Now we have the reverse thread to worst songs of the 90s, now its the best

Just remember, all the official studio albums from Graffiti Bridge to Rave. I will allow people to include New Power Soul, Exodus and Goldnigga (Although I doubt many trax off those albums will make this list). Not allowed are NPGMC tracks and obscure bootleg songs or unreleased material. Also protege tracks like anything by Larry, Mavis, Elisa or Robin are NOT allowed. It can't be a fair poll if the average fan hasn't heard the song.

My list

1. Dark (His best soul - woman done me wrong ballad of this period)

2. Cream (This is a great and to the point pop tune, it made me a Prince fan)

3. Still Would stand all time (Great soulful gospelly type track off GB)

4. Come (Forget the length, love the intensity and the joyful explicitness)

5. TMBGITW (A lot better than most people give it credit for, great singing, melody and hooks)

6. The Holy River

7. In this bed I scream

8. Dolphin

9. Letitgo

10. Love Sign (Great feel good track)

Still overrall, none of these songs reach the dizzy heights of his 80s stuff.

Chronological:

The Question of U

We Can Funk

Joy in Repetition

Insatiable

Damn U

And God Created Woman

Space

Pheremone

The Holy River

One of Us

Not In Order:

1.)Insatiable

2.)Shhh

3.)Damn U

4.)Cream

5.)Eye Hate U

6.)The Question Of U

7.)Gold

8.)Sexy MF

9.) Dolphin

10.) The Holy River

Bonus:

11.) Right Back Here In My Arms

12.) Love 2 the 9's

13.) Diamonds & Pearls

14.) Dark

15.) One Kiss At A Time

1)Eye Hate U

10)Dionne

1. I Hate You
2. Cream
3. Damn U
4. Insatiable
5. Peach
6. Thieves in the Temple
7. Somebody's Somebody
8. Shhh
9. Sexy MF
10. Now

Fuck it lol if PC was recorded in the '80s lol might as well just to avoid confusion.

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Ugh.....so hard....

1. The Love We Make

2. Money Don't Matter Tonight

3. Pink Cashmere

4. Shhh

5. Live 4 Love

6. Dark

7. 7

8. Dinner with Delores

9. Insatiable

10. Cindy C

Timmy84 said:

1. I Hate You
2. Cream
3. Damn U
4. Insatiable
5. Peach
6. Pink Cashmere
7. Somebody's Somebody
8. Shhh
9. Sexy MF
10. Now

Great List, but isnt PC a 1989 outtake for the Batman album? I thought it was recorded in the 80's and just released in 1990, does it still qaulify, if so does Empty Room??? hmm...

^^ I heard it was recorded 1988 but it's first release was 1993 so....

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

Timmy84 said:

1. I Hate You
2. Cream
3. Damn U
4. Insatiable
5. Peach
6. Pink Cashmere
7. Somebody's Somebody
8. Shhh
9. Sexy MF
10. Now

Great List, but isnt PC a 1989 outtake for the Batman album? I thought it was recorded in the 80's and just released in 1990, does it still qaulify, if so does Empty Room??? hmm...

I guess but it's strange. Was the full song when released was really recorded in 1989? It could've been re-recorded, if not I might have to think of something to replace it.

The Most Beautiful'

Gett Off

Thieves in the Temple

7

Diamonds and Pearls

Cream

Money Don't Matter 2 Nite

Gold

Chaos & Disorder

I Hate U

1. The Question Of U
2. Insatiable
3. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
4. Gold
5. I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore
6. Gett Off
7. Diamonds And Pearls
8. I Hate U
9. Joy In Repetition
10. The Holy River

Empty Room

Come

Eye Hate U

Joint 2 Joint

Endorphinemachine

Peach

Billy Jack Bitch

P Control

Space

Loose

That's soo hard... Days of wild, dolphin, letitgo...

