the rules:

-any song he wrote or recorded can be used.
-you get 6 songs per album so arrange em so they can be impactful
-1978 to 1996

remember the challenge is to arrange each album so that its a 6 song classic.
boots can be used too.

i will post the year/albums and you follow suit

side a:
In Love
Soft and Wet
Crazy You

side b:
I'm Yours
Just As Long As We're Together
So Blue

I think I'm Yours works better opening this side than closing it - So Blue does a much better job here, imo.

A1. Soft And Wet
A2. In Love
A3. My Love Is Forever
B1. Crazy You
B2. Just As Long As We're Together
B3. I'm Yours

for you
soft and wet
crazy you

in love
just as long as we're together
im yours

i've always thought that for you (the song)was an auspicious opening for prince, you've got to include the best songs soft and wet, carzy you and just as long and i'm your is a great closer that shows his stylistic range

side one: I Wanna Be Your Lover
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
Sexy Dancer


side two Bambi
I Feel For You
Its Gonna Be Lonely

Side 1
I Feel For You
When We're Dancing Close And Slow
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

Side 2
Sexy Dancer
It's Gonna Be Lonely
I Wanna Be Your Lover (single version)

I may be cursed out for this, but... I prefer the single mix with fade after the last chorus over the album version. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" is how I was introduced to him. I saw the video, had my mom give me money to buy the single, love where it fades. The album mix still drags on a bit for me, even though I've grown to like it more than I did back then. I would have loved it if he did a jazzy guitar solo over the groove where it fades in the single edit, rather than a keyboard solo. I'm sure some will go "no, that's the best part of the song" but that keyboard solo could have been a separate song, it just never fit for me within the context of "I Wanna Be Your Lover".

You know that solo he does in the extended version of "Hello", where it's sped up? Put that back to its original pitch and place that over that groove. Something like that would've worked.






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Side 1 :
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Sexy Dancer

Side 2 :
Bambi
I Feel for You
When We're Dancing Close and Slow

A1 I Wanna Be Your Lover
A2 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
A3 Bambi
B1 Sexy Dancer
B2 I Feel For You
B3 It's Gonna Be Lonely

A1 I Wanna Be Your Lover
A2 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
A3 Sexy Dancer
B1 I Feel For You
B2 It's Gonna Be Lonely
B3 Still Waiting

side one: Dirty Mind
When You Were Mine
Sister

side two: Uptown
She's Just A Baby
Head

First off, the first time I saw this was on public access in Honolulu, which was of course a year or so before I heard of MTV. I saw this, knew what Prince was like in "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad", and thought "whoa, what's up with him?"

2) This was also the first time I had heard of the word "Uptown". There is no Uptown in Honolulu, but I spent a lot of time downtown as a kid, so I remember looking in an encyclopedia wondering "what is an Uptown?"

3) I swore I saw this, but considering how many live videos looked like this back then, maybe my memory is failing me but: I thought I saw a woman in this video dancing with a "Hawaii 78", 79, or 80 T-shirt. Back then, that was the trend in Hawai'i, and while they were indeed football shirts, the numbers were meant to represent a year. I used to have a Hawaii 77, because 76 sounded too "American" to me (as in the bicentennial)

Anyway:

Side 1
Uptown
Gotta Broken Heart Again
When You Were Mine

Side 2
Head
Sister
Dirty Mind


My thought with this was for Side 1: nice. Side 2: dirty, at least with the titles.





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Dirty Mind
When you were mine
Uptown
Head
Sister
Partyup

Side 1:
Dirty Mind
When you were mine
Gotta broken heart again

Side 2:
Uptown
Head
Partyup

This album is already short as it is and I don't think there's a need to cut anything but whatever, ''Do it all night'' is a bit standard if still dope and "¤Sister"¤ is too short to make much of an impact beyond the shocking lyrics which are cool but I'm a music guy s o this album is really simple to cut down IMO...

