IMO, these were the two biggest albums of the 1980s. Michael Jackson and Prince were the two biggest male artists, and there was so much rivalry between the two. Actually, there wasn't but the media made up their own little MJ/Prince scandals. Actually, I remember reading once that Prince and MJ played ping pong together. Anyway, I was just wondering, to end the immortal dispute, which album is better out of Thriller and Purple Rain in your opinion?

Thriller
By Michael Jackson

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Tracklist
1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (#5 Pop Singles Chart; #5 Black Singles Chart)
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine (#2 Pop Singles Chart; #1 Black Singles Chart)
4. Thriller (#4 Pop Singles Chart; #3 Black Singles Chart)
5. Beat It (#1 Pop Singles Chart; #1 Black Singles Chart; #14 Hot Rock Tracks)
6. Billie Jean (#1 Pop Singles Chart; #1 Black Singles Chart)
7. Human Nature (#7 Pop Singles Chart; #27 Black Singles Chart)
8. Pretty Young Thing (#10 Pop Singles Chart; #46 Black Singles Chart)
9. The Lady In My Life


Purple Rain
By Prince

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Tracklist

1. Let's Go Crazy (US #1, UK #7)
2. Take Me With U (US #25)
3. The Beautiful Ones
4. Computer Blue
5. Darling Nikki
6. When Doves Cry (US #1, UK #6)
7. I Would Die 4 U (US #8, UK #58)
8. Baby I'm A Star
9. Purple Rain (US #2, UK #8)


Funny "Simpsons" quote...
Homer - PURPLE RAIN!
Little Richard - Shuddup!
Homer - (giggles) Michael Jackson just told me to shut up

Both, though I select "Thriller"

I chose Thriller.  I never cared much for Prince.

Purple Rain was good but Thriller was great. :)

I used to enjoy both albums, but I have long since given away my copy of Thriller, whereas I have recently purchased the remastered Purple Rain. Yeah, it's got that goddamn annoying song with Appolonia, but "When Doves Cry" and the guitar solo in "Purple Rain" still hold up as high water marks in pop music. Not much on Thriller keeps my interest anymore, but that's possibly because every damn nightclub in Vegas still plays it every damn night.

Thriller

I used to enjoy both albums, but I have long since given away my copy of Thriller, whereas I have recently purchased the remastered Purple Rain. Yeah, it's got that goddamn annoying song with Appolonia, but "When Doves Cry" and the guitar solo in "Purple Rain" still hold up as high water marks in pop music. Not much on Thriller keeps my interest anymore, but that's possibly because every damn nightclub in Vegas still plays it every damn night.

I agree. Thriller is an awesome album, but it is overplayed. That why I like to listen to Michael Jackson's more recent album (Dangerous, HIStory, Invincible), because I've heard Thriller too many times. I still good to listen to every now and again though. I find that Billie Jean and Thriller get annoying after the 100000000th you've played it on your CD player, or MP3 player or whatever you got... but when you see the Thriller video on VH1 or see Michael performing Billie Jean on stage, they sound great and it's like the first time you ever heard them.

Thriller.  I didn't like Purple Rain.  I didn't really like PRince all that much, with the exception of 1999

Both were great, but I picked Thriller. It was hard to select these two great albums.

Thriller is the best!

I liked Prince as well, Purple Rain was okay, I liked the soundtrack but didn't care much for the film honestly.

Definitely Thriller

i chose purple rain...darling nikki and the beautiful ones are my two favorite songs from prince..

Oh, it's definitely Purple Rain. To me, Prince is probably the greatest musical genius of the past 100 years. That album is a masterpiece.

I don't really like Michael Jackson. His high pitched voice is annoying, and his lyrics are just SO cheezy.

Thriller

Oh, it's definitely Purple Rain. That album is a masterpiece.

I don't really like Michael Jackson. His high pitched voice is annoying, and his lyrics are just SO cheezy.

Agreed on all fronts.

Oh, it's definitely Purple Rain. To me, Prince is probably the greatest musical genius of the past 100 years. That album is a masterpiece.

I don't really like Michael Jackson. His high pitched voice is annoying, and his lyrics are just SO cheezy.


I guess he was still a kid when he made Thriller. His voice hadn't matured yet, neither had his songwriting. But even when he was a kid, some of the songs he wrote like "This Place Hotel" and "Billie Jean" were far from cheesy. But I guess it wasn't really until Dangerous that he matured as a vocalist and songwriter. Who Is It, Give in to Me and Will You be There were the peak of his genius.

I have both. But to me, "Thriller" just sounds so dated. Maybe it's the cheesy production.

However, the edgier guitars in "Purple Rain" still hold up. The song "Purple Rain" is just so frickin' sexy. And the track "When doves cry" is the closest thing to a perfect pop song you can get.

Purple Rain, the album AND the movie. Thriller is sooooo overplayed it's played out. I loved Prince back then, and his 80's stuff still sounds cool today. I have to wonder if Prince was in some way 'before his time'.

Purple Rain had some awesome stuff on it. I love how some songs work into each other (Computer Blues & Darling Nikki). I'd say the best song by far is Computer Blue. I love that song to death. Purple Rain was genius. But Thriller was magic. Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones made some magic on that album. I disagree that When Doves Cry is the perfect pop song, far from it, it has no bass, it's a way out indie-type song. IMO, Billie Jean is the perfect song. Ever since Billie Jean, that style has been copied so much. Billie Jean live is also so much better than the album version. There's songs like Human Nature, that are so beautiful. Michael's vocals on Lady In My Life are off the hook. I remember hearing an interview with Quincy Jones and he said he told Michael to beg, and he did and the end product was perfect. Hearing "little Michael" singing "Ooh Girl let me give you one", is mindblowing. Then Beat It was the ultimate rock/pop crossover song. Thriller was the perfect record. Ever wonder why it is still played in nightclubs to this day. Alot of people ar saying how Thriller is overplayed. Ever wonder why? Thriller was a great record. It's musical genius, it's cultural impact. Everything about it was perfect.

THRILLER  :D