I'm a hardcore fan and was going through my collection and was wondering what I may be missing that I really should have... I'm trying to get as much as humanly possible currently. What am I missing that I need now?


Here's the list as chronological as I can get it (help with this appreciated too):

For You (Album)
Prince (Album)
Dirty Mind (Album)
Controversy (Album)
1999 (Album)
Purple Rain (Album)
Around The World In A Day (Album)
Parade (Album)
Sign 'O' The Times (Album)
The Black Album (Album)
Lovesexy (Album)
Batdance (Single)
Batman (Album)
Let's Go Crazy (3 Inch Single)
Graffiti Bridge (Album)
Gett Off (Single)
Cream (Single)
Diamonds & Pearls (Album)
Diamonds & Pearls (Special hologram cover) (Album)
My Name Is Prince (single)
Love Symbol (Album)
Peach (Single)
The Hits/B-Sides (3 disc Compilation)
1800-New-Funk (compilation)
Come (Album)
The Beautiful Experience (EP)
Purple Medley (Single)
The Gold Experience (Album)
Gold (SIngle)
Chaos & Disorder (Album)
Girl 6 (SOundtrack Compilation)
Emancipation (Album)
Crystal Ball (Album)
Newpower Soul (Album)
The One (1 track Promo Single)
1999 (re-released single)
The Vault: Old Friends For Sale (Album)
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (Album)
One Nite Alone: Solo Piano & Voice (Album)
The Rainbow Children (Album)
One Nite Alone... Live! (3 disc box)
N.E.W.S. (Album)
Musicology (Album)
Musicology (Single)

Don't know where this stuff goes:
The Slaughterhouse (downloaded album)
The Chocolate Invasion (downloaded album)
Magnificent (downloaded single
If You Feel Like Dancin' (94 East featuring Prince)

If you don't already have one get a turntable and collect the 12" singles

Well, looks like you have all the albums.

The singles, well you can find a discography no doubt for the CD singles you're missing, then of course all the vinyl singles (if you're bothered about them).

Vinyl singles discography: http://sleevographia2.fre...raphia.htm
Good singles discography: http://www.theprincepages...cemenu.htm

The Slaughterhouse
The Chocolate Invasion

They're both NPGMC compilation albums, 99% made up of material from the NPGMC year one downloads, some of which was intended for the album High, 2000 era.

If You Feel Like Dancin' is from pre-For You, 94 East was Pepe Williams' band, Prince and Andre played on a couple of tracks, the 94 East album has been released, and re-released many times, should be simple/cheap enough to find.

Now, you're missing all the related artists albums, IMO, they are as much as part of the Prince canon as the albums released under his own name(s).

Vanity/Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, Sheila E, The Time, The Family, Madhouse, Ingrid Chavez, Carmen Electra, NPG, Mayte, Mavis Staples, Eric Leeds, etc, etc.

Then, there's the stuff by these people, and their members, and their proteges, and ex-band members that has no (or very little) direct Prince involvement, but is worth getting, if you like that kind of music (which you probably will, since you like Prince) - Like Mazarati, Jesse Johnson, Morris Day, Vanity, Apollonia, Ta Mara & The Seen, Wendy & Lisa, Andre Cymone etc, etc.

A Prince fan's work, is never done
[Edited 8/20/05 4:08am]

NouveauDance said:

Awesome! Thanks so much for your help!

You haven't downloaded Xpectation yet! Plus there are various other downloads you haven't listed - the Bataclan live singles, etc.

Definately need to get the NPG albums - Gold Nigga and Exodus.

metalorange said:

I would hardly rush out to get those. Those could be at the very bottom of your list if you need to throw some money away. If you like Prince then skip these, they do say NPG on them, which is what you will get.

SANSKER7 said:

Well, if you look at his collection, he has a lot, so we are down to the 'side' projects as it is. Despite the much maligned Tony M. singing on Goldnigga, it definately has Prince's sound all over it. Whereas Exodus has Sonny T. singing in exactly the same way Prince would sing it, in fact he is often heard in the mix, and again it has Prince's production all over it, doing a Funkadelic sort of grungey funk sound. Despite the over-long segues, it's still a great, funky album.

You could look for all the bootleg songs, some being masterpieces of the highest.

The 12 inch extended singles are great. The long version of Girl is a must have.

Elexa de Paris is amazing.


You don't seem to have the Scandalous Sex Suite. For Sex alone.

metalorange said:

I agree. If you have Newpower Soul, then you need the other two NPG albums first since they have the most Prince involvement. Then find both Madhouse albums as they too are pretty much Prince albums under another name. Then go and find every release on Paisley Park or credited to Jamie Starr.

After you are done with those we can get you started on bootlegs!

