If you could go back and change one album or add an album at some point in Prince's career what would it be.

For me I would add an album between Purple Rain And Around The World In a Day.

Credited TO Prince And The Revolution

Titled The Dance Electric

Tracklist

Our Destiny
Roadhouse Garden
Traffic Jam
Extraloveable
Love And Sex
Possessed
Wonderful Ass
Lust U Always
Electric Intercourse
All Day All Night
The Dance Electric
(11 Minute Version)
[Edited 6/11/06 1:31am]

That's a cool tracklist. It would've been a good transition into ATWIAD too.

I'd probably change just about every one of Prince's albums in some way. It seems that with eveery project, there are quality songs that don't make the album.

The only weak point of 'ATWIAD' i would change is 'Tambourine'.

I would put possesed or irrisistable bitch instead.

Purple rain; i would not have appoolonia's vocals on 'TMWY' and album would be perfect!

These threads always generate the most terrible song choices that really don't go on together in any possible way.

Novabreaker said:

Totally agree!
Though having said that, I did do a similar thing years ago where I made up my
own 'what if' discography. There's actually quite a few Prince albums where I
would've made a minor tweak or two, and a couple where I would've made more
radical changes. Perhaps I'll dig them out and post some of them.

To be honest, it's rather hard making truly cohesive collections of the outtakes we have at hand. I tried that years ago and found it pretty mcuh impossible if you wanted to have stuff in the same audio quality from the same era on each CD-R. But on the other hand, these threads usually reveal a very good reason why Prince is the musician who makes the song choices on his albums and why his fans are just mere listeners of his records, who should be in no way be allowed to make any impact on what ends up on his releases.

Surely Purple Rain would have been better with the long version of computer Blue included.

Also the inclusion of Old Friends 4 Sale and All My Dreams on Parade would have made that album better.

I also think Prince had enough great material to put out another album inbetween Parade and Sign O The Times.

Dream Factory
Its A Wonderful Day
Teacher Teacher
Train
Splash
Power Fantastic
Crucial
Last Heart
Sexual Suicide
Girl O'My Dreams
I Can't Stop This Feeling I got
We Can Funk
In A Large Room With No Light
Witness 4 The Prosecution
Movie Star
A Place In Heaven
Others Here With Us
Old Friends 4 Sale
All My Dreams

I think that album would be amognst his strongest

Then Release the 3 album Crystal Ball

We would then have a more comprehensive record of Prince's 1985-1986 recordings out there and would have further enhanced his standing as a truely great artist.

I wish he would go into his vault and compile some albums of songs that all come from the same time frame.

Here's my little run through album by album (part 1 anyway)...

FOR YOU - not much I'd change here, though it is fairly short. Personally I'd be
inclined to move 'Just As Long As We're Together' up to front of the album
(just after the opening acapella title track), and maybe add an extra
track ('Make It Through The Storm' springs to mind).
Like this (with added Princebonics)...

side 1:
1. 4 U
2. JUST AS LONG AS WE’RE TOGETHER
3. IN LOVE
4. SOFT & WET
5. CRAZY U

side 2:
1. MAKE IT THROUGH THE STORM
2. BABY
3. MY LOVE IS FOREVER
4. SO BLUE
5. I’M YOURS


PRINCE - perfect the way it is.

DIRTY MIND - perfect, though a little short. I don't think it would've harmed
the album to add an extra track or two. 'Gotta Stop (Messin' About)'
certainly belongs on this album, and I think an updated version of the Rebels'
'You' would fit in well too (with Prince's lead vocals of course).
Like this...

side 1:
1. DIRTY MIND
2. WHEN U WERE MINE
3. GOTTA STOP MESSIN’ ABOUT
4. GOTTA BROKEN HEART AGAIN
5. DO IT ALL NIGHT

side 2:
1. U
2. UPTOWN
3. HEAD
4. SISTER
5. PARTYUP


CONTROVERSY - the first Prince release that even though it's full of great
tracks doesn't seem to hang together as a cohesive 'album' IMO. Personlly,
I think this is mainly down to the sequencing which seems to be trying too
hard to mirror Dirty Mind's. It's also the first album that contains songs
that I'm not so keen in in the context of the album (they'd be great as
B-sides though). So this is one of the few Prince albums I'd change quite
radically by altering the running order and replacing a couple of tracks.
Like this...

side 1:
1. CONTROVERSY
2. SEXUALITY
3. ANNIE CHRISTIAN
4. WOULDN’T U LOVE 2 LOVE ME?

side 2:
5. LET’S WORK
6. THERE’S SOMETHING I LIKE ABOUT BEING YOUR FOOL
7. PRIVATE JOY
8. DO ME BABY

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[Edited 6/12/06 11:42am]

mikek1 said:

Huh?

