I have a vinyl of Brown Mark's album 'Good Feeling' on which I like only one track but that's Prince-related only in as much as he's an associate. There aren't any Prince songs on there that I'm aware of. I also, similarly, bought Tyka Nelson's 'Royal Blue' due to the connection. Thankfully I never saw many of the dodgy albums with Prince songs actually in the shops so I saved myself alot of money! I'd have been suckered in, during the years when a Prince song was usually at least okay and sometimes great.

For such a one-time talented songwriter, he's got a very low hit rate (Sinead and The Bangles basically).

I don't know if it had a Prince song on it, but I bought Good Question because it was on Paisley Park. I don't think I ever listened to the whole thing.

Scotsman1999 said:

I have a vinyl of Brown Mark's album 'Good Feeling' on which I like only one track but that's Prince-related only in as much as he's an associate. There aren't any Prince songs on there that I'm aware of.

Isn't "Bang Bang" a Prince song?

I know Brownmark's first album Just Like That had no Prince involvement. I thought that one was pretty good actually--lots of pop hooks on it.

NDRU said:

I don't know if it had a Prince song on it.

It didn't. Prince had absolutely nothing to do with this band and album.

sexton said:

Scotsman1999 said:

I have a vinyl of Brown Mark's album 'Good Feeling' on which I like only one track but that's Prince-related only in as much as he's an associate. There aren't any Prince songs on there that I'm aware of.

Isn't "Bang Bang" a Prince song?

I know Brownmark's first album Just Like That had no Prince involvement. I thought that one was pretty good actually--lots of pop hooks on it.

It contains a Prince penned song (Shall We Dance, which sounds a lot like the songs on Batman) and Prince sings some vocals in Bang Bang but nothing more.

http://www.princevault.co...l_We_Dance

http://www.princevault.co.../Bang_Bang

So Scotsman you may want to listen to that album again

Scotsman1999 said:

I have a vinyl of Brown Mark's album 'Good Feeling' on which I like only one track but that's Prince-related only in as much as he's an associate. There aren't any Prince songs on there that I'm aware of. I also, similarly, bought Tyka Nelson's 'Royal Blue' due to the connection. Thankfully I never saw many of the dodgy albums with Prince songs actually in the shops so I saved myself alot of money! I'd have been suckered in, during the years when a Prince song was usually at least okay and sometimes great.

For such a one-time talented songwriter, he's got a very low hit rate (Sinead and The Bangles basically).

Major hits (including covers) would only include Sugar Walls, I Feel For You, Manic Monday and NC2U indeed (+ maybe Stand Back but he didn't really write it), but you'd be surprised to see how many Prince-penned songs were minor Top-40 hits (which, at the time, already meant a lot of cash coming in). The simple fact that so many of the songs he gave to other artists were chosen as singles demonstrates that a Prince song was usually considered an asset between 1984 and 1993.

T.C Ellis

Monie Love Born to breed

Ready to wear soundtrack.

Bright lights big city

Rosie Gains. Love her voice but the album was flat.

Kid creole and the coconuts

George Clinton

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vitriol said:

Musicology, 3121, Planet Earth, 21 Nights, Lotus/MPLS, 20Ten and... the next one (if we are ever punished with such a thing).

Stole my joke!