A1 Dirty Mind
A2 Lisa
A3 Uptown
B1 When You Were Mine
B2 Head
B3 Partyup

side one: Controversy
Do Me Baby
Strange Way Of Saying I Love You


side two: Let's Work
Annie Christian
Do Yourself A Favor

Side 1
Controversy
Do Me Baby
Gotta Stop (Messin' About)

Side 2
Let's Work
Jack U Off
Sexuality

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For side 1, I wanted it to end with him saying "stop". flip the record over, and you realize he's not ready to stop, so... "Let's Work". He's working, but he wants to "Jack U Off", which of course leads to "Sexuality". Maybe a bit off-balanced with one ballad, but I'll stick with this.






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Controversy
Sexuality
annie christian

Lets work
Do me
Gotta stop messin around

"Controversy" – 7:15
"Let's Work" – 3:54
"Do Me, Baby" – 7:43

"Private Joy" – 4:29
"Jack U Off" – 3:09
"Sexuality" – 4:21

Side 1:Ummm, side 1; it's dope as it is...
Side 2:

Private Joy
Let's Work
Annie Christian

I don't like the MTv 80's 50's rock pastiches so this one is simple too...

A1 Controversy
A2 Sexuality
A3 Private Joy
B1 Do Me Baby
B2 Let's Work
B3 Jack U Off

on second thought, switch "private joy" and "do me baby" back.

the end of "do me baby" works perfectly as the end of the side of a record.

side one: 1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious

side two: Something In The Water Does Not Compute
Lady Cab Driver
International Lover

Side A

1999
Automatic
DMSR

Side B

Lady Cab Driver
Something in the Water Does Not Compute
Moonbeam Levels

(though I'm going to be totally lazy and say it would have been nice to get an actual tracklisting for every album; I'll just hit the wiki)

Side 1
1999
D.M.S.R.
Little Red Corvette

Side 2
Automatic
Irresistible Bitch
Lady Cab Driver

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

Side 1:
1999
LRC
International Lover

Side 2:
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
Irresistible Bitch
Lady Cab Driver

Side 1:
1999
Little Red Corvette
Let's Pretend We're Married

Side 2:
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
All The Critics Love U In New York
Lady Cab Driver

Side 1
1999
Let's Pretend We're Married
Delirious

Side 2
Little Red Corvette
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
Lady Cab Driver


This is a difficult one because damn, no "D.M.S.R."? No "Automatic"? Eh, I'll stick with this.




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1999
Lady Cab Driver
Delirous
Little red corvette
Something the the Water
DMSR

side 1 :
1999
Little Red Corvette
D.M.S.R.

side 2 :
Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)
Lady Cab Driver
All the Critics Love U In New York

"D.M.S.R." 8:17
"Let's Pretend We're Married" 7:21
"Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" 4:02
"Automatic" 9:28
"Lady Cab Driver" 8:19
"All the Critics Love U In New York" 5:59

I like this one!

'1999' is one of my favorite albums because it has those weird and hard songs setting it apart from pretty much everything

1999
Little Red Corvette
DMSR

Something In The Water
Lady Cab Driver
International Lover

A1. 1999
A2. Little Red Corvette
A3. Delirious
B1. Turn It Up
B2. Lady Cab Driver
B3. International Lover

Side 1.:
DMSR
Little Red Corvette
Automatic (REALLY underrated, it's like Gary Numan but funkier!)

Side 2:
Something in the water...
Lady Cab Driver
International lover

Took some liberties with the sequencing; now that I look at the tracklist, this album isn't very strong but at the same time, these are my favourites. I think this is one of those records that *needed* to be long...

(use this to get rid of some of the classic boot tracks from that era since 1999 is now a single record)

Side One: Purple Music (I'm High)
Extra Loveable
Baby Youre A Trip

Side Two: A Million Miles
Wonderful Ass
Moonbeam Levels

irresistable bitch
purple music
eletric intercourse
extra lovable
erotic city
wonderful ass

A1. Purple Music
A2. Possessed
B1. Irresistable Bitch
B2. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (piano version)
B3. Electric Intercourse
B4. Moonbeam Levels

Side 1:
Let's Go Crazy
Computer Blue
Darling Nicki

Side 2:
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 You
Baby I'm a Star

..."Baby I'm a Star."

Anthemic, singalong ballads lighters style-instant NO!

Side 1
Let's Go Crazy (extended version)
Erotic City
The Beautiful Ones

Side 2
When Doves Cry
Baby I'm a Star
Purple Rain

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Cmon.

