Prince: The Albums - #27, Planet Earth (Finished!)

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Rank 1-10
Planet Earth
Guitar
Somewhere Here On Earth
The One U Wanna C
Future Baby Mama
Mr. Goodnight
All the Midnights in the World
Chelsea Rodgers
Lion of Judah
Resolution

Planet Earth

Opening this now because I'm highly confident y'all can rank just these TEN songs in a little over 3 weeks!

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
@antigonerising

[Sir Benji]

Typing up my list now this is my personal favorite from the “comeback” era.

There isn’t a bad song here tbh.

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Planet Earth (THREE Weeks Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji

Y'all got this. I believe in you!

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
@antigonerising 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 tim singingrulebritannia filthy God CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker Ling-Ling Doc Indie Party Rock .indulgecountry newpower Linnethia Monique samo🦕 Glove Slap jtd Thee Stallion Zach Unhinged Sir Benji mamooshka LBTrocks Mirago Kanenrá:ke Mayman alexcuse castleoblivion26 Tea-why

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Planet Earth (ELEVEN Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji
3. Mirago
4. #CynthiaRose

Now the cryptic message in her final submission makes sense. Let's rank this one in Cynthia's honor!

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 tim singingrulebritannia filthy God CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker Ling-Ling Doc Indie Party Rock .indulgecountry newpower Linnethia Monique samo🦕 Glove Slap jtd Thee Stallion Zach Unhinged Sir Benji mamooshka LBTrocks Mirago Kanenrá:ke Mayman alexcuse castleoblivion26 Tea-why

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Planet Earth (NINE Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji
3. Mirago
4. #CynthiaRose

I SAID let's rank this one in Cynthia's honor!

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 tim singingrulebritannia filthy God CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker Ling-Ling Doc Indie Party Rock .indulgecountry newpower Linnethia Monique samo🦕 Glove Slap jtd Thee Stallion Zach Unhinged Sir Benji mamooshka LBTrocks Mirago Kanenrá:ke Mayman alexcuse castleoblivion26 Tea-why

[Linnethia Monique]

I’m tired grandpa! 😭

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Sept 2, 2021 17:14:39 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

I’m tired grandpa! 😭

This is ONLY TEN songs and we only have NINE albums left in the series! You really done traveled all this way to quit now?!

[Sir Benji]

Sept 2, 2021 17:14:39 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

I’m tired grandpa! 😭

[.indulgecountry]

Sept 2, 2021 17:14:39 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

I’m tired grandpa! 😭

Dead! This post was serving me this scene from Holes energy:

[.indulgecountry]

Sept 2, 2021 22:41:47 GMT -5 Sir Benji said:

Sept 2, 2021 17:14:39 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

I’m tired grandpa! 😭

Omg I had this open in another tab and didn't refresh before you sent this and basically said almost the same thing I'm now even more

[SHOOTER]

And we’re past his overly self-indulgent phase. These albums are all decent and have some gems. 🥺

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Planet Earth (FIVE Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji
3. Mirago
4. #CynthiaRose

This is why this series is taking forever to complete...

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 tim singingrulebritannia filthy God CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker Ling-Ling Doc Indie Party Rock .indulgecountry newpower Linnethia Monique samo🦕 Glove Slap jtd Thee Stallion Zach Unhinged Sir Benji mamooshka LBTrocks Mirago Kanenrá:ke Mayman alexcuse castleoblivion26 Tea-why

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Planet Earth (FIVE Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji
3. Mirago
4. #CynthiaRose
5. samo🦕
6. tim

I know at least 2 more confirmed lists are coming but I'll give y'all 'til Sunday since I don't plan to look at a computer all weekend for real.

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 tim singingrulebritannia filthy God CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker Ling-Ling Doc Indie Party Rock .indulgecountry newpower Linnethia Monique samo🦕 Glove Slap jtd Thee Stallion Zach Unhinged Sir Benji mamooshka LBTrocks Mirago Kanenrá:ke Mayman alexcuse castleoblivion26 Tea-why

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Planet Earth (LAST CALL)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji
3. Mirago
4. #CynthiaRose
5. samo🦕
6. tim
7. Linnethia Monique
8. Ling-Ling

Two more would be nice but reliable rankers are hard to come by so consider this last call.

