AOA's accused of being too mellow while HitNRun's accused of being mindless party jams dreamed by Josh.

If you merged the albums, what would the track list be?

[Edited 9/26/15 3:21am]

THE UNEXPECTED: 2012-2015 (100 MINUTE MIX):

01 Wow

02 Stare

03 Screwdriver

04 Clouds

05 Groovy Potential

06 Extraloveable (Reloaded)

07 The Gold Standard

08 U Know

09 Breakfast Can Wait

10 Rock and Roll Love Affair (Original Extended Mix)

11 Plectrum Electrum

12 Hardrocklover [single version to avoid segues]

13 Another Love

14 Breakdown

15 affirmation I & II

16 Way Back Home

17 This Could B Us (Remix)

18 Fall In Love 2 Nite

19 Funk n Roll [AOA remix version]

20 X's Face [non album version to avoid segues]

21 1000 X's & 0's

22 June

23 Time

24 affirmation III

I'd love to make a long form feature length scifi music video for that double album! Like Phantom of the Paradise meets Sleeper meets Prince.

You knnow I liked AOA as a whole and I hate HitnRun as a whole, but mixed together, they could make one great album. Maybe I can come up with a track selection tomorrow.

Art Official HITnRUN

01 - Art Official Cage
This song is a stronger, more exciting album opener than Million $ Show. One of my proudest moments as the sequencer of this mix happens when the end of this track crossfades into...

02 - Ain't About 2 Stop
Not to toot my own horn too much, but when I heard the cold, robotic "Cage, cage, cage cage" over the top of the "Arabian industrial" intro of this song, my mind was blown and I had a huge grin on my face. It's just such a cool, natural transition!

03 - HARDROCKLOVER
Prince is known for having the third track on an album be a ballad, and while this song isn't a ballad in the traditional sense, it's close enough and provides a much more natural transition from track 2 than, say, Breakdown would.

04 - Clouds (including Mr. Nelson)
I've combined the two songs into one track, and it's awesome.

05 - 1000 X's and 0's
I've kept this song's flawless transition from Mr. Nelson intact.

06 - Breakfast Can Wait
Fits perfectly back-to-back with 1000 X's and 0's.

07 - Breakdown
08 - The Gold Standard
These both felt like natural fits here to me.

09 - Stare
This song is maybe too obvious/predictable to be placed back-to-back with The Gold Standard, but I couldn't help myself...it just works.

10 - Like A Mack
Keeps the funky vibe flowing.

11 - U Know
Curly Fryz rapping in the previous song --> Prince rapping in this one, makes sense to put it here.

12 - X's Face
Again, maybe too obvious of a pairing with U Know...but they are both sexy, dark, futuristic songs. I added a fade out so the song now ends smoothly.

13 - This Could B Us (including remix guitar solo)
This is the AOA track, with a portion of the HNR remix (the guitar solo to the end) blended in.

14 - What It Feels Like
15 - Time
The two Andy Allo tracks work together well here.

16 - FALLINLOVE2NITE
Probably the least satisfying/natural pairing in the sequence in my opinion, but I had nowhere else to put it.

17 - Million $ Show (without intro samples)
Thematically, it makes ZERO sense to put this song here. Musically however, it flows well with the previous track since they are both upbeat dance songs. I suppose the only (weak) justification I can provide for its spot in the sequence is that it "welcomes" the listener to the "party" that takes place in the two following tracks...

18 - Shut This Down
The original HNR transition remains intact as the party begins...

19 - FUNKNROLL
...the party continues! See where I'm going with this?

20 - June
The party's over as we come down from the high and back to reality. Breakdown would probably be a better thematic fit here, but I went with June because it's even MORE mellow and sad, thus making the "crash" that much more impactful.

21 - Way Back Home (including the affirmations)
Natural fit with June and a perfect, powerful way to end the sequence!

Art Official Age - I would keep this fine album as it is, I love the whole thing..

HitNRun - same, I would keep it like it is.. great album and better than some of you guys think..

Plectrum - NOW this is a real crap fest, 2 good songs only in Wow & Anotherlove, I would delete the rest from history. Amen, and sorry to those who for some reason likes it..

Plectrum - NOW this is a real crap fest, 2 good songs only in Wow & Anotherlove, I would delete the rest from history. Amen, and sorry to those who for some reason likes it..

You will do no such thing!

