Okay... it's on. All of the ADORE haters... please get a clue! The song is a LEGEND... much more creative and complex than your little brains can comprehend!

But I'm not mad at you! I'm sure your #1 slow jam is something like... Temptation... or... Sometimes it Snows in April. Right?

Anyway, here's my list. I stand by it. My word is BOND! Let the "tearing it apart begin... HATERS!! ... but this is THE list!

1. Adore
2. Insatiable
3. The Beautiful Ones
4. Do Me Baby
5. It's Gonna Be Lonely
6. Purple Rain
7. Pink Cashmere
8. Scandalous (The Crime, The Passion, The Rapture)
9. International Lover
10. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
11. Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
12. Crucial
13. Shh... (Break it Down)
14. Call My Name
15. The Morning Papers
16. Diamonds and Pearls
17. Comeback
18. Until U're in My Arms Again
19. Man O'War
20. Dark

1. purple rain

2. Do me baby

3. shhh

4. the beautiful one's

5. the one

6. call my name

7. future baby mama

8. Some times it snows in april

9. when were dancing close and slow

10. eye cant make u love me

11. insatiable

12. scandelous

13. savior

14. i love u but i don't trust u any more

14. gotta broken heart again

15. crucial

16. joy in repition

17. so dark (crystal ball)

18. Eye hate u

19. ur gonna see me (mpls sound)

20. the dance (3131)


in no particular order....

4. Somewhere Here On Earth
12. Better With Time
7. Insatiable
13. Scandalous
8. Another Lonely Christmas
3. Still Waiting
9. Do Me Baby
2. Adore
10. Eye Hate U
14. Its Gonna Be Lonely
15 Still Would Stand All Time
11. Wherever U Go Whatever U Do
5. Sometimes It Snows In April
1. The Beautiful Ones
20. Nothing Compares To U
6. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
17. Power Fantastic
16. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes
18. International Lover
19. 4Ever In My Life
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The Beautiful Ones

Adore

Purple Rain

Do Me, Baby

Crucial

Pink Cashmere

Shhh

Scandalous

eye Hate U

When 2 R In Love

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

International Lover

The Dance

The Question Of U

Insatiable

The One

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Extraordinary

Elixer

Future Baby Mama

1. God Instrumental
2. Do Me Baby
3. The Beautiful Ones
4. Shhh!
5. The One - NPG
6. Diamonds & Pearls
7. Venus De Milo
8. Power Fantastic
9. Adore
10. Gigolo's Get Lonely Too - The Time
11. International Lover
12. The Dopeamine Rush - Eric Leeds
13. The Love We Make
14. Beautiful Strange
15. Condition of the Heart
16. Tangerine
17. Nothing Compares 2 U - The Family
18. Curious Child
19. Here on Earth
20. Scandalous

^^^^

"the love we make" is a good one...

but we can't forget about "ELECTRIC INTERCOURSE".

I also have a li' thing for "underneath the cream"
but that is top 30

Slow Love
Damn U
La La La...means I Love U.

Blue Light
Savior
FriendLoverSisterMotherWife
Crucial
Open Book
Crazy U
With U
Get Blue
Extraordinary
Insense and Candles
Call My Name
Satisfied

1. Purple Rain

2. The Beautiful Ones

3. I Hate U

4. Do Me Baby

5. Sometimes It Snows In April

6. Adore

7. Shhh

8. When 2 R In Love

9. Scandalous

10. Insatiable

11. Free (from 1999)

12. The Ladder

13. Condition Of The Heart

14. Nothing Compares 2 U

15. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

16. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

17. Diamonds And Pearls

18. The Love We Make

19. International Lover

20. The Question Of U

21. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold

22. The Morning Papers

23. Dark

24. Dolphin

25. Future Baby Mama

26. Call My Name

27. U're Gonna C Me (MPLSound version)

28. Here

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[Edited 5/9/09 5:30am]

Difficult to narrow to 20 and even harder to rank:

She Loves Me 4 Me

Nothing Compares 2 U

The Beautiful Ones

Adore

The Dance

Joy in Repetition

Purple Rain

Condition of the Heart

4 Ever

Do Me Baby

Call My Name

Better with Time

God

Somewhere Here on Earth

Venus de Milo

Eye Hate U

Shhh

And God Created Woman

Insatiable

Damn U

Wow... I forgot some good ones!

I stand by my original Top 20, but Power Fantastic should be on my list... maybe even in the top 10! I might have to re-think this! lol

I only listed songs that Prince sang... not ones that he gave to others. That would be another great list... but some more songs GREAT listed that I forgot about are listed below.

Power Fantastic (should be in my top 10)

Condition of the Heart (classic! "My friends all say it's just a phase")

4ever (still so new, but this is my favorite song on Lotus Flower)

Open Book (How could I forget this song! Actually, I left it off because it was never officially released. AMAZING song. Love it!)

Another Lonely Christmas (Can't believe I forgot this! This has to squeeze into my top 10 somehow!!)

... and one more just for good measure...

I Love U in Me

Classic Prince naughtyness... but when Prince sings it, it sounds heavenly! lol

I may have to redo my original top 20!

