1. Minneapolis - MPLS
2. Hollywood - George Clinton
3. Love Sign - Nona Gaye & The Artist
4. If I Love You Tonight - Mayte
5. Color - Phil Upchurch
6. Together - N.P.G.
7. Standing at the Altar - Margaret Cox
8. You Will Be Moved - Mavis Staples
9. 17
10. Woman's Gotta Have It - Nona Gaye
11. Minneapolis (Reprise) - MPLS

Released: 1994

Not seen many discussions on this, and that may be because people would rather forget it. So what's the general feeling?

MPLS, Hollywood, Lovesign (well it's better than the crap version on Crystal Ball anyway), 17, You will be moved.

All of the above, i like.

All of the others, i was originally a bit at. Now, i'm much more about them.

And let's face it, Mayte's vocal on the backing track that is "If i love u 2nite" is not as pretty as Prince's.

I must say that in general, the drums sound very tinny on this album.

In fact, it doesn't flow in the slightest as an album, but i suppose that wasn't the intention, given it's just a compilation of tunes.

Haven't listened to this in a long time. The first 3 tracks are great, funky and in your face, the rest just leave me a little bored.

Love the ones you mentioned, especially 'Love Sign' and 'Hollywood'.

'Standing At The Altar' is a great pop tune, though; just a pity Margie Cox is singing it.

It's an okay album. Most of the songs are too good to keep on the shelf and not good enough to be released on a Prince album. At least that's what I thought at the time. Of course in retrospect some of the lesser songs would have outdone most things released between 1997-2005.

It's a good set really, not something I tend to listen to, can't remember the last time I did, but most of the tracks are of decent enough quality to merit inclusion.

The gem is Standing At The Altar, if it had been promoted well, it could have been a hit, it was very commercial.

Love me some Margie/Ta Mara

i shall dust off my 1800 New Funk broken CD case, retrieve the CD and give Standing at the altar another go, me thinks.

I must confess i even bought Mayte's single If i love u 2nite, which i believe had a spanish version on it or something? Maybe i'll dig that up too.

i loved it when released. still do. great compilation. so bad all tunes weren't unreleased tunes, though, i already had half of 'em...

shaomi said:

Yeah, Prince should have checked with you first to see what you already had before putting the compilation together.

metalorange said:

i ain't saying that , i'm just saying that most of us already had

2. Hollywood - George Clinton
6. Together - N.P.G.
8. You Will Be Moved - Mavis Staples

& got "if eye love u 2nite" later on Mayte's album

That's 4 songs out of 10, almost half of it.

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5. Color - Phil Upchurch
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Huh?

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shaomi said:

Shit - good spot! Truth is, when doing this thread quickly i just cut and paste the tracklisting from some website to save time.

The Steeles, I meant.

Like i say - good spot. Won't bother to edit, since you've highlighted.
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