Who can't name them all correctly?

Remember us nerdy types have seperate categories for our Prince and the Revolution, Prince and the New Power Generation, New Power Generation, NPG Orchestra, Madhouse, The Family, The Time, Sheila E, Vanity 6, Appolonia 6, Soundtracks and albums by Various Artists.

By the way where do U put your 7 albums if U keep everything alphabetically? Presumably under S for Symbol?

i arrange my music alphabetically by ARTIST and then chronologically within that order.

Anx said:

thats what i do

i arrange my prince (and other artists, too) stuff chronologically. it's easier for me to find things that way.

As do I but nobody has yet attempted to solve the mystery of the 24 proper official P. albums.

Including or not?



If so, here's my stab.....


For You
Prince
DM
Controversy
Sign O The Times
Lovesexy
Batman
Graffiti Bridge
Come
Gold
C&D
Emancipation
The Truth
Crystal Ball
The Vault
Rave Un2
Rave In2
TRC
NEWS
Xpectation
Slaughter House
The Chocolate Invasion
Musicology
3121
[Edited 7/13/06 16:48pm]

Always tricky to come up with a rock-solid consistent way of identifying the number of Prince albums. For instance, in Nouveau's list, does the second Rave album count as a new unique album? Isn't it just a remix album with an alternate tracklist? Aren't The Chocolate Invasion and Slaughterhouse simply compilations of tracks mostly previously released individually? If compilations count, shouldn't The Hits collection and Best Of Prince and the semi-offically released Ultimate count also? Is CNOTE an album or is it simply an EP? Is Newpower Soul really an NPG album when Prince sings all the tracks?

It's like in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy the answer to the meaning of life was 42 or something. The answer to how many Prince albums there are is 24 and NO, albums do not count. If anyone would like to list those separately there are 7 to name.

It all depends on what your definition of "proper official Prince album" is.

I just tried using various different criteria to see what would make that number
of albums, but I couldn't find any consistant criteria that would produce '24'.

So many variables and possibilities...

You could count albums soley credited to "Prince", or you could include ones
credited to "Prince and the Revolution" and "Prince and the New Power Generation"
as well, or ones credited to "" too. You could count download-only
releases, or NPGMC exclusives. You could count the various WB compilations, you
could count "The Hits 1", "The Hits 2" and "The Hits / The B-Sides" as 3 releases
or just one. You could count "Crystal Ball" and "The Truth" as just one release
or as two. The variable criteria goes on...


Judging by the wording of your opening post, it sounds like you're looking for
a list of albums soley credited to "Prince" (not including any albums credited
to "Prince and the Revolution", "Prince and the New Power Generation" or "").
Inwhich case tha answer would be 22
or 20 (if you only include albums made available to buy in record stores etc.)
or 18 (if you count the 3 "Hits" releases as one)
[Edited 7/13/06 17:21pm]

BorisFishpaw said:

If anyone can do it you can Boris. Just focus now. Don't include any album twice if it has exactly the same stuff on in the exact same order. And in my world Ultimate Prince is not official cos it was withdrawn before it was supposed to be sold. It's the Black Album all over again. That didn't become official until 1994. The stuff he did before his first album can't be official Prince either cos it was put out without his consent and think twice before you include something that should really go under Various Artists or Soundtracks.

To make 24 we only want albums soely credited to Prince. Do or do not, there is no try.

In that case, I would have to say that your "24" is in error,
and the correct answer is actually "20".

1. Prince - For You (1978)
2. Prince - Prince (1979)
3. Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
4. Prince - Controversy (1981)
5. Prince - 1999 (1982)
6. Prince - Sign O' the Times (1987)
7. Prince - Lovesexy (1988)
8. Prince - Batman (1989)
9. Prince - Graffiti Bridge (1990)
10. Prince - The Hits / The B-Sides (1993)
11. Prince - Come (1994)
12. Prince - "the black album" (1994)
13. Prince - The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale (1999)
14. Prince - The Very Best of Prince (2001)
15. Prince - The Rainbow Children (2001)
16. Prince - One Nite Alone... (2002)
17. Prince - Xpectation (2003)
18. Prince - N.E.W.S. (2003)
19. Prince - Musicology (2004)
20. Prince – 3121 (2006)

as these were the only albums officially soley credited to "Prince"
[Edited 7/13/06 17:28pm]

The other 4 I included were the internet only releases.

