What is your favorite 5-song stretch on a Prince album? All 5 songs must be continuous and must be on the same album (in other words, it can't be Purple Rain and then the first 4 songs on ATWIAD). Treat multi-disk albums as one long album (so it is fine to go from one cd to another as long as it is continuous.

Here is mine:

1999 > Little Red Corvette > Delirious > Let's Pretend We're Married > DMSR

parade side 1

You're making life difficult, but I like the challenge.Emancipation has got 4 in a row but then I'm jammed. I'll get back to you. I'm sure I can find a couple of good stretches.

"Daddy Pop" – 5:17
"Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:45
"Cream" – 4:13
"Strollin'" – 3:47
"Willing and Able" (Prince

TrevorAyer said:

utter genius.

Forever in my life
u got the look
if I was your girlfriend
Strange Relationship
I could never take the Place of Your Man.

But to be honest, you could pick any sequential 5 off this album...

TrevorAyer said:

Agreed

any five in a row from the b-sides

I don't want to give the older ones preference because obviously PR, Parade, SOTT and Hits cd will be among the best as I've known them the longest.

And as the below ones are all relatively new to me, I can't decide between:

3121- Fury, The word; Beautiful loved etc; The dance; Get on the boat
The Vault: The rest of my life; It's about that walk; she spoke 2me; 5women; When the lights go down.
Lotusflow3r US version; From the lotus; Boom, Crimson & C; 4ever; Colonised M

My Name Is Prince/Sexy M.F/Love 2 The 9's/The Morning Papers/The Max

TrevorAyer said:

and we have a winner

MPLSound
"Dance 4 Me" - 4:58
"U're Gonna C Me" - 4:36
"Here" - 5:15
"Valentina" - 3:59
"Better with Time" - 4:54

LotusFlow3r
"The Morning After" - 2:06*
"4Ever" - 3:47
"Colonized Mind" - 4:47
"Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful" - 3:52
"Love Like Jazz" - 3:49

Parade (Side 2)
"Mountains" (lyrics by Prince; music by Wendy & Lisa) – 3:57
"Do U Lie?" – 2:44
"Kiss" (arranged by David Z.) - 3:37
"Anotherloverholenyohead" – 4:00
"Sometimes It Snows in April" (lyrics by Prince; music by Wendy & Lisa) – 6:48

Graffiti Bridge
"The Question of U" – 3:59
"Elephants & Flowers" – 3:54
"Round and Round"(performed by Tevin Campbell) – 3:55
"We Can Funk" (performed by George Clinton and Prince) (Prince, George Clinton) – 5:28
"Joy In Repetition" – 4:53

New Power Soul
"When U Love Somebody"
"Shoo-Bed-Ooh"
"Push It Up"
"Freaks on This Side"
"Come On"


My Top Five - Five Contiguous

Love 2 the 9's
The Morning Papers
The Max
Blue Light
I Wanna Melt with U

Christopher Tracy's Parade
New Position
I Wonder U
Under the Cherry Moon
Girls & Boys

Side 1 of ATWIAD

My favorite has to be
1999
LRC
Delirious
Let's Pretend We're Married
DMSR


Also if you take off the first track on side 1 and 2 of Sheila E's third (self-titled) album, they're perfect 4 song EPs by themselves.

ernestsewell said:

ATWIAD Side 1 was soooo my second choice! Love 'One day' & 'Pride & Passion' on Sheila E 2 so not sure I could live without them in her mix

Soft and Wet
Crazy You
Just as Long as We're Together
Baby
My Love is Forever

Feel u up
Girl
I love u in me
Erotic city
Shockadelica
Irresistible bitch
Scarlett pussy
La la la he he hee
She's always in my hair
17 days
How come u don't call me anymore?

1st choice:
Eye No
Alphabet St.
Glam Slam
Anna Stesia
Dance On

2nd choice:
Dance On
Lovesexy
When 2 R In Love
I Wish U Heaven
Positivity

Sign 'O' The Times
Play in the Sunshine
Housequake
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
It

When You Were Mind
Do It All Night
Gotta Broken Heart Again
Uptown
Head
(Could also make Dirty Mind the first and drop head...)

Controversy
Sexuality
Do Me, Baby
Private Joy
Ronnie, Talk To Russia
(the first 4 would be my favorite 4 song stretch...)

Any 5 stretch on 1999, way to hard to choose

Would it be cheating if I said,
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star
Purple Rain
Let's Go Crazy?

Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With U
The Beautiful Ones
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki

erik319 said:

erik319 said:

Ditto.

The Beautiful Ones
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U

Mountains
Do U Lie? *
Kiss
Anotherloverholenyohead
Sometimes It Snows In April

* I really don't like the song, but it does fit nicely and is, thankfully, short

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

That works for me.

My top five fives.


1999 and next four songs off the album

Second side of Parade

First side of Parade

First side of ATWIAD

Beautiful Ones and next 4 songs off the album

1st stretch

Strange Relationship
I could never take the place of your man
The Cross
Its gonna be a beautiful night
Adore
(Add If I was ur girlfriend at the top and make it a six song stretch)

2nd stretch

1999
Little Red Corvette
Delerious
Lets Pretend were married
D.M.S.R.

3RD STRETCH

Christopher Tracy's Parade
New Position
I wonder u
Under the Cherry Moon
Girls and Boys

and

Mountains
Do u lie
Kiss
Anotherloverholenyohead
Sometimes it snows in April (I love that album!)

4th stretch

Le Grind
Cindy C
Dead on it
WHEN 2 R IN LOVE
Bob George

5th Stretch

3121
Lolita
Te Amo Corazon
Black Sweat
Incense and Candles

I'd go for Purple Rain side 1: sheer perfection!
But some other brilliant ones have been mentioned as well.

Oh and don't overlook this one:

She Loves Me 4 Me
Family Name
The Everlasting Now
Last December

Shame about Wedding Feast!

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

then:
Computer blue>Darling Nikki>When Doves Cry>I would die 4 u>Baby im a star

really, any 5 songs in a row from PR works for me

Great thread

erik319 said:

DITTO!

prb said:

Thanks. I have been on the org for a year and a half and I am still looking for my watershed moment. Not quite sure this is it, but at least it is getting some responses!