In your opinion, whats are the 10 songs that best describe what Prince is about as an artist: musically, lyrically, visionary, soundwise, productionwise?

I know, the fellow has written and released so many songs, but when you decide to trim those down to 10 songs, what songs should really be in the list?

Heres my pick:

1. When you were mine
2. Controversy
3. Automatic
4. When doves cry
5. Purple Rain
6. Raspberry Beret
7. Kiss
8. Sign of the Times
9. If i was your girlfriend.
10.Lovesexy

Controversy
When Doves Cry
Kiss
Sign O The Times
If I was your girlfriend
Alphabet Street
Thieves In The Temple (12")
Gold
The Truth
Musicology

Ah, this is so hard


...this is me describing him best both as an artist and as a person

1. Purple Rain (obviously)
2. The Beautiful Ones
3. If was ur girlfriend
4. Anotherloverholenyohead
5. 7
6. Somewhere here on Earth
7. Don't play me
8. Strange but True
9. Welcome 2 the Dawn (again, obvious)
10. Gold (gotta add that in there not only defines him as an artist, but defines the kind of inspiration he is to a lot of people that are touched by his music

1. Anna Stesia
2. Last December
3. Holy River
4. Purple Rain
5. If I Was Your Girlfriend
6. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
7. When Doves Cry
8. Uptown
9. Joy In Repetition
10. Fury
11. She's Always in My Hair
12. Days of Wild
[Edited 4/17/08 20:25pm]

I'm Your's
It's gonna be lonely
Horny Toad
The Truth
Willin' and Able
GOD
Adore
Play in the Sunshine
Musicology
Everlasting Now.

This is questionable...but I tried to think it through.

1. When Doves Cry
2. Cindy C.
3. LoveSexy
4. Automatic
5. Adore
6. Manic Monday
7. Love 2 The 9's
8. Holy River
9. Last December
10. Strollin'
[Edited 4/17/08 21:28pm]

It keeps changing in my mind.
[Edited 4/17/08 21:31pm]

Not in any particular order:

1) Dirty Mind
2) Erotic City
3) Adore
4) Little Red Corvette
5) Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
6) I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
7) Sign O The Times
8) Soft And Wet
9) Kiss
10) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Purple Rain
When Does Cry
The Beautiful Ones
Eye Hate U
If Eye was UR Girlfriend
Little Red Corvette
Joy in Repetition
She's Always in My Hair
Diamonds and Pearls
Kiss

Temptation
Sign of the Times
Beautiful Ones
Beautiful Strange
Joy in Repetition
The Question of U
Let's Work
Let's Go Crazy
The Rainbow Children
She is Always in my Hair

When We're Dancing Close & Slow
Dirty Mind
Controversy
Computer Blue (the unreleased versions)
The Beautiful Ones
I Wonder U
Mountains
America
Annie Christian
17 Days