rain) Tour closer
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -vs- Baby I'm a Star

Females
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -vs- Darling Nikki

Filler
Computer Blue -vs- Baby Be Mine

close call, but my votes count as Thriller 5-4 Purple Rain

my feeling is Thriller had solid singles, but as an album overall i enjoy Purple Rain more.

[Jailblazers7]

The battle of the mid-80s' albums. Both are considered by many as each artist best release and both are their most popular and highest selling releases too.

Both records have 9 total tracks, so that's perfect for the battle.

THRILLER Released November 30, 1982.

PURPLE RAIN Released June 25, 1984





First we got the mega singles:
When Doves Cry -vs- Billie Jean
Let's Go Crazy -vs- Beat It

Than the title cut(s):
Thriller -vs- Purple Rain

The ballads:
Lady In My Life -vs- The Beautiful Ones

The mid-tempo hits:
I Would Die 4 U -vs- Human Nature

Co-Star cuts:
The Girl Is Mine (ft Paul McCartney) -vs- Take Me with U (ft Apollonia)

(Victory) Tour opener -vs- (Purple Rain) Tour closer
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -vs- Baby I'm a Star

Females
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -vs- Darling Nikki

Filler
Computer Blue -vs- Baby Be Mine


OK ... vote.

My votes. It was tough to vote against Beat It.

[kaiiu]

I don't listen to either one of them jerri curl havin lip gloss wearin ass mothafockas

[leopoldstotch]

my toughest choice was the first one when doves cry vs billy jean. both great songs, but once again the great baseline in billy jean topped it for me. The Thriller album has a lot of tracks with great baselines.

[L.Kizzle]

Kizzle, I think you read my mind from earlier today. I was gonna make a thread about the crossover hits between the two but I forgot about it. Good thing you made this thread.

You can make it, this is just one album

[L.Kizzle]

Pointless now, you already answered it.

MJ has more pop appeal, but Prince (later on in his career) dabbled in other genres of music. He's put out all jazz albums, ect.

[pete's montreux]

How the f*ck is baby be mine filler? It's the best song off the album. Also probably his best and most sincere vocal performance.

[L.Kizzle]

How the f*ck is baby be mine filler? It's the best song off the album. Also probably his best and most sincere vocal performance.

Calm down, I couldn't think of anything else for baby Be Mine vs Computer Blue. How about strong album cuts?

[pete's montreux]

Calm down, I couldn't think of anything else for baby Be Mine vs Computer Blue. How about strong album cuts?

I'm cool with that.

[Gundress]

I love both album but I am going with Thriller.

Human Nature is the greatest song ever sung by a man.

[SuperPippen]

And Computer Blue is also way too good of a jam to be classified as filler.

It's got one of the coolest grooves, and some of the best instrumental performances I've heard on a Prince song. And the rare extended edition of it is amazing.

Anyway:

When Doves Cry - Billie Jean
Let's Go Crazy - Beat It
Purple Rain - Thriller
The Beautiful Ones - Lady In My Life
I Would Die 4 U - Human Nature
Take Me With U - The Girl Is Mine
Baby I'm A Star - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Darling Nikki - P.Y.T.
Computer Blue - Baby Be mine

Purple Rain was, as a whole, the more interesting, consistent, entertaining and superior album.