Can we get a list together?

My bad... someone's already done this... BUT... surely some of the suggested titles are in question? The Hits/B-sides that was one release and C-Note, etc were off the interweb... what's the actual total if you DO include all the side projects?

Seriously, I see a different number of albums in every article.

01. 1978 - Prince: For You
02. 1979 - Prince: Prince
03. 1980 - Prince: Dirty Mind
04. 1981 - Prince: Controversy
05. 1982 - Prince & The Revolution - 1999
06. 1984 - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
07. 1985 - Prince & The Revolution - Around The World In A Day
08. 1986 - Prince & The Revolution - Parade
09. 1987 - Prince: Sign O' The Times
10. 1988 - Prince: Lovesexy
11. 1989 - Prince: Batman: Motion Picture Soundtrack
12. 1990 - Prince: Graffiti Bridge
13. 1991 - Prince & The New Power Generation: Diamonds & Pearls
14. 1992 - Prince & The New Power Generation:
15. 1993 - Prince: The Hits/B-Sides
16. 1994 - Prince: Come
17. 1994 - Prince: The Black Album
18. 1995 - : The Gold Experience
19. 1996 - Prince: Girl 6 Motion Picture Soundtrack
20. 1996 - : Chaos & Disorder
21. 1996 - : Emancipation
22. 1998 - : Crystal Ball / The Truth / Kamasutra
23. 1999 - Prince: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale
24. 1999 - : Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
25. 2000 - : Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic
26. 2001 - Prince: The Rainbow Children
27. 2001 - Prince: The Very Best Of Prince
28. 2002 - Prince: One Night Alone
29. 2002 - Prince: One Night Alone Live
30. 2003 - Prince: Xpectation
31. 2003 - Prince: C-Note
32. 2003 - Prince: N.E.W.S.
33. 2004 - Prince: Musicology
34. 2004 - Prince: The Slaughterhouse
35. 2004 - Prince: The Chocolate Invasion
36. 2006 - Prince: 3121
37. 2006 - Ultimate Prince (2CD)
38. 2007 - Planet Earth



That's 38. Including separate discs of CB, ONA, Ultimate Prince, Hits/B-Sides the total comes to 49. Guessing that they probably included NPS, that's 50.

Add to that the major protege releases written all or predominently by Prince:

1981 - The Time: The Time
1982 - Vanity 6: Vanity 6
1982 - The Time: What Time Is It?
1984 - Sheila E: - in The Glamorous Life
1984 - The Time: Ice-Cream Castles
1984 - Apollonia 6: Apollonia 6
1985 - The Family: The Family
1985 - Sheila E: in Romance 1600
1987 - Madhouse: 8
1987 - Jill Jones: Jill Jones
1987 - Madhouse: 16
1993 - Carmen Electra: Carmen Electra
1993 - The New Power Generation: Gold Nigga
1994 - Various Artists: 1800-NEW-FUNK
1995 - Mayte: Children Of The Sun
1995 - The New Power Generation: Exodus
1997 - The New Power Generation: New Power Soul


That comes to 66. And I'm being strict there by not including stuff that's only half written by Prince like Ingrid Chavez, Mavis, Sheila's third album etc, I've probably missed a couple too.

Praise the Lord for cut and paste.

Thanks. That's a lot of stuff, isn't it? The only one I'd question is the 2nd Rave entry... surely the Rave In2 album should come under the EP category, like the Cream EP which was a near album in itself too?

BoySimon said:

Yeah, maybe. I wouldn't include C-Note personally, but I know it's considered an album.

I do think these music journalists just pluck a number out of thin air.

I would remove Rave In2 (just a special edition of Rave Un2), add It Ain't Over, The Truth, Kamasutra as separate entries. Newpower Soul maybe.

Still don't know how they came up with 46 though.

Extremely thin air, certainly. The output of this man is insane. More insane is the fact that I've spent goodness knows how much money accumulating nearly all of those releases.

I'm almost postive that NewPower Soul would be looked at as a Prince release, even though it's credited to NPG. It's not like Prince is in the background on that one.

Keith/Kacey

Here's a slightly different cut and paste. Feel free to correct or explode all over that which you disagree with.

