What do you guys reckon is the best album by an associated artist? Personally I'd go for "Glamorous Life" or "Pandemonium"... What do you think?

Jill Jones?
The Time?
Sheila E?
Family?
Madhouse?
Jesse Johnson?
Mazarati?
Taja Sevelle?
Vanity/Apollonia 6?
Eric Leeds?
Martika?

Motherfucker U no the rest!

Madhouse all the way. Although I almost consider them just instrumental Prince albums.

THE FAMILY ALBUM WAS A 10 I CANT BELIEVE IT DID NOT SELL AS WELL AS it should have. but p put no promotion behind it as usual.i wish he would get more groups[that play instuments not 3 girls]and come with that same concept.the madhause albums were phat 2.those 3 albums carried some weight and were solid. i missed those days.

Mavis Staples albums are the best I have heard in association with Prince. Truly great albums!

the Jill Jones Paisley Park album is a masterpiece imo, the 3 Sheila albums & Ingris chavez "may 19" is excellent

joelmarable said:

I think that "Miss Understood" should have been on the album + released as a single because it's a very cool song

3 albums rank up there for me. No particular order:

Jill Jones
Sheila E - Sheila E
The Family

Non Paisley Park it would have to be

Jesse's Shockadelica. Fantastic!

Without question,The Time's 'What Time Is It?' album (1982).A funk masterpiece!!

This ins't Paisly Park, but I love Vanity's Wild Animal.
I also adore Sheila E.'s Romance 1600. Apollonia 6 is nice too.

1. Romance 1600 - Sheila E
2. Time Waits For No One - Mavis Staples
3. Glamorous Life - Sheila E
4. Sheila E - Sheila E

In that order. However I have never heard the Jill Jones or The Family albums, so this could change...

The Time - self titled
The Time - What Time Is it?
Madhouse - 8
Madhouse - 16
Vanity 6
Sheila E. - The Glamourous Life
The Family

DavidEye said:

IMHO Prince was on His Game as a Producer back in 82.The Time,"what time is it""?,Vanity 6&1999.

Hello!?!?!?
Did eveyone 4get about the Dymanic Duo?

1. Wendy & Lisa - self titled
2. Wedny & Lisa - Girl Bros.
3. Wendy & Lisa - Fruit At the Bottom
4. Wendy & Lisa - Erocia

chookalana said:

HELLO-O-OOO!!!

This thread is about albums by other artists with Prince INVOLVEMENT.
There is a dedicated W&L thread...

W&L

And to clarify MY choices, you need to understand that I think that the only albums that are worth while listening to back to front are the albums Prince made with MUSICIANS.

Prince tends to take a pretty face (Elektra/all the 6's) and record one or two smash songs and fill the rest up with leftovers. These tend to be just voices on top of Prince productions.

With musicians, like Sheila E., Eric Leeds, Jill Jones or artists like Ingrid Chavez the story is turned around; they CHALLENGE Prince's talent and the end result turns out to be something VERY satisfying, showing sides of Prince's talent that rarely are displayed on his own albums.

The Family brought out Prince's romantic AND funky side. It is the album between ATWIAD and Parade, but also the first Madhouse album, in a way.
Jill Jones, singer extraodinaire. Her passion was SO right for the compositions Prince gave to her. She gave his songs MORE flesh, more passion.
Madhouse is of course a very special case. Both albums sport ONE really tight Prince composition (like SIX on the first album) and for the rest sound free and loose. Music that flows.
Eric Leed's first solo outing is very much Eric's personal extension of the Madhouse project. This time it is all Eric and Prince is just a buddy that sits in and can enjoy a buddy creating something beautiful. The two total Prince compositions on this album are, funny enough, also the weakest; the electronic strictness of Times Squared and The Dopamine Rush do not have the laidback feeling the rest of the album has. Times Squared is still one of my fave 'satelite' albums.
Sheila E. is long time friend and you can hear that in the fun displayed on her every album. Her best (with Prince) is her self titled third, though. Why? Cuz here, Prince takes a step back and let's Sheila take off on her own. And probably enjoying the recordings so much he disbands The Revolution and goes on tour with Sheila and Levi.

Special case, as always; The Time. Prince's buddy Morris stealing Prince's Tricky character and makes it his own in such a grand fashion, the only thing that Prince can do is be very jealous. Lots of kewl songs, best album their first outing, which is of course TOTALLY Prince, but still the side many of us would like to see return. I say Pretty Man, nuf said.

Ingrid Chavez. Also special. Her talent is not the kind we see Prince surrounded with normally, in this way bringing out colours and sounds we are not used to in the Prince universe. Her most direct presence making Prince withdraw The Black Album and recording Lovesexy in a daze. Thanks Ingrid, much obliged. Lovesexy being the masterpiece it is and The Black Album fueling Prince's notorious reputation.
Her album also is somewhat of a one-off. Prince gets ambient and lets Levi do some work too. The result; I say it is slappy dappy good. Ingrid was just a short distraction, though. And now she is the muse of another musical genius; check out her work with her husband David Sylvian.

Thank you, gooeythehamster. Just what I was going to say. Word by word. Great minds think alike, etc.

The Time first lp, Shelia E Glamourous Life Jill Jones, The Family, Madhouse, Taja Sevelle. Mavis Staples, George Clinton Smell My Finger., Vanity6 and Wild Animal, Wendy and Lisa Fruit at The Bottom.
[This message was edited Mon Jul 22 11:49:42 PDT 2002 by Vagina]

Well I personally dig the "GCS2000" album but I know how everyone feels about Larry which is why I suppose it didn't make your list.

From your list I really enjoy "The Glamourous Life", "The Family" and Madhouse "8" (didn't much care for 16).

Hey, I really love the "GCS200" album!. I don't care what "everyone feels about Larry"...