Side 1:
Let's Go Crazy
When Doves Cry
Erotic City

Side 2:
17 Days
Darling Nikki
The Beautiful Ones




EDIT: Replaced Baby I'm a Star with Darling Nikki

Side 1
Let's Go Crazy (Extended Version)
Darling Nikki
Erotic City (Extended Version)

Side 2
When Doves Cry
Purple Rain
Another Lonely Christmas (Extended Version)


I played with this line-up, and I realize that not ending with "Purple Rain" may seem insane but I look at it like this. "Let's Go Crazy" is the ultimate party song, and he yells "take me away". At the end of the album, we now hear that his lady has been taken away.

Might not work but... I'll leave it at that. That would be about 20-22 minutes each side right? I'll leave it like this.


EDIT: As I'm going through albums, I realized a few things:
1) The American Music Awards performance of "Purple Rain" is incredible
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Side 1 :
Let's Go Crazy
I Would Die 4 U
Purple Rain

Side 2 :
When Doves Cry
Darling Nikki
Erotic City

"Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
"Take Me with U" – 3:54
"Computer Blue" – 3:59
"Darling Nikki" – 4:14
"When Doves Cry" – 5:54
"Baby I'm a Star" – 4:24

lets go crazy
17 days
take me with you
when doves cry
i would die for you
baby i'm a star

A1. Let's Go Crazy
A2. 17 Days
A3. Erotic City
B1. When Doves Cry
B2. I Would Die 4 U
B3. Purple Rain

Side 1:
Erotic City
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki

Side 2:
When the doves cry
The Beautiful ones
Seventeen Days

Here, I'm getting nerdy and putting B-sides on the shit to make a better album...

too funky... not pop/rock enough

Side 1
Around the World in a Day
Raspberry Beret
Tambourine

Side 2
America
Pop Life
She's Always in My Hair (extended version)

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

>Side 1
>Around the World in a Day
>Raspberry Beret
>Tambourine
>
>Side 2
>America
>Pop Life
>She's Always in My Hair (extended version)



I dig this one^^^^^

Side 1
Around The World In A Day
Paisley Park
Tamborine

Side 2
America (Extended Edit) Girl (Extended Version)
Hello (Extended Version)

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While I like the 12" mix of "Paisley Park", I'd love to see a different remix of it, maybe any rejected mixes, outtakes, or just something that is as extensive but not anything that has been released.

I had also considered putting in The Family's "Yes" in here, as I think it would compliment "Tamborine" very well but held back.


EDIT: Just realized that the full, 10 minute live performance of "America" would work incredibly too. I'm not sure how much from that Paris (it was in Paris right, since he was shooting UNDER THE CHERRY MOON when he decided to do the live performance) video was edited, but it always worked, from the extra beep that's in the song, to the volume level of the applause when he jumps from the drums. So... now see, this could go either way:

1) My suggested edit I made originally
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Side 1:
Around The World In A Day
Paisley Park
Girl

Side 2:
Raspberry Beret
She's Always In My Hair (12" Version)
Pop Life

Needed to rearrange things a bit.

>Side 1:
>Around The World In A Day
>Paisley Park
>Pop Life
>
>Side 2:
>Raspberry Beret
>Girl
>She's Always In My Hair (12" Version)

Side 1 :
Pop Life
Paisley Park
Tamborine

Side 2 :
She's Always in My Hair
Raspberry Beret
Around the World in a Day

around the world in a day
pop life
tamborine
raspberry beret (long version)
america
shes always in my hair (long version)

Side One:
Condition of the Heart
Pop Life
Paisley Park

Side Two:
Raspberry Beret
Girl
She's Always In My Hair


Francis.

A1 Around The World In A Day
A2 Condition Of The heart
A3 Raspberry Beret
B1 She's Always In My Hair
B2 Girl
B3 Pop Life

Side 1:
Mountains
Under the Cherry Moon
Life Can Be So Nice

Side 2:
Kiss
Anotherloverholeyohead
Sometimes it Snows In April

side one: New Position (new arrangement movie version Biz jacked)
I Wonder U
Girls & Boys

side two Kiss (long version)
Under The Cherry Moon
Anotherloverholenyohead

Cause if so...