I'll go with 57 to 61 albums from Prince. Not bad for someone only 49.

Total # of Solo/Band Studio Albums = 28
Total # of Solo/Band Studio Albums & Compilations = 37
Total # of Solo/Band Studio Albums, Compilations & Side Projects = 61 (57 minus bolded albums)

Studio Albums [28]

[1] For You (1978)
[2] Prince (1979)
[3] Dirty Mind (1980)
[4] Controversy (1981)
[5] 1999 (1982)
[6] Purple Rain (1984)
[7] Around the World in a Day (1985)
[8] Parade (1986)
[9] Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
[10] The Black Album (1987) (Shelved until 1994)
[11] Lovesexy (1988)
[12] Batman (1989)
[13] Graffiti Bridge (1990)
[14] Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
[15] Symbol (1992)
[16] Come (1994)
[17] The Gold Experience (1995)
[18] Chaos and Disorder (1996)
[19] Emancipation (1996)
[20] The Truth (1997/98)
[21] Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999)
[22] The Rainbow Children (2001)
[23] One Nite Alone (2002)
[24] Xpectation (2003)
[25] N.E.W.S. (2003)
[26] Musicology (2004)
[27] 3121 (2006)
[28] Planet Earth (2007)

Note: “The War” is not an album and neither is “C-Note”. EPs are not counted either.

Compilations [9] (Hits, anthologies, live albums, outtakes, download collections)

[1] The Hits / The B-Sides (1993) (3-Disc Career Retrospective)
*Also released as “The Hits 1” and “The Hits 2”
[2] Girl 6 (1996) (Soundtrack Compilation)
* Includes 3-previously unreleased tracks
[3] Crystal Ball (1998) (Outtakes)
[4] The Vault…Old Friends 4 Sale (1999) (Outtakes)
[5] The Very Best of Prince (2001)
[6] One Nite Alone...Live! / It Ain't Over Box Set (2002)
* Live Concert/After Show
[7] Chocolate Invasion (2004) (Download Assemblage)
[8] The Slaughterhouse (2004) (Download Assemblage)
[9] Ultimate Prince (2006)
* 1 Disc of Hits / 1 Disc of Extended Remixes

Side Project Studio Albums [23] (50 to 100% Songwriting/Arrangement/Production by Prince)

[1] The Time - The Time (1981)
[2] Vanity 6 - Vanity 6 (1982)
[3] The Time - What Time Is It? (1982)
[4] The Time - Ice Cream Castles (1984)
[5] Apollonia 6 - Apollonia 6 (1984)
[6] Sheila E. - Glamorous Life (1984)
[7] The Family - The Family (1985)
[8] Sheila E. - Romance 1600 (1985)
[9] Madhouse - 8 (1987)
[10] Jill Jones - Jill Jones (1987)
[11] Madhouse - 16 (1987)
[12] Sheila E. - Sheila E. (1987) (Debatable)
[13] Mavis Staples - Time Waits For No One (1989)
[14] Eric Leeds - Times Squared (1991)
[15] Carmen Electra - Carmen Electra (1992) (Debatable)
[16] Mavis Staples - The Voice (1993) (Debatable)
[17] New Power Generation - Goldnigga (1993)
[18] NPG - Exodus (1995)
[19] Mayte - Children of the Sun (1995)
[20] NPG Orchestra - Kamasutra (1997/98)
[21] Chaka Khan - Come 2 My House (1998)
[22] Graham Central Station – GCS 2000 (1998)
[23] New Power Generation – New Power Soul (1998)
[xx] Tamar - Beautiful, Loved & Blessed (2006) (Cancelled)

Side Project Compilations [1]

[01] Various Artists - 1-800-NEW-FUNK (1994)

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Don’t count towards Prince’s total of 61.

Significant-Contribution Albums [5] (Consisting of at Least 1/3 but less than 1/2 Prince-penned/Co-penned tracks)

[01] The Time - Pandemonium (1990)
[02] Elisa Fiorillo – I Am (1990)
[03] Ingrid Chavez – May 19, 1992 (1991) (debatable)
[04] Tevin Campbell – I’m Ready (1993)
[05] Martika – Martika’s Kitchen (1991)