BorisFishpaw said:

The '78/'79 version?

GangstaFam said:

No, the '81 version that was recorded during the Controversy Sessions.
(It was a reworked version of this recording that was used as the basis for
the released version by Taja Sevelle).

BorisFishpaw said:

Hmm...haven't heard that one.

you should make part 2 boris. they are very interesting specific viewpoints with answers to problems.

although i do disagree with most of you choices, especially controversy. i think it's one of his best sequenced albums. you have to remember the break in sides after do me baby. i do agree that gotta stop messin about should be on dirty mind

please continue

part 2...

1999 - nothing wrong with this album, though it is a bit on the short side for
a double album (well, side 1 & 2 are a bit short). Maybe I'd add a couple of
extra tracks, but that would be it.
Like this...

side 1:
1. 1999
2. LITTLE RED CORVETTE
3. DELIRIOUS
4. IRRESISTIBLE BITCH

side 2:
1. D.M.S.R.
2. LET’S PRETEND WE’RE MARRIED
3. HOW COME U DON’T CALL ME ANYMORE?

side 3:
1. AUTOMATIC
2. SOMETHING IN THE WATER (DOES NOT COMPUTE)
3. FREE

side 4:
1. LADY CAB DRIVER
2. ALL THE CRITICS LOVE U IN NEW YORK
3. INTERNATIONAL LOVER


PURPLE RAIN - perfect the way it is. I think any tampering here would only
lessen the album. Yes I'm a big fan of the long version of Computer Blue, but
it certainly doesn't belong on the album as it would totally upset the balance.
It would have been good if it had been released on 12" though, as the B-side
to one of the singles.


AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY - well, this album was deliberately made to be
user-unfriendly. So improving the sequencing of the album may be missing the
point a bit. The title track is a great understated opener, giving just the
right signals that this is NOT Purple Rain 2. Paisley Park is a good manifesto
but it's a bit too sluggish as the second track on the album. As for track 3,
well it's WAY too early in the album to be going off on this kind of musical
noodling despite tha fact that the accompanying ballad is extremely good. So
I guess what I'm saying is that from a listening point of view, the front end
of the album is just too slow and laid back. I could also live without a
minute or two from the ending of Temptation, the exchange with God at the end
is kinda silly IMO. Plus if you shaved a couple of minutes off this track,
you'd be able to squeeze in She's Always In My Hair.
Like this...

side 1:
1. AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
2. RASPBERRY BERET
3. PAISLEY PARK
4. POP LIFE
5. CONDITION OF THE HEART

side 2:
1. AMERICA
2. SHE’S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR
3. TAMBORINE
4. THE LADDER
5. TEMPTATION

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[Edited 6/18/06 2:09am]

The Vault

Rebirth of the Flesh
Possessed
Extra Lovable
Moonbeam Levels
Old Friends 4 Sale
When the Lights Go Down

Extraordinary
3 Nigs Watching A Kung Fu Movie
Love and Sex
Open Book
There's Others Here With Us
Heaven

I also think Diamonds and Pearls could have been improved. IS 3/4 of a great album. The first 7 songs are all great.

How about this

Thunder
DAddy Pop
Diamonds and Pearls
Walk Don't Walk
Cream
STrollin'
Willing And Able
Gett Off
Horny Pony
Schollyard
Push
Insatiable

thedoveoflove said:

Just by some incomprehensible magic you managed to make it even worse.

No your wrong I made it much better.

thedoveoflove said:

Obviously.

Mine would look like this:

1. Everywhere

2. Everywhere

3. Everywhere

4. Everywhere

5. Everywhere

6. Everywhere

7. Jughead

8. Everywhere

9. Everywhere

Hidden track: Everywhere



I would put it on repeat, though I would skip track 7. (I don't like that song etc.)