Side 1
Christopher Tracy's Parade/New Position/I Wonder U
Love or Money
Life Can Be So Nice

Side 2
Mountains (extended version)
Kiss
All My Dreams


But if not

Side 1
Life Can Be So Nice
Kiss
Mountains

Side 2
Alexa de Paris
Anotherloverholeinyohead
All My Dreams

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

Side 1:
New Position
Girls & Boys
Kiss

Side 2:
Life Can Be So Nice
In a Large Room With No Light
Anotherloverholeinyohead

Okay, someone had asked if the first three songs should be "one suite". I know how on UNDUN, the last four songs were originally one track but had to be divided into four songs. Personally, I always felt the first four songs on PARADE should be as "one suite". I realize I'm breaking the rule here, but if it's my album to compile, I play by my own rule so:

Side 1
Under The Cherry Moon Suite: a) Christopher Tracy's Parade; 2) New Position; 3) I Wonder U; 4) Under The Cherry Moon
Life Could Be So Nice
Alexa De Paris (Full Take )

Side 2
♥ Or $ (Extended Version)
Mountain (Extended Version)
Venus de Milo


====
This was the hard one, because PARADE is one of my favorite Prince albums from start to finish. As I said, I always hear the first four songs as one "movement", a bit more SGT. PEPPER or ABBEY ROAD in tone than ATWIAD ever was (IMHO) but, I'll stick with this.










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Side 1 :
Mountains
Girls & Boys
Anotherloverholenyohead

Side 2 :
Sometimes It Snows in April
Kiss
Under the Cherry Moon

i wouldn't change a hing about this wonderful album but for this exercise here goes

chritopher tracy parade
mountains
girls & boys
kiss
anotherloverhole
sometimes it snows in april

A1 Kiss
A2 Girls & Boys
A3 Life Can Be So Nice
B1 Mountains
B2 Anotherloverholenyohead
B3 Sometimes It Snows In April

Side 1:
Love or Money
I wonder U
Girls&Boys

Side 2:
Kiss
Anotherloverholenyahead
Sometimesw it snows in april

This one is difficult since it's more of an ''athmosphere''/ibe record but if it's about killer songs and shit, this is how I would put it...

Side 1:
Sign of the Times
Housequake
Hot Thing

Side 2:
If I Was Your Girlfriend
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Adore

side one: Sign O The Times
Housequake
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

side two: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Adore

Side 1
Sign o the Times
Housequake
Slow Love

Side 2
U Got the Look
It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
Adore

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

Side 1:
Sign O the Times
Crystal Ball
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man

Side 2:
Strange Relationship
Forever in My Life
Adore

Side 1:
Sign 'O' The Times
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Starfish and Coffee

Side 2:
Strange Relationship
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Adore

I haven't figured it out as I'm typing this but... let's see what happens.


Side 1
Sign 'O' The Times
The Dream Factory
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

Side 2
Starfish & Coffee
If I Was Your Girlfriend (SIGN 'O' THE TIMES movie version)
Forever In My Life (studio or SIGN 'O' THE TIMES movie version)

===
I don't know. There's "Slow Love", "Play In The Sunshine", "Hot Thing" (especially the SIGN 'O' THE TIMES movie version with the Hammond B-3 solo ), "The Cross", and everything that was recorded during this era?

If I could, I'd pull a Johnny Winter and say "make this a 3-sided double LP, with 3-songs on each side, making it a total of 9. Even doing it like this would eliminate a lot of favorites, but it would be a chance to at least add three more that is not in my lineup. I'll keep it as is.





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Sign o the times
Housequake
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Never take the place
if I was your girlfriend
Forever in my life

but there are a milion ways you could go with this one

Side 1 :
Sign o The Times
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Housequake

Side 2 :
Starfish and Coffee
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Strange Relationship

for R&B radio, id prob do it like this.