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{All the Rankdowns in the World}
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 tim singingrulebritannia filthy God CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker Ling-Ling Doc Indie Party Rock .indulgecountry newpower Linnethia Monique samo🦕 Glove Slap jtd Thee Stallion Zach Unhinged Sir Benji mamooshka LBTrocks Mirago Kanenrá:ke Mayman alexcuse castleoblivion26 Tea-why

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

If allowed I'll have mine in by tonight (Get out at 10 CST)

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Sept 12, 2021 13:24:55 GMT -5 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker said:

If allowed I'll have mine in by tonight (Get out at 10 CST)

You got it.

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Planet Earth (The Rankdown)

1. SHOOTER
2. Sir Benji
3. Mirago
4. #CynthiaRose
5. samo🦕
6. tim
7. Linnethia Monique
8. Ling-Ling
9. newpower
10. Kanenrá:ke
11. CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker
12. .indulgecountry *

Soon as Indy submits, we can get started. Out of the 10 songs, five have at least one #1 ranking so it will be interesting to see how things shake out. Any guesses what will end up bottom-5? Stay tuned!



Prince had a history of releasing albums in groundbreaking new ways — first, on the internet with his NPG Music Club, and then, in 2004, he included an album with every ticket purchased for his Musicology Tour. In 2007, Prince wanted to try something even more revolutionary: He would release his new album, Planet Earth, for free with copies of the July 15 edition of the U.K. and Ireland’s Mail on Sunday newspaper, ensuring that everyone that picked up a paper that day would be treated to a disc of his new music.

The experiment was an immediate success. Planet Earth was supported with a record-breaking run of 21 consecutive shows at London’s O2 Arena, where fans also received free copies of the CD, and the buzz around the album and unprecedented 21 Nights in London residency ensured that all 21 dates at the 20,000-capacity arena were sold out.

As with 2006’s 3121, Planet Earth featured reunions with musicians from Prince’s past as well as collaborations with artists from his present and future. Three significant musicians from Prince’s 1980s career, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, and Sheila E., all appear on the album, as does his original New Power Generation rhythm section, Michael Bland and Sonny Thompson. Planet Earth also features vocals from the Twinz, Maya and Nandy McLean, who toured alongside Prince as dancers and back-up vocalists for much of the mid-2000s, and Bria Valente, a protége Prince would produce an album for in 2009. Overall, the album Planet Earth debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S., even despite the fact that most of Prince’s promotion of the album was taking place overseas.

"They say I'm arrogant, but what I'm just trying to do is lead people to the truth. The truth is that we don't even know what the world will be like until we shake things up a little bit. Miles shook it up. Stevie shook it up. I'm going to shake it up." - Prince (Giant Magazine, 2007)

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A massive circle of jealousy
Is coming 'round again
Those prickly fingered scalawags
That masquerade as friends...





*2nd-Lowest SD*

Mirago : 4

CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 6

Linnethia Monique : 8
tim : 9
Ling-Ling : 9
.indulgecountry : 9
Kanenrá:ke : 9
samo🦕 : 9
#CynthiaRose : 10
newpower : 10
Sir Benji : 10
SHOOTER : 10

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The main problem with war
Is that nobody ever wins
The next generation grows up
And learns how to do it all over again...





*LOWEST SD*

.indulgecountry : 5
samo🦕 : 5
Kanenrá:ke : 6
#CynthiaRose : 7
Linnethia Monique : 7
Mirago : 7

Ling-Ling : 8
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 8
newpower : 9
Sir Benji : 9
SHOOTER : 9
tim : 10

Resolution saw Prince reunite in the studio with long-time collaborators Wendy & Lisa, their first appearance on album of his in 20 years.