Your list is missing out on a lot of great slow jams, Damn U for instance, but from your list, my top 5 will be:

1. Call My Name
2. Friend,Lover,Sister,Mother/Wife
3. Adore
4. How Come U Don't Call me
5. Shhh...

not sure if it can be called a ''slow jam'' but Love Thy Will Be Done hasn't been mentioned yet.....

I excluded Purple Rain since I think of it more as an anthem (IMO), but here are my choices

My all time favorite is "....And God Created Woman"(which he should bring back to his live shows)

1978-1985 (For You-Around the World In a Day)

Its Gonna Be Lonely
Condition of the Heart
The Beautiful Ones
Do Me Baby

1986-1990 (Parade-Grafitti Bridge)

Adore
Slow Love
When 2 R in Love
Scandalous
The Question of U

1991-1995 (Diamonds and Pearls -Gold)

Insatiable
And God Created Woman
Damn U
Shhh

1996-2000 (Chaos - Rave)

Friend/Lover/Sister/Mother/Wife
I Will
Comeback (from the Truth)
I Love U (but don't trust u anymore)

2001-present (Rainbow Children-LotusFlow3r)

Somewhere here on Earth
The Dance
Call My Name

I agree Mantuapharoah
My list as follows (Top 5 concrete, next 15 likely 2 change in order all the time)

1. Adore (I loooovvvvveeee this song) remember I did a SOTT thread where I expected everyone to vote for it when it only got 3rd
2. When 2 R in Love (Is anyone surprised)
3. Do Me Baby (Sexiest Seduction ballad ever made)
4. Dark (I call it a slow jam)
5. Forever in my life (Again superior)
6. I can make u love me
7. One Kiss at a time (Emancipation has some great smoochers)
8. Anna Stesia
10. In Love (I love it)
11. Call my name
12. Condition of the Heart
13. Crucial
14. Scandalous (Fuck u its great)
15. Insatiable
16. The Moning Papers
17. Another Lonely Christmas
18. How come u don't call me anymore
19. The Holy River
20. Still would stand all time

And believe me at least 50 more I love as well, but ADORE is the superlative of these songs and Prince music in general

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I like your list. I don't think I could come up with one. So many a real special for different reasons.

NONSENSE said:

Thanks and you're right, they all do have different reasons for being special. When I think of slow jams, I think of baby making, romantic music. Not so much the spiritual songs (like Still would stand all time) or anthems (like Purple Rain) but that is the cool thing with P's music: it is different things to different people.
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MantuaPharoah said:

U have a bomb ass list but u 4got "The 1" By the New Power Soul 1998,"Slow Love" from Sign O The Times 1987 , "I H8 U" , from the Gold Album 1995.I am sure there R more Jemz , I call them jemz bcuz they r precious like gemz... jewelz. $IR NA$$TEE Keep'n It Kinky 4 09.Oh here's another 1 Like B.I.G used 2 say, "Damn U ", from the Symbol CD 1992 follow up 2 D&P, Diamonds & Pearls .

I have a soft spot for "Open Book"

Huggiebear said:

Pardon me I wrote it so quick, but my #9 is
9. The Beautiful Ones

When We're Dancing Close And Slow
Empty Room
Adore
Scandalous Sex Suite
International Lover
Electric Intercourse
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
Slow Love
Goodbye
Better With Time
Somewhere Here On Earth
Future Baby Mama
One Kiss At A Time
Soul Sanctuary
Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife
Do Me Baby
One Night Alone
It's Gonna Be Lonely
I Love U In Me (Live)
Condition Of The Heart

I couldn't really put them in any order.
But I'll go far enough to say Empty Room, Soul Sanctuary & When We're Dancing Close And Slow are my top 3!!!

Couldn't do 20... in no particular order....

How Come U don't Call Me Anymore
Shhh
Friend. Lover, sister, Mother, Wife
Do Me Baby
International Lover
Beautiful Ones
Adore
Insatiable
Scandalous
Call My Name
When 2 R in Love
The Dance (v1)
The Question of U
Joy In Repetition
Somewhere Here On Earth
Damn U
Eye Hate U
Crucial
When Eye Lay My Hands On You
Satisfied
Underneath The Cream
Beautiful Strange
I Can't Make You Love Me*
Nothing Compares 2 U
She Gave Her Angels
I Love U In Me
Better With Time
Love... Thy Will Be Done
God Created Woman

Im only 16 and i know real muisc when i hear it,rap is straight but the intrest went down since soulja boy came out so i start listen to prince


Do Me Baby
Adore
International Lover
Incense & Candles
I Cant Make You Love Me
I Hate You
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Somebody's Somebody
Pink Cashmere
Diamonds & Pearls

1) '8'

Can '8' be considered a 'slow jam'?

Well, I consider '8' in a category unto itself.

In actuality, it's more of a sonic experience than it is a song....

All very very good, but my
My # 1 is.....Nothing Compares to U
Not Sinead's but the Original by Prince
I it

re-discovered A slow jam called

"If Eye love u tonight"

"ooohhhh...I wanna let u be the one"
this track should be in my list

Wish i new what year it was recorded.....
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