"Housequake" – 4:42
"The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" – 4:01
"Hot Thing" – 5:39
"Forever in My Life" – 3:30
"If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 5:01
"It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" (Prince, Doctor Fink, Eric Leeds) – 9:01

the rock radio one would be -

"Play in the Sunshine" – 5:05
"U Got the Look" featuring Sheena Easton – 3:47
"Starfish and Coffee" (Prince, Susannah Melvoin) – 2:50
"Strange Relationship" – 4:01
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 6:29
"The Cross" – 4:48

A1. Sign O' The Times
A2. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
A3. Housequake
B1. If I Was Your Girlfriend
B2. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
B3. Adore

Cutting down a double album to 6 songs is pretty hopeless but whatever,,,

Side 1:
Sign of the times
Starfish and coffee
the bALLAD of dorothy parker


Side 2:
If I was your girlfriend
Strange relationship
Adore

Side A:
1. Sign Of The Times
2. Housequake
2. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

Side B:
4. If I Was Your Girlfriend
5. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
6. Adore

In a nutshell, those songs are in the exact same sequence (minus all of the other GREAT/CLASSIC joints in between..)

However, it is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to try and scale this album down to six songs.

And I've already driven myself half-crazy for about a half hour trying to do so because having to sacrifice "Starfish & Coffee", "The Cross", "Slow Love", and "IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT" is down right painful! LOL

Hands down my favorite Prince album EVER!

side one: Le Grind
Cindy C
When 2 R In Love

side two: Bob George
Superfunkycalafragasexi
Rock Hard In A Funky Place

le grind
cindy c
bob george
superfunkyeoahdoaf
2nigs
rock hard

Side 1
Le Grind
Cindy C.
Dead on it

Side 2
Bob George
Superfunkycalifragisexy
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

NOTE: The first time I heard this was a counterfeit tape that claimed to be the album, but it just sounded a bit off. I don't remember how many knock-offs there were, but it sounded like a British band covered it, made evident by some of the ways they said certain words, especially the title of "2 Nigs" That cassette version had the sides flipped, so for years I heard "Bob George" as the first song, so I'll start off that way:


Side 1
Bob George
Cindy C.
Rockhard in a Funky Place

Side 2
Scarlet Pussy (12" mix)
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
When 2 R In Love


There are a few Camille-related songs that could be included here, such as "Feel U Up" or "Shockadelica" but I chose "Scarlet Pussy". Side 1 exits "Rockhard", Side 2 enters into "Pussy". Fair enough.










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"Le Grind" – 6:44
"Cindy C." – 6:15
"Bob George" – 5:36
"Superfunkycalifragisexy" – 5:55
"2 Nigs United 4 West Compton" – 7:01
"Rockhard in a Funky Place" – 4:31

side 1 :
Le Grind
Cindy C.
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton

side B :
Bob George
Rockhard in a Funky Place
Superfunkycalifragisexy

A1. Le Grind
A2. Cindy C
A3. When 2 R In Love
B1. Bob George
B2. Superfunkycalifragisexy
B3. Rockhard In A Funky Place

side one: Alphabet Street
Lovesexy
Anna Stesia

side two Dance On
The Sex Of It
I Wish U Heaven (extended)

>side one: Alphabet Street
>Lovesexy
>Anna Stesia
>
>side two Dance On
>The Sex Of It
>I Wish U Heaven (extended)

i pretty much agree with quest on it but i'm nt sure if i remember the sex of it song (is that the kid creole song) so i would substitute that for when 2 r in love or subtitute positivity and put it at the end

alphabet street
lovesexy
anna stesia

dance on
when 2 r n love
i wish you heaven

Side 1
Alphabet St.
Glam Slam
When 2 R in Love

Side 2
Dance On
Lovesexy
Eye No

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

Side 1
Alphabet St.
Dance On
Anna Stesia

Side 2
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
Cindy C.
When 2 R In Love








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Side 1 :
Eye No
Alphabet St.
Anna Stesia

Side 2 :
Dance On
Lovesexy
When 2 R in Love

A1 Eye No
A2 Lovesexy
A3 Glam Slam
B1 Anna Stesia
B2 I Wish U Heaven
B3 The Line

Side 1:
Alphabt street
Glam Slam (¤this song is MOSTLY ass but the coda is dope as fuck)
Ana Stezia

Side 2:
Lovesexy
When 24 R in love
I wish U heaven

I don't know, the obvious attempts at funk on this record has never worked for me, they sound overproduced and overblown so I guess these are my favourites...