The System Lords would allow it....

...and more important I'm against it too.

[Edited 9/26/15 4:49am]

bluefish said:

Art Official HITnRUN


04 - Clouds (including Mr. Nelson)
I've combined the two songs into one track, and it's awesome.

05 - 1000 X's and 0's
I've kept this song's flawless transition from Mr. Nelson intact.

These are good idea, particularly to add "Mr.Nelson" to "Clouds" (as a track on his own it is really bad, but as an extended portion of the original tune can work).

Here's my tracklist (probably):

01) AOC

02) Clouds/Mr.Nelson

03) 1000 X's

04) The Breakdown

04) The Gold Standard

05) U Know

06) Breakfast Can Wait

07) This Could Be Us (AOA)

08) What It Feels Like

09) affirmation I & II

10) Way Back Home

11) HardRockLover

12) X's Face

13) June

14) Time

15) affirmation III

I will try it.

[Edited 9/26/15 1:36am]

BoraBora said:

bluefish said:

Art Official HITnRUN


04 - Clouds (including Mr. Nelson)
I've combined the two songs into one track, and it's awesome.

05 - 1000 X's and 0's
I've kept this song's flawless transition from Mr. Nelson intact.

These are good idea, particularly to add "Mr.Nelson" to "Clouds" (as a track on his own it is really bad, but as an extended portion of the original tune can work).

Yeah, it works great the way I've mixed it.

bluefish said:

Art Official HITnRUN

01 - Art Official Cage
This song is a stronger, more exciting album opener than Million $ Show. One of my proudest moments as the sequencer of this mix happens when the end of this track crossfades into...

02 - Ain't About 2 Stop
Not to toot my own horn too much, but when I heard the cold, robotic "Cage, cage, cage cage" over the top of the "Arabian industrial" intro of this song, my mind was blown and I had a huge grin on my face. It's just such a cool, natural transition!

03 - HARDROCKLOVER
Prince is known for having the third track on an album be a ballad, and while this song isn't a ballad in the traditional sense, it's close enough and provides a much more natural transition from track 2 than, say, Breakdown would.

04 - Clouds (including Mr. Nelson)
I've combined the two songs into one track, and it's awesome.

05 - 1000 X's and 0's
I've kept this song's flawless transition from Mr. Nelson intact.

06 - Breakfast Can Wait
Fits perfectly back-to-back with 1000 X's and 0's.

07 - Breakdown
08 - The Gold Standard
These both felt like natural fits here to me.

09 - Stare
This song is maybe too obvious/predictable to be placed back-to-back with The Gold Standard, but I couldn't help myself...it just works.

10 - Like A Mack
Keeps the funky vibe flowing.

11 - U Know
Curly Fryz rapping in the previous song --> Prince rapping in this one, makes sense to put it here.

12 - X's Face
Again, maybe too obvious of a pairing with U Know...but they are both sexy, dark, futuristic songs. I added a fade out so the song now ends smoothly.

13 - This Could B Us (including remix guitar solo)
This is the AOA track, with a portion of the HNR remix (the guitar solo to the end) blended in.

14 - What It Feels Like
15 - Time
The two Andy Allo tracks work together well here.

16 - FALLINLOVE2NITE
Probably the least satisfying/natural pairing in the sequence in my opinion, but I had nowhere else to put it.

17 - Million $ Show (without intro samples)
Thematically, it makes ZERO sense to put this song here. Musically however, it flows well with the previous track since they are both upbeat dance songs. I suppose the only (weak) justification I can provide for its spot in the sequence is that it "welcomes" the listener to the "party" that takes place in the two following tracks...

18 - Shut This Down
The original HNR transition remains intact as the party begins...

19 - FUNKNROLL
...the party continues! See where I'm going with this?

20 - June
The party's over as we come down from the high and back to reality. Breakdown would probably be a better thematic fit here, but I went with June because it's even MORE mellow and sad, thus making the "crash" that much more impactful.

21 - Way Back Home (including the affirmations)
Natural fit with June and a perfect, powerful way to end the sequence!

This mix sounds great! I share your enthusiasm. Will you be Soundclouding or Mixclouding it??

superflybenito said:

bluefish said:

Art Official HITnRUN

This mix sounds great! I share your enthusiasm. Will you be Soundclouding or Mixclouding it??