Here's a complete album discography including "video albums" & albums released under other artists' names but actually entirely or almost entirely recorded by Prince, there4 being able 2 b considered as Prince albums.
The chronological order is more a recording order than an actual release order.
Of course there r a bit more than 500 non-album tracks (remixes, b-sides, soundtracks songs, songs given 2 other artists, internet releases) that u need 2 get in order 2 have the whole thing (been a fan since 1989 & i still wasn't able 2 find a few rare remixes of songs given 2 others, but thanx 2 p2p's i eventually got 99% of these tracks, good luck in ur treasure hunting )

1977 94 East Featuring Prince Symbolic Beginning
1978 Prince For You
1979 Prince Prince
1980 Prince Dirty Mind
1981 The Time The Time
1981 Prince Controversy
1982 The Time What Time Is It ?
1982 Vanity 6 Vanity 6
1982 Prince 1999
1984 Sheila E. The Glamorous Life
1984 Prince And The Revolution Purple Rain
1984 The Time Ice Cream Castles
1984 Apollonia 6 Apollonia 6
1985 Prince And The Revolution Live
1985 Prince And The Revolution Around The World In A Day
1985 The Family The Family
1985 Sheila E. Romance 1600
1986 Prince And The Revolution Parade
1986 Prince And The Revolution Parade Live
1987 Madhouse 8
1987 Prince Sign “O” The Times
1987 Jill Jones Jill Jones
1987 Madhouse 16
1987 Prince Sign “O” The Times Live
1987 Prince The Black Album
1988 Prince Lovesexy
1988 Prince Lovesexy’88
1989 Mavis Staples Time Waits For No One
1989 Prince Batman
1989 Prince The B-sides
1990 Prince Graffiti Bridge
1990 Prince Live In Tokyo
1991 Eric Leeds Times Squared
1991 Prince And The New Power Generation Diamonds And Pearls
1992 Prince And The New Power Generation O+>
1992 Carmen Electra Carmen Electra
1993 New Power Generation Goldnigga
1993 Prince The Undertaker
1993 Prince The Sacrifice Of Victor
1994 Prince Come
1995 O+> The Gold Experience
1995 New Power Generation Exodus
1995 Mayte Child Of The Sun
1996 O+> Chaos And Disorder
1996 Prince The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale
1996 O+> Emancipation
1997 NPG Orchestra Kamasutra
1997 O+> Crystal Ball
1997 O+> The Truth
1998 New Power Generation Newpower Soul
1998 Chaka Khan Come 2 My House
1998 Graham Central Station GCS 2000
1998 New Power Generation The War
1998 O+> Beautiful Strange
1999 O+> Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
1999 O+> Rave Un2 The Year 2000
2001 Prince The Chocolate Invasion
2001 Prince The Slaughterhouse
2001 Prince The Rainbow Children
2001 Prince One Nite Alone…
2002 Prince Xpectation
2002 Prince And The New Power Generation One Nite Alone… Live
2002 Prince And The New Power Generation One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over
2002 Prince C-Note
2002 Prince Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas
2003 Prince N.E.W.S.
2004 Prince Musicology

Damn U

Great list!

I usually only count 32 albums when I'm going through my Prince stuff.

You did leave have one serious omission however: Girl 6 which included three brand new Prince tracks.
I notice you also didn't include The Very Best of and what about the When Will We Be Paid download? Then theres 1999 the new master & the Beautiful Experience, both EP's and Martika's Kitchen or whatever it was called. Oh and I'm pretty sure there was a live video of Sheila E's Romance 1600 where Prince did a long duet on A Love Bizzare.
"Let's knock down that oak tree and make a Wooden Leg out of it" I have that one taped off the tv somewhere in the attic. My dear old dad taped over half of my Prince and the Revolution Live and my Lovesexy '88 cos I never labeled my videos.
[Edited 8/30/05 4:17am]

omnithanos said:

As i said it's only an "original albums" list : i didn't include The Very Best & Girl 6 cuz they're more like "compilations" 2 me, with little or no unreleased stuff (i've only included The B-sides cuz its material was never compliled b4 as an "album", & placed it in 1989 cuz the latter tracks on it r from 1989).
The other stuff u mention is singles, cyber-singles or maxi-singles, which is why i didn't mentioned them either.
The Sheila E. concert, though containing mostly songs composed by P ain't a P album 2 me since it was arranged & played by Sheila & her band. P only appears on the great "a love bizarre" jam @ the end of the show.
Same with Martika's Kitchen & also "The Voice", "Sheila E.", Ingrid Chavez' album or "Pandemonium" : only half or a third of these albums r by Prince, so they cannot b considered as Prionce albums as a whole.

All this is kinda subjective, though, since the concept of what an "album" is varies from a person 2 another.

shaomi said:

Are these official releases? If so, in which country?

shaomi said:

Hey Shaomi u aren't a Marvel Comics fan too r ya? I noticed your little Howard the Duck avatar. He's not my favourite though, I prefer the serious stuff. I thought U french dudes were kinda more into Mad magazine.

sextonseven said:

No, not official, though they were shown on tv in various countries.

metalorange said:

Thanks. They were the only ones I couldn't figure out on that big list.

sextonseven said:

These were promotionnal releases 4 TV airing. They never were released 4 sale 2 the general public. Since they were released by Paisley Park, Per Nielsen consider them as "official" releases, though, so i do too. I guess very rare Paisley Park promo-VHS circulate amongst collectors from time 2 time, & lotsa people have TV recording of 'em. The Parade Live is easy 2 find on p2p's, the Live In Tokyo is harder 2 get.

omnithanos said:

Yeah i am. I love US comic books & particularlu Marvel & DC stuff. Howard is amongst my faves cuz of its ironical tone & its social points of view, very original 4 a 70's Marvel comic-book.
Mad comics were not translated a lot in France, while Marvel has been very popular here since the 70's. 4 some sad reasons, DC never was as popular as Marvel, & french readers missed a lot of great DC stuff.