One Nite Alone
The Choclate Invasion
The Slaughterhouse
C-Note

NPGMC was good for something. I still prefer buying my new albums at the Wrecka stow tho.

Wasn't Xpectation an internet only release also and did they press some official copies of ONA piano and voice?
[Edited 7/13/06 17:38pm]

katt said:

ME too...it makes it easier to find the album I want if I know what ones should be by it.

omnithanos said:

One Nite Alone... is on my list (and yes it was officially made on CD too)
and the other 3 albums you've listed are not credited soley to 'Prince'.

BorisFishpaw said:

who's credited on those 3 then?

You did forget one then, ONA...Live

omnithanos said:

No, "One Nite Alone... Live!" is credited to "Prince and the New Power Generation"
and so is "C-Note".
"The Chocolate Invasion" and "The Slaughterhouse" are not credited to anyone,
(as these are compilations of Prince, NPG, and tracks.)

BorisFishpaw said:

I'll catch you out one of these days Mr Fishpaw, U see if I don't.
Hope I can sleep now after digesting all that.

I suppose I'll have to put TCI and SH under various artists. Life as a Prince fan is tooo complicated.

It's all Prince, always has been.

BorisFishpaw said:

How are you going to leave the Rave albums off?

Astasheiks said:

They were not released under the name of "Prince" but of !

Prince only produced them!

omnithanos said:

I completely forgot about ONA!

No surprise really, I've never listened to the Live album, and the piano one bores me shitless.

Isn't 1999 technically Prince and the Revolution. It says it backwards on the album cover in small writing doesn't it?

Or is it still technically Prince on his own, but by this point he had his live band as the Revolution, but 1999, despite him writing '& the revolution' on the cover, is still a 'Prince' album?

this is the way i filed my prince stuff

for you
prince
dirty mind
controversy
1999
purple rain
around the world in a day
parade
sign o the times
8
16
the black album
lovesexy
batman
grafitty bridge
diamonds & pearls

the hits/the b-sides
gold nigga
come
the undertaker
the beautiful experience
exodus
the gold experience
chaos & disorder
emancipation
kamasutra
the truth
crystal ball
new power soul
rave un2 the joy fantastic
rave in2 the joy fantastic
the vault...old friends 4 sale
the chocolate invasion
slaughterhouse
*non album npgmc tracks on cdr*
the rainbow children
one nite alone (piano)
one nite alone (live)
xpectation
c-note
n.e.w.s.
musicology
3121

.

My head hurts.

Here's your 24:

For You
Prince
DM
Controversy
1999
Sign O The Times
Lovesexy
Batman
Graffiti Bridge
Come
Black Album
The Hits/The B-Sides
The Vault
TRC
One Nite Alone
One Nite Alone Live
The Very Best of Prince
NEWS
Xpectation
C-Note
Slaughterhouse
The Chocolate Invasion
Musicology
3121

ONA Live is credited solely to Prince but the It Ain't Over is credited to Prince & the NPG. The NPGMC releases of Chocolate Invasion & Slaughterhouse are credited to Prince (even though we know songs like Peace were originally part of an unreleased NPG project). C-Note is also a Prince release

leecaldon said:

Thats exactly what I thought until Borisfishpaw convinced me otherwise. Let's gang up on him.

omnithanos said:

Let's! ONA Live is definitely Prince only.

Anx said:

Yep. And then I stick the boots in whenever they were recorded. So for example 'Neon Rendezvous' goes between 'Purple Rain' and 'Around The World In A Day'.

I think.

leecaldon said:

No true... you can check for yourself...

Go pick up your copy of ONA Live, have a look at the packaging...who is it
credited to? Nowhere on the packaging does it say just "Prince". It clearly
says on the spine of the CD "Prince and the New Power Generation - One Nite
Alone...Live!"

Also, if you check the download section of the NPGMC, you'll notice that
"The Chocolate Invasion", "The Slaughterhouse" and "C-Note" are not actually
credited to anyone. They are simply titled, with no artist. However, when
C-Note was originally made available in 2002 to club members, the files were
labelled "Prince and the NPG", and the emails sent out to members mentions
the tracks as being by "Prince and the NPG".

Case closed