I bet its done before on here, but how about selecting a 'best of' the last three albums?

IMO my Musicology, 3121 and Planet Earth, are decent albums, but not especially GREAT. I think that when you combine the best tracks of the last 3 albums you could come up with an album thats is on par with his last great 'regular' album: The Gold Experience (sorry folks, the Rainbow Children doesn't work for me...).

So here is the goal: combine the best tracks from the 3 albums upto the length of a single CD (75 minutes of music).

Here is my list:

1. Musicology
2. Black Sweat
3. Guitar
4. Somewhere here on earth
5. The One U wanna C
6. All the Midnights in the world
7. Chelsea Rodgers
8. Call my name
9. Fury
10. Love
11. On the Couch
12. Resolution
13. The Dance
14. Get on the Boat
15. Reflection

Riverpoet31 said:

them some funky songs, but I just don't feel 'the 1 u wanna c' (studio version)

You have chosen a good 75 minute selection.

Not bad...

Personally, I think PE is good as is, so I wouldn't mix it with any of the other albums.

When I got bored with the other two, I've mixed them together once or twice... and that does work pretty well.

If it were me, I'd leave PE out of the mix.
But that's just my opinion

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

I totally agree with u DPR. As a matter of fact I would leave each one as is.

for me, i'd probably rather do 2 discs, 10-tracks or 45 minutes each.


one of the pop & rock stuff.

one of the sould/funk/r&B stuff.

and if i felt like i could devote one iota of interest in Prince at the moment, i'd come up with tracklists for you.

Aside said:

3121: The MUSICOLOGY Of PLANET EARTH
DISC 1: Pop/Rock
1. Guitar
2. A Million Days
3. All The Midnights In The World
4. Cinnamon Girl
5. Fury
6. Glasscutter
7. Magnificent
8. Lolita
9. The United States O' Division
10. Love
11. Planet Earth
12. Reflection
DISC 2: Soul/Funk/R&B
1. Musicology
2. 3121
3. Song Of The Heart
4. Black Sweat
5. Call My Name
6. PFUnk
7. Future Baby Mama
8. SST (Sade's Sweetest Taboo)
9. Life O' the Party
10. What Do U Want Me 2 Do?
11. Somewhere Here On Earth
12. Satisfied

How about that?

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

That is an EXCELLENT SET! Although I LOVE ALL 3 albums as is, this is a nice and sa-weet 2 disc compilation epsecially with the extra singles.

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

That's the idea. But Life O' The Party wouldn't be found within 100 miles of my own personal set. Lolita better get her ass out of there too

But yeah, that's the idea.