I've been listening to the 3rd disc on that prince greatest hits collection, "The B-Sides", and was thinking, this disc could have made a GREAT stand-alone album.

There are some seriously classic songs on this disc! With a bit of trimming, and the right singles it could have done very well imo!

Any1 agree?

There's no doubting the quality of the stuff on there, but it's kinda been thrown together...no real thought has been put into the tracklisting. I think the only section of the disc that works well is the last 5 songs or so, they seem to fit together quite nicely.

for me it was the first time i had heard the b sided(though im sure i must of heard erotic city coz it seemed familiar when i heard it) great pleasure to listen to,erotic city,17 days,shes always in my hair anotherlonely christmas are so good you'd think they'd have more of a featured place in prince's albums or singles in their own right

r1ghteousone said:

I'm of the mindset that all greatest hits albums should be in chronologial order. Same with the "B-Sides" disc. Putting them in order shows growth and change IMO.

I've re-organised the tracklisting, might re-burn it today into a stand alone CD...what ya'll think of the configuration? I cut a few songs too...


Disc 3: The B-Sides
1. Escape (3:30)
2. 200 Balloons (5:05)
3. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (3:50) <--Single Material
4. Hello (3:23)
5. Gotta Stop (Messin' About) (2:54)
6. She's Always In My Hair (3:27) <--Single material
7. Horny Toad (2:12)
8. Feel U Up (3:44)
9. I Love U In Me (4:12)
10. Erotic City (3:55) <--Single Material
11. Shockadelica (3:30)
12. Irresistible Bitch (4:11)
13. Scarlet Pussy (4:18)
14. Another Lonely Christmas (4:51) <--Single Material

I agree
'She's Always in My Hair' - my favorite B-side of all time...

xperience319 said:

I'm sorry but where is "Seventeen Days"...easily single material! Love that one.

yeah 17 Days has to be on there... and I can't hear "Another Lonely Christmas" as a single.

Shockadelica is single material, certainly. If memory serves, wasn't it the planned first single from the "Camille" project?

Very nice!

Love disc 3.The entire thing is phenomenal!

FIXED!!

xperience319 said:

Oh come on.... 200 balloons is in there and Power Fantastic isn't?????

hyperpessimist said:

Power Fantastic isn't a b-side.

r1ghteousone said:

Well its track #20 on the CD, but im not diggin it, so its off my CD!

200 Ballons FTW!!!

Put it down to the quality of material in Prince's golden era: The b-sides could've been killer singles in their own right.

Some stoooopid track-order choices on The B-Sides though.

NouveauDance said:

That, and they omitted two of my fave b-sides: 'Alexa De Paris' & 'Love or Money'.

xperience319 said:

Trying 2 work out how u cut GIRL That is an absolute classic!

Anyway theres no doubting this is a fantastic CD , i heard Erotic City on XFM London a couple of weeks ago Unedited full length & it was awesome 2 hear it on the radio.

Theres at least 12 absolute TUNES on this CD

He could of released it as a 2 disc project as well (throw in the other b-sides and rare trecks like love or money, sex, get off-love left love right, horny pony, to whom it may concearn,rock and roll is alive and others as well). 17 days would been a big hit back in the day.