All Official Releases:

Week 1 first released 04-07-78 For You - Prince
Week 2 first released 10-19-79 Prince - Prince
Week 3 first released 10-08-80 Dirty Mind – Prince
Week 4 first released 07-29-81 The Time – The Time
Week 5 first released 10-14-81 Controversy – Prince
Week 6 first released 08-11-82 Vanity 6 – Vanity 6
Week 7 first released 08-25-82 What Time Is It? – The Time
Week 8 first released 10-27-82 1999 – Prince
Week 9 first released 06-04-84 The Glamorous Life – Sheila E.
Week 10 first released 06-25-84 Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution
Week 11 first released 07-09-84 Ice Cream Castle – The Time
Week 12 first released 10-01-84 Apollonia 6 – Apollonia 6
Week 13 first released 04-22-85 Around The World In A Day – Prince and the Revolution
Week 14 first released 08-19-85 The Family – The Family
Week 15 first released 08-26-85 Romance 1600 – Sheila E.
Week 16 first released 03-31-86 Parade – Prince and the Revolution
Week 17 first released 01-21-87 8 – Madhouse
Week 18 first released 03-30-87 Sign O’ The Times – Prince
Week 19 first released 05-26-87 Jill Jones – Jill Jones
Week 20 first released 11-18-87 16 - Madhouse
Week 21 first released 05-10-88 Lovesexy – Prince
Week 22 first released 06-20-89 Batman – Prince
Week 23 first released 08-20-90 Graffiti Bridge – Prince
Week 24 first released 10-01-91 Diamonds And Pearls – Prince and the New Power Generation
Week 25 first released 10-13-92 – Prince and the New Power Generation
Week 26 first released 07-26-93 Goldnigga – New Power Generation
Week 27 first released 09-14-93 The Hits / The B-Sides - Prince
Week 28 first released 08-12-94 1-800-NEW-FUNK - Various
Week 29 first released 08-16-94 Come - Prince
Week 30 first released 11-22-94 “The Black Album” (originally scheduled for release 12-08-87)
Week 31 first released 03-27-95 Exodus – New Power Generation
Week 32 first released 09-26-95 The Gold Experience –
Week 33 first released 03-19-96 Girl 6 - Various
Week 34 first released 07-09-96 Chaos And Disorder –
Week 35 first released 11-19-96 Emancipation –
Week 36 first released 02-14-97 Kamasutra – The NPG Orchestra
Week 37 first released 01-29-98 Crystal Ball / The Truth –
Week 38 first released 06-30-98 Newpower Soul – New Power Generation
Week 39 first released 08-24-99 The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale - Prince
Week 40 first released 11-09-99 Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic –
Week 41 first released 04-29-00 Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic –
Week 42 first released 11-20-01 The Rainbow Children - Prince (available as a download through NPGMC 10-16-01)
Week 43 first released 05-14-02 One Nite Alone… - Prince
Week 44 first released 12-17-02 One Nite Alone… Live! – Prince and the New Power Generation
Week 45 first released 01-01-03 Xpectation - Prince (download only)
Week 46 first released 06-19-03 N.E.W.S - Prince
Week 47 first released 03-29-04 The Chocolate Invasion (download only, most individual tracks originally available 01)
Week 48 first released 03-29-04 The Slaughterhouse (download only, individual tracks originally available 01)
Week 49 first released 03-29-04 C-Note – Prince and the New Power Generation (download only, individual tracks originally available 01-03-03)
Week 50 first released 03-29-04 Musicology – Prince
Week 51 first released 03-21-06 3121 – Prince
Week 52 first released 08-22-06 Ultimate Prince - Prince

* If you have all these you're probably a fan
* Do this and you're guaranteed to get Ultimate at a bargain price when its turn comes round
* Is there any other artist prolific enough to do a year of albums like this?
* Thanks to Borrisfishpaw for providing the stats
[Edited 8/23/06 16:21pm]

What if we don't own and do not want to buy the album of the week?

where's Romance 1600 or Jill Jones? I'd rather listen to them than to Kamasutra

MickG said:

If you're reffering to GoldNigga Mick I think U should get it, some nice stuff on there. If U're reffering to the very best of, just make it up on your ipod from the Hits / Diamonds & Pearls.
Alternatively you can create your own 52. Theres tons of unofficial stuff like The Undertaker or Camille to choose from. Other official omissions include Jill Jones, Carmen Electra, Mayte and the Chaka Khan album or that 94 East Stuff.
If U can't make 52 try doing it with vague associates, like the Like a Prayer album which includes Love Song or the No Doubt album which has Waiting Room.

omnithanos said:

I counted and I only have 16 out of those 52 weeks. As i've said before, I'm not really a prince fan

Freekclaassen said:

My 2 favourite ommissions Freek. I left Romance out cos Prince only wrote I think 4 of the tracks and Jill Jones didn't sit right between madhouse and SOTT cos the songs tracks were all written way earlier. Stuff like 1800 New Funk and Kamasutra mightn't be as good but they are more recognisably Prince albums with those giant on the covers n all. Do I have U convinced?