Side 1
The Future
Electric Chair
Vicki Waiting

Side 2
Dance with the Devil
Scandalous
Batdance (yeah, I know)

_________________________________________________________________________
Cmon.

Side 1:
Electric Chair
Partyman
Lemon Crush (yeah I know)

Side 2:
Feel U Up
Scandalous!
Batdance

"Partyman" – 3:11
"Trust" – 4:24
"Vicki Waiting" – 4:52
"Lemon Crush" – 4:15
"Scandalous!" – 6:15
"Batdance" – 6:13

A1 We Got The Power
A2 Partyman
A3 Vicki Waiting
B1 The Future
B2 Scandalous
B3 Dance With The Devil

Side 1
Thieves In The Temple (Remix)
I love what happens after the part that's the single edit/album mix, all the way up until and including the "I am the best, better than the rest, better than the thieves in the temple tonight" part, that to me *makes* the song. However, I'd like to hear a re-edit of the remix where the "who got the body, who got the body, who?" is moved closer to the middle, and the funky part I like is moved to the end, and gently fades out when he's doing those howls. To find a way to extend that, or to go to the multi-tracks and pull something that would extend that moment and make it better: I would love to do that.

If we are to get technical, I'd want to hear it this way, according to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tw5dRT8fYE

Part 1: 0:31 to 4:26
Part 2: 6:10 to 7:54
Part 3: 4:07 to 6:10 (and extend what's going on in the last 20 seconds if it was possible)
Part 4: 8:13 to 8:34

Part 2 would be a bit unnecessary if Part 3 could be achieved in the way I'd want it but... I'll leave it at that.

The Question Of U
New Power Generation



Side 2
Still Would Stand All Time (version from A SMALL CLUB bootleg; always preferred that over the album version)
Elephants And Flowers
Joy In Repetition (live version performed during the EMANCIPATION release party that was broadcast. I never liked this song when GRAFFITI BRIDGE came out, but when he did it in the TV special, the time away from the song made me listen to it differently and appreciate it even more. That guitar solo remains one of the sickest solos he's ever done. In fact, for anyone who has never heard or seen this, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v94EIim_v8

It's hard to see here, but the moment Prince turns around and walks back to stage, there's a guy in the crowd who looks to be completely blown away by what he just heard. It happens around the 4:26 and while you see someone to the right side do a vicious head nod, it's better when you see a much clearer version.)



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"Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" – 4:24
"Thieves in the Temple" – 3:19
"The Question of U" – 3:59
"We Can Funk" – 5:28
"Joy In Repetition" – 4:53
"Still Would Stand All Time" – 5:23

to this date i have yet to see this movie, i'm afraid

cant stop this feeling
round and round
the question of you
elephants and flowers
joy in repetition
thieves in the temple

Side One:
Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
Elephants & Flowers
The Question of U

Side Two:
Joy In Repetition
Thieves In The Temple
Still Would Stand All Time



Francis.

A1 Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
A2 We Can Funk
A3 Joy In Repetition
B1 Thieves In The Temple
B2 The Question Of U
B3 Elephants & Flowers

Hmmm....


Side 1
"Thunder"
"Cream"
"Diamonds & Pearls"

Side 2

"Get Off"
"Money Don't matter"
"Insatiable"

Side 1
Diamonds & Pearls
Strollin'
Gett Off (Housestyle)

Side 2
Money Don't Matter 2 Night
Willing & Able
Live 4 Love

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I've always liked the house mix of "Gett Off", and I think it balances the first two songs. I'd probably put "Violet The Organ Grinder" if I could too but... boom.




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Side 1 :
Thunder
Gett Off
Diamonds and Pearls

Side 2 :
Cream
Insatiable
Money Don't Matter 2 Night

"Diamonds and Pearls"
"Cream"
"Strollin'"
"Gett Off" (10 min version preferably)
"Money Don't Matter 2 Night"
"Insatiable"

thunder
diamonds and pearls
willing and able
get off
insatiable
cream

A1 Cream
A2 Diamonds & Pearls
A3 Insatiable
B1 Money Don't Matter 2night
B2 Willing And Able
B3 Gett Off

Side 1
Sexy MF
The Morning Papers
Damn U

Side 2
7
Love 2 The 9's
Blue Light

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I really wished "Blue Light" became a huge hit for him. When I was back home in 1998, I had heard this song a lot on the radio and I thought that was odd. A lot of Hawaiian pop and "Jawaiian music" (local style reggae) tends to be very pop friendly and at times spiritual, basically doing music "mom or grandmom would like". Prince is not the first person I would expect to be covered, even though everyone would admit to liking Prince. Yet because "Blue Light" is a reggae song, that appealed to people there. I'm assuming it was a song that got a bit of airplay for him, but someone covered it and it became a Hawaiian hit.

