Oh man, a career-spanning Prince comp along the lines of the recent three-disc 'DYLAN' one -- and that unified his Warner Bros. and NPG catalogues -- would be great, especially in terms of helping introduce newbies to his latter-day output.

...If it happened, though, what tracks would you want to see (keep in mind -- eighty minutes to a disc)? For my part, I would opt for these fifty tracks:

DISC 1: 1978-1984

1. Soft And Wet
2. I Wanna Be Your Lover [7"]
3. I Feel For You
4. Dirty Mind [7"]
5. When You Were Mine
6. Uptown [7"]
7. Controversy [7"]
8. Do Me, Baby
9. 1999 [7"]
10. Little Red Corvette
11. Delirious [7"]
12. Let's Pretend We're Married [7"]
13. Let's Go Crazy
14. Erotic City [7"]
15. When Doves Cry
16. I Would Die 4 U
17. Purple Rain

Obvious omissions: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad", "Head", "Let's Work", "Irresistible Bitch", Take Me With U"

DISC 2: 1985-1991

1. Paisley Park
2. Raspberry Beret
3. Pop Life
4. Kiss [7"]
5. Mountains
6. Sign 'O The Times [7"]
7. U Got the Look
8. If I Was Your Girlfriend [7"]
9. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man [7"]
10. Adore
11. Cindy C.
12. Alphabet St. [7"]
13. Thieves In The Temple
14. Gett Off
15. Cream
16. Diamonds and Pearls [7"]
17. Money Don't Matter 2 Night [A self-made edit that trimmed off 30s more or so than the radio one, to fit the comp]

Obvious omissions: "Girls & Boys", "Glam Slam", "Batdance", "Partyman", "New Power Generation"

DISC 3: 1992-2009

1. My Name Is Prince [7"]
2. Sexy MF
3. 7
4. Nothing Compares 2 U [Hits/B-Sides Version]
5. P Control
6. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
7. Dolphin
8. Dinner With Delores
9. Betcha By Golly Wow!
10. So Far, So Pleased
11. Musicology
12. Cinnamon Girl
13. Black Sweat
14. Lolita
15. Guitar
16. Dance 4 Me

Obvious omissions: "Letitgo", "I Hate U", "Endorphinmachine", "Jam Of The Year", "The Holy River", "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold", "U Make My Sun Shine", "Call My Name", "Fury", "Crimson And Clover"
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SupPartyup said:

Don't like disc 3 at all. The first 2 are great, but to introduce a newbie to this stuff...

I'd definately have Gold on there, The One, Peach, i hate u, Holy River, Fury, (video version with backing singers)

I'd happily ditch P control, Cinnamon Girl, Dolphin, So Far So pleased & Lolita, they're not even singles (apart from Cinnamon Girl), and I don't think they show him at his best.

Beef up disc 3 and I'm in!

Eek, what does it say about his post-WB input when disc 3 covers 17 years?

billymeade said:

erik319 said:

There were promo singles released for "P Control" and "Dolphin". I agree with ditching "P Control" but "Dolphin" and "Cinnamon girl" are some of my favorites of this era.

DISC 1: 1978-1984

OK !


DISC 2: 1985-1991

1. Paisley Park
2. Raspberry Beret
3. Pop Life
4. Kiss [7"]
5. Mountains
6. Girls And Boys
7. Sign 'O The Times [7"]
8. U Got the Look
9. If I Was Your Girlfriend [7"]
10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man [7"]
11. Adore
12. Alphabet St. [7"]
13. Thieves In The Temple
14. Gett Off
15. Cream
16. Diamonds and Pearls [7"]
17. Money Don't Matter 2 Night



DISC 3: 1992-2009


1. My Name Is Prince [7"]
2. Sexy MF
3. 7
4. Love Sign
5. Letitgo
6. Space
7. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
8. Hate U
9. Gold
10. Dinner With Delores
11. Betcha By Golly Wow!
12. The One
13. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
14. The Work (Part I)
15. Musicology
16. Black Sweat
17. Guitar
18. Dance 4 Me
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thedance said:

Much healthier.