Actually Jill Jones is probably worthy of inclusion. We could bump The Truth up to the same week as Crystal Ball since they came in the same case. Does that work for ya?
[Edited 8/22/06 15:49pm]

MickG said:

How many do you have if you count disks? SOTT has 2, Emancipation & the Hits/Sides 3 etc.

omnithanos said:

I've Emancipation and Crystal ball so I guess that could be =+2+2, but I hate Crystal ball and plan on selling it next time I list things on ebay, so that would be -3 (because I plan on keeping "the truth").

My wife had SOTT so that would be a +1, and I have two copies of 3121 so that might also be a +1 though it should be a -2 because there were only 3 mildly palitable songs on that album so that's less then ONE.

MickG said:

Didn't the Architect say all of that near the end of the Matrix Reloaded ergo?

omnithanos said:

I wouldn't know. I only like the orignal Matrix Movie. The part two and three were shear crap, and after seeing both once I flushed it down the memory toliet

MickG said:

2 was alright Mick and Crystal Ball has some nice stuff on there. U're a harsh judge Mick boy. Tres harsh.

DAMN! I didn't realize Prince did all that! Does he ever sleep? LOL!

omnithanos said:

Yes I am a harsh Judge, but I'm the Harshest on my personal stuff. The hardest person I am harsh on is myself.

No 'Romance 1600' ?

omnithanos said:

Frank Zappa.

.....

Freekclaassen and Nouveau are right, we can't leave out these two classic albums, Romance 1600 and Jill Jones. I checked that Romance actually only has 3 contributions from Prince which makes it less of a Prince album than say Carmen Electra but it does contain a slammin' 12 minute version of A Love Bizarre which made No. 11 on the Billboard charts. How can we leave off an album with a truly classic Prince top 20 hit. Jill Jones also deserves inclusion because of it's brilliance and its completly written by Prince much like The Family album.

I've edited the list to include them. The Truth has been bumped up to Crystal Ball week cos they were released together much like the hits / b-sides and The Very Best of Prince is deleted because it offers nothing which hadn't already been releases elcewhere.

I'm doing this Project next year just in case we don't get anything new.

I love this idea. I have all the CDs so I'll give it a go each week in the car.

One problem.

Can you really expect me to play Goldnigga or Karmasutra for a whole week each!?!?!!?

omnithanos said:

Actually, Prince wrote every track on Romance 1600 except one.

SquirrelMeat said:

Thats funny I actually had Goldnigga spinning in the car for most of the week with Exodus and NewPowerSoul. I finally flipped tonight going down to the shops and had to throw on some old skool with Extra Loveable.

BorisFishpaw said:

thedawnexperience.co.uk databank experience section claims its only 3 but they've been wrong before. Nice UK site though if you haven't seen it you should check it out.

Hope you didn't mind me altering your positioning of C-Note but I did give you a mention for compiling the original source list.

While you're there did you ever hear of a 200 balloons extended version? I downloaded an extended 17 days before but I'm sure it was never officially released so mabye the same thing happened with 200 balloons.

By the way which was the one track he didn't write on Romance?
[Edited 8/23/06 17:12pm]

omnithanos, the only track Prince didn't write on R1600 was 'Merci For The Speed Of.....'

NouveauDance said:

Merci for the speed of your response.

Are you happy with the 52? I think we have all the best / most relevant ones in now.

Interesting idea-I might try it!

sexxydancer said:

This will be a documentary appearing in two (2) film festivals from now. Simply called"52" or something ironic like that. I have the treatment already. Thanks!

cocobean said:

and u will pay omnithanos for the idea

sacredwarrior said:

When will we B paid?

omnithanos said:

I'd probably take out the best of compilations and add in something else to replace them.... I guess the highest input albums would be stuff like Mayte and Carmen Electra?.... But it's your thread.


It's a neat idea, I'm gonna play along.... a whole year, huh!

NouveauDance said:

We've already taken out the very best of. If we take out Ultimate we'll be missing all those 12"'s and if we take out the Hits we'll be missing all those b-sides aswell as peach, pink cahsmere etc. and girl 6 has dont talk 2 strangers, girl 6 and the shorter version of she spoke to me we don't want to swap those for Carmen, do do do do, Carmen on top, do do do do.

omnithanos said:

read my sig. the reward is knowing you did all the work.
thieves dont have that kind of conscience. x

omnithanos said:

Good point.