Let me start by saying this is simply my personal opinion/taste and that I respect all others (just in case anyone flames me)...

Since 2004 Prince has delivered (not counting live album):

Musicology = 12 songs
3121 = 12 songs
Planet Earth = 10 songs
LotusFlow3r = 12 songs
MPLSound = 9 songs

Along with the following tracks for download (not counting demos/alternate versions or live tracks):
Magnificent, Silver Tongue, United States of Division, Glass Cutter, SST, Brand New Orleans, Happy Feet, FUNK, Turn Me Loose (okay TV performance only but he *could* have released that one).

Total = 64 songs

There has been much debate on the ORG about the various merits of all these songs, and it will obviously come down to personal taste (and level of expectation - unrealistic or otherwise).

However, for ME I will take this level of quantity any day because it allows me to use MY TASTE to put together what I think make THREE excellent albums over the same time period (the beauty of iTunes is that you no longer have to mess around with making tapes - yes I am that old).

The three albums I would make are as follows:

3121
1. 3121
2. Lolita
3. Black Sweat
4. Te Amo Corazon
5. The Marrying Kind
6. If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
7. Love
8. Call My Name
9. What Do U Want Me 2 Do
10. Fury
11. The Word
12. Beautiful Loved And Blessed
13. The Dance
14. Dear Mr Man
15. Reflection.

Planet Earth
1. Guitar
2. Cinnamon Girl
3. Somewhere Here On Earth
4. The One U Wanna C
5. The Lion Of Judah
6. Future Baby Mama
7. Mr Goodnight
8. Chelsea Rogers
9. A Million Days
10. On The Couch
11. Resolution
12. Planet Earth.

Lotusflow3r
1. From the Lotus
2. Boom
3. Crimson and Clover
4. The Morning After
5. 4ever
6. Colonized Mind
7. Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful
8. Dance 4 Me
9. Wall of Berlin
10. $
11. Here
12. Dreamer
13. Back to the Lotus.

I think all of the above sequence very well and make rock solid albums.

Then a fanclub only download(s) as follows (not thought about sequencing here so this is chronological):

Musicology
Illusion Coma Pimp & Circumstance
Life O The Party
United States of Division
Magnificent
Silver Tongue
Glass Cutter
SST
Brand New Orleans
Incense And Candles
Get On The Boat
Satisfied
All The Midnights In The World
F.U.N.K
Turn Me Loose
(There’ll Never B) Another Like Me
Chocolate Box
Love Like Jazz
U’re Gonna C Me
77 Beverley Park
Valentina
Better with Time
Ol’ Skool Company
No More Candy 4 U.

So what would your 1 or 2 or 3 etc albums be?

what about indigo nights CD does that count?

tangerine7 said:

I discounted LIVE tracks but if you want include then hey, go ahead (it's your playlists)

that is interesting, i like indigo nights, coz i was at both of those shows, after 25 yrs of being a fan, it was nice to have actually attended something he released

jaypotton said:

A studio version of that one slipped through the net. Very, very funky.