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The only thing between us now
Is the truth we understand
If Planet Earth was in the palm of your hand...





*HIGHEST SD*

samo🦕 : 1
Mirago : 2
tim : 5

Sir Benji : 7
newpower : 8
.indulgecountry : 8
SHOOTER : 8
#CynthiaRose : 9
Linnethia Monique : 9
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 9
Ling-Ling : 10
Kanenrá:ke : 10

Planet Earth was written and recorded for what Prince initially thought would be his modern "protest" record. It was part of a dozen or more songs Prince recorded during a marathon session in November 2004. Those tracks were spread out across his next three releases with Planet Earth being retained as a title track while he abandoned the protest album idea overall.

[.indulgecountry]

"Midnights" and the song I ranked below it were not it for me. The rest were all solid tho!

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A million mistakes and then some
I've made with the ones before
I've probably passed my expiration date
But still I adore you...





*5th-Lowest SD*

Linnethia Monique : 2
.indulgecountry : 3
newpower : 5
Sir Benji : 5

tim : 6
Ling-Ling : 6
Kanenrá:ke : 7
SHOOTER : 7
samo🦕 : 7
#CynthiaRose : 8
Mirago : 8
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 10

In Christian tradition, the Lion of Judah refers to Jesus and Prince here uses that imagery as a metaphor for facing and conquering the heartbreak he experienced over the dissolution of his second marriage to Manuela (who filed for divorce just months after 3121 was released in 2006).

[.indulgecountry]

ROBBED!

[SHOOTER]

Now I don't want to put to you to sleep with a bunch of chatter
And a rap that really don't matter
But now that you know who I am, you need to make plans
And all your other pennies should scatter...





*3rd-Highest SD*

newpower : 3
Kanenrá:ke : 3
Sir Benji : 3
Ling-Ling : 4
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 4
#CynthiaRose : 5
SHOOTER : 5

.indulgecountry : 7
tim : 8
samo🦕 : 8
Mirago : 9
Linnethia Monique : 10

Mr. Goodnight was reportedly the last song recorded for inclusion on Planet Earth and it's believed that the album packaging's lack of a track list or individual track credits in the liner notes was due to Prince's turning in the final master at the very last minute.

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Planet Earth (Top-5)

Chelsea Rodgers
Future Baby Mama
Guitar
Somewhere Here On Earth
The One U Wanna C

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

The fact that only one of my Top 5s took a hit, and it wasn't that high on the 5 is an absolute fucking miracle when it comes to me and any RD

[SHOOTER]

Let's wrap this up!

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{Planet Earthlings}
newpower Kanenrá:ke Sir Benji Ling-Ling CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry tim samo🦕 Mirago Linnethia Monique

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I know you already love me
You're probably just too cool to say
Somebody somewhere put you down
But that's okay, that's okay...





*2nd-Highest SD*

Sir Benji : 1
tim : 3
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 3
SHOOTER : 3
#CynthiaRose : 4
Linnethia Monique : 4

samo🦕 : 6
Mirago : 6
Ling-Ling : 7
newpower : 7
Kanenrá:ke : 8
.indulgecountry : 10

The European B-side to Guitar, Somewhere Here on Earth was not an official single from the album yet Prince still flew to Prague in September 2007 to film a music video for it. Close to two years later, Jay Leno requested he come and perform the song on the penultimate episode of his show.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Sept 15, 2021 23:21:40 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

ROBBED!

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I've heard it said my lovers look alike
Could it be that I was looking for you?
They were cool, but something wasn't right
They had me fooled for a minute and then I saw the truth...





*5th-Highest SD*

newpower : 2
@antigonerising : 3
Linnethia Monique : 3
Ling-Ling : 3
.indulgecountry : 4
Kanenrá:ke : 4
Sir Benji : 4
SHOOTER : 4
Mirago : 5

tim : 7
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 7
samo🦕 : 10

Although not an official single, Future Baby Mama did become Prince's 11th and last top-10 hit on Adult R&B and earned him his 7th and final Grammy win in 2008 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.