I simply like "Blue Light" not only for its reggae vibe, but it's a laid back Prince song without anything too heavy to it.

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"The Max" – 4:30
"7" – 5:13
"The Morning Papers" – 3:57
"Damn U" – 4:25
"And God Created Woman" –
"3 Chains o' Gold" – 6:03

this album wouldve been so great without the rapping

sexy mf
love 2 the 9s
the morning papers
damn u
7
and god created woman

A1 Sexy MF
A2 Damn U
A3 The Morning Papers
B1 Love 2 The 9s
B2 And God Created Woman
B3 7

Side 1
Space
Loose!
Papa

Side 2
Dark
Letitgo
Come (perhaps use "Orgasm" as an uncredited reprise, but "Come" as is would be perfect too)


I know this album has been bashed by some critics, but I liked it. I think when I had read some bad reviews, I wanted to give it a chance to appeal to me. I'm into long, drawn out songs, so the 11 minute "Come" was perfect.

Since Side 1 would be shorter, if there was a way to go to the multi-tracks and tap into what was not used with those tracks, it would be great to extend them, especially "Space".

I was going to add in the mix of "Pheromone" that was used as the theme for Video LP for awhile, but don't know if a full take exists on boots or what so... I'll keep this as it is.





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"Come" – 11:13
"Space" – 4:28
"Pheromone" – 5:08
"Papa" – 2:48
"Dark" – 6:10
"Letitgo" – 5:32

Side One:
The Ride (Undertaker version)
Space (Universal Love Remix)
Pheromone

Side Two:
Come
Solo
Letitgo


Francis.

A1 Poem
A2 Race
A3 Interactive
B1 Now
B2 Come (The Beautiful Experience version)
B3 Endorphinmachine

(see what I did there?)

Side 1:
Endorphinemachine
Acknowledge Me
Shhh


Side 2:
Ripopgodazippa
I Hate U
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Side 1
Now
Shhh
Endorphinmachine

Side 2
Love Sign
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Dolphin (performance from David Letterman)

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"Endorphinmachine" – 4:07
"Dolphin" – 4:59
"319" – 3:05
"Shy" – 5:04
"Billy Jack Bitch" – 5:32
"I Hate U" – 5:54

this is an easier exercise with the later albums

endorphinmachine
shh
the most beautifullest girl
dolphin
i hate u
gold

Side 1 :
Endorphinmachine
Shhh
Dolphin



Side 2 :
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Billy Jack Bitch
Gold

A1 Shhh
A2 Acknowledge Me
A3 Billy Jack Bitch
B1 Days Of Wild
B2 Dolphin
B3 I Hate U

Side 1
Had U
I Will
I Rock, Therefore I Am

Side 2
Right The Wrong
Chaos and Disorder
Dinner With Delores



Hard one, since almost every combination would've turned this into an EP or short album, but the album is short as is. "Had U" ends this album perfectly, so I decided to flip that idea and begin with it. I ended it with "Delores" because of the obvious use of "no more, that's the end" at the end.





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Side 1
I Like it There
Chaos & Disorder
Dig U Better Dead

Side2
Into the Light
I Will
Dinner with Delores

That's dope right there.

A1 Chaos & Disorder
A2 Dinner With Delores
A3 I Like It There
B1 Into The Light
B2 I Will
B3 Had U

>A1 Chaos & Disorder
>A2 Dinner With Delores
>A3 I Like It There
>B1 Into The Light
>B2 I Will
>B3 Had U
>

yup.

yup.

also the phrase 'stupid prick' comes to mind.

Cosmic Day (full version), Big House, Go, Everybody wants what they dont got, adonis and bathsheba, traffic jam.

now, this bootleg short lp would be a classic......