Possibly Mixcloud...not sure yet.

bluefish said:

I'd call it Heart n Fiscal Rage

Seriously, mine would look something like this:

Made the cut :
- Art Official Cage
- Clouds
- Breakdown
- The Gold Standard
- U Know
- Hardrocklover
- Breakfast Can Wait (would work well after Hardrocklover, given that Hardrocklover is about a woman in a dream)
- What It Feels Like
- Time
- Affirmation I & II / Way Back Home / Affirmation III (edited into a single track)
- June
- 1000 Hugs & Kisses (this needs to be on there, but not sure where to put it. Might be a good closer)

Erased from existence :
- This Could B Us (original & remix)
- Funknroll (remix)
- Million Dollar Show
- Shut This Down
- Ain't About 2 Stop
- Like A Mack
- X's Face
- Mr. Nelson

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[Edited 9/26/15 7:08am]

Here is mine. Added a few classic songs to the mix.

Baby Ur A Trip (Prince on vocals)

Hard Rock Lover

1000 Hugs and Kisses

Like A Mack

Clouds

Mr. Nelson

Stare

Breakfast Can Wait

Breakfast Can Wait (Buttermilk)

X's Face

U Know

PlectrumElectrum

Mars

Anotherlove

Shut This Down

Open Book

[Edited 9/28/15 3:17am]

Bluefish's tracklisting idea is exceptional!

With regards the CDs, Art Official Age and HitNRun flow really well together.

In fact, HitNRun should really have been called Art Offical Part Part 2. The covers nicely complement each other.

The only change I would make would be to take the talking woman off the Art Official Age tracks. Her accent, pronunciation and grammar are awful. Sadly, the tracks she talks over are great but she spoils them.

Art Official Hit N Run Age

Would be something like this:

Art Official Cage

Clouds/Mr. Nelson

1000s Hugs and Kisses

The Breakdown

Gold Standard

U Know

Shut This Down

Like a Mack

Fall In love Tonite

Breakfast Can Wait

This Could Be US (aoa)

This is what if feels like

Affirmation 1, 2/Way Back Home/Affirmation 3

Funk N Roll (AOA)

Hardrocklover

Time

June

U FAMS don't know how to filter... You guys basically just put the two albums together, you can't pick and chose what's quality and what's not.. It just ends up being personal opinion.

feeluupp said:

U FAMS don't know how to filter... You guys basically just put the two albums together, you can't pick and chose what's quality and what's not.. It just ends up being personal opinion.

Come up with your own list, that's how it works. Exclude everything you want to exclude: the result will be your opinion of what should be on it. Maybe it will be the BEST, NIFTIEST sequencing, maybe you'll give other people ideas about how to go about it.

Having an informed opinion is all you can do.

Aerogram said:

feeluupp said:

U FAMS don't know how to filter... You guys basically just put the two albums together, you can't pick and chose what's quality and what's not.. It just ends up being personal opinion.

Come up with your own list, that's how it works. Exclude everything you want to exclude: the result will be your opinion of what should be on it. Maybe it will be the BEST, NIFTIEST sequencing, maybe you'll give other people ideas about how to go about it.

Having an informed opinion is all you can do.

Was being sarcastic, whenever I see threads like these everyone just includes basically the whole album minus one song.

S3V3N said:

Seems clear to me that given the abundance of attempts at fan-made tracklists, Prince's work now confounds his most faithful. He needs a Producer AND Editor. WWSRD? - what would Susan Rogers do? I'd love to see her personal iTunes Playlists.

The only thing that is clear from the abundance of fan-made tracklists are that alot of Prince fans should quit complaining and buy copies of Prince albums from Purple Rain to Prince since it was the last time they were not bitching and moaning about Prince's music!

funkomatic said:

Art official cage Shut this down Ain't about to stop Hardrocklover X"s face Fall in love 2 night

feeluupp said:

feeluupp said:

Aerogram said:

Come up with your own list, that's how it works. Exclude everything you want to exclude: the result will be your opinion of what should be on it. Maybe it will be the BEST, NIFTIEST sequencing, maybe you'll give other people ideas about how to go about it.

Having an informed opinion is all you can do.

Was being sarcastic, whenever I see threads like these everyone just includes basically the whole album minus one song.

It's fine if someone finds a sequence that includes all the songs.

It's also fine if most exclude the majority of HNR songs or AOA, just like to see ideas for creative sequencing.