The Emancipation disc III could have been a huge hit as a stand alone album. Does anyone agree with this statement? If u are struggling with this go litsen to "Da Da Da" "Love we make" or "Style" before u answer..

I sort of agree . . .

I think 1996 was the right time for Prince to release a "techno" CD. He hinted at it with the original version of Come and the album version of "Loose".

I think a whole CD of songs like New World and The Human Body would've been cool.

I agree...It's all hit stuff.

this disc is a mess. so's disc one.

Da Da Da needz more Prince.

In one of the interviews I saw he said Emancipation had about eighteen singles but he only released three if I remember right. I wonder why??? I'm not sure 18 is the right number, but I do love Sleep Around and Human Body...

ejnbmore said:

because EMI america folded shortly after the release of the album. the plan was to release 18 singles in a 2 year marketing campaign, and each song on the album would appear on a single, either as an a-side, double a-side, or a b-side.

sexxydancer said:

Sometimes less is more.

Aside said:

I don't believe he could have pulled that off. I think only about 6 or 7 tracks were suitable for single release.
After the first two he could have released Sex In The Summer, Sleep Around, My Computer and The Love We Make.
I doubt any of the other tracks would have made much noise at radio.

Cloudbuster said:

Well I don't think ANYONE thought he could pull that off EMI or no EMI, Prince's attention span for a project doesn't last very long. Hell, by the time his albums hit the shelves these days, he's already done promoting them

Aside said:

Yeah, I do actually remember him saying that there were at least 18 singles on the album. Oh, how I laughed.

18 Singles huh? I can only count four.

Savior
Human Body
I can't make you love me
Sleep Around

hilton02895 said:

oh god! that's practically the worst track. he butchered such a beautiful song by sexing it up and putting that cheesy beat to it.

Disc 3 rules, but like the rest of the album, there are a couple of cringe trax that let it down...

I like the tracks okay, but I don't get any kind of unified vibe from this disc.

It's like it should be the wild free dance disc, but then why is Lalala means I love you on it? And why is someone else's single on it (Da Da Da)? And why does Emancipation sound so bound?

hilton02895 said:

Betcha By Golly Wow
Joint 2 Joint

also got some radio. But no, not 18

20/20
new world
white mansion
somebody's somebody
sleep around
soul sanctuary
dreamin about u
joint 2 joint
the holy river
my computer
in this bed i scream
the love we make

SpecialEd said:

Ah, but if LESS is more, then imagine how much more MORE would be.

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Yes, EMI folded very soon after Emancipation was released. It kinda fell through the cracks at that point.

Same thing happened with Rave . . . Prince teamed up with Clive Davis at Arista, and then he left shortly thereafter. That album didn't last long either (and had a lot of radio potential IMHO).

IstenSzek said:

Good list but I can do with out White Mansion and In this bed I scream.

hilton02895 said:

and add Saviour and Emale???

Each disc could have been a stand alone album.

I remember when I put Emancipation on my IPOD disc 2 listed the artist as the "symbol" moniker instead of Prince.

I always wondered if disc two was suppose to be its own album. Disc 1 & 3 loaded as Prince for the artist.

I think Disc 3 is the strongest of the lot (IMO) but as an actual album on its own? I think there are a few fillers and not enough killers. Having recorded all of these songs, I think Prince missed a great opportunity to have a BIG album saleswise but only if he had picked the best songs off the other two discs and released Emancipation as one CD. It would have proved so much against Warner if it had been a number one album.

Maybe he got a bit big headed and thought everyone would love all of these songs are maybe it was just to show everyone that he can do what he wants and doesn't care what people may think.

Smillan said:

ironically, it was originally supposed to be 4 discs, 48 tracks. even more ironically, most of the outtakes are better than half the songs that made the album.

style could have been a single

this is still an album i can listen through the whole way and have a good time ..well maybe not with let's have a baby