1. Endorphinmachine

2. 7
3. And God Created Woman

4. Somebody's Somebody

5. Gold

6. Love 2 the 9's

7. Gett Off

8. Soul Sanctuary

9. Money Dont Matter Tonight

10.Interactive

I didn't add any songs which were written in the 80's even though i love some of them.

Timmy84 said:

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

Great List, but isnt PC a 1989 outtake for the Batman album? I thought it was recorded in the 80's and just released in 1990, does it still qaulify, if so does Empty Room??? hmm...

I guess but it's strange. Was the full song when released was really recorded in 1989? It could've been re-recorded, if not I might have to think of something to replace it.

Pink Cashmere was recorded in 1988 and released in 1993. It was not re-recorded. The released version is basically the same as the unreleased one. But Prince had Clare Fischer add orchestral synths.

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

Timmy84 said:

1. I Hate You
2. Cream
3. Damn U
4. Insatiable
5. Peach
6. Pink Cashmere
7. Somebody's Somebody
8. Shhh
9. Sexy MF
10. Now

Great List, but isnt PC a 1989 outtake for the Batman album? I thought it was recorded in the 80's and just released in 1990, does it still qaulify, if so does Empty Room??? hmm...

There are like 3 versions of Empty Room. The first version was recorded in 1985 and re-recorded in 1992. But later in 1995 Prince took the 1985 version and reworked and overdubed it. So the 1995 version is the closes to the original.

Rinluv said:

Timmy84 said:

I guess but it's strange. Was the full song when released was really recorded in 1989? It could've been re-recorded, if not I might have to think of something to replace it.

Pink Cashmere was recorded in 1988 and released in 1993. It was not re-recorded. The released version is basically the same as the unreleased one. But Prince had Clare Fischer add orchestral synths.

I see. Changed anyways lol

I'm not including TBA, Pink Cashmere, JIR, etc, etc - these are 80s tracks and everyone knows it.

Willing & Able

Love 2 The 9s

Interactive

Papa

Space

The Exodus Has Begun

Hallucination Rain

Oilcan

Into The Light / I Will

Calhoun Square

I dunno if that's like SUPER-BEST 10, I like a lot of stuff, but I did have to have a good think about it and missed out a good few. The 90s singles especially bore me shitless, I can't believe people still regard fluff like TBGITW, Cream and Gett Off in such high esteem - snooze-a-rama.

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Joy in repetition

Thunder

SexyMF

Peach

Endorphinmachine

Shhh

Eye hate u

Gold

When the lights go down

Extraordinary

Hate U

Joy In Repetition

7

Gold

Letitgo

Come

Sexy MF

Gett Off

Insatiable

Dolphin

Space

Love Sign

The Love We Make

Days Of Wild

Shhh

Acknowledge Me

Don't Play Me

The Truth

(a bit more than 10)

Chronological:

- Joy In Repetition

- Thieves In The Temple

- Willing And Able

- Gett Off

- Money Don't Matter 2night

- Sexy MF

- And God Created Woman

- Space

- Dolphin

- New World

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

Timmy84 said:

1. I Hate You
2. Cream
3. Damn U
4. Insatiable
5. Peach
6. Pink Cashmere
7. Somebody's Somebody
8. Shhh
9. Sexy MF
10. Now

Great List, but isnt PC a 1989 outtake for the Batman album? I thought it was recorded in the 80's and just released in 1990, does it still qaulify, if so does Empty Room??? hmm...

wha?

In my eyes Pink Cashmere was officially released in 93 on the hits so it can go in the list, regardless of when it was recorded.

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Electric Chair

New Power Generation

The Question of U

Elephants and Flowers

Joy In Repitition

Theives In The Temple

Tick Tick Bang

Get Off

Billy Jack Bitch

Papa

Right, here we go

1. 3 Chains O' Gold

2. And God Created Woman

3. Endorphinemachine (despite the unreleased version being better, i still love this version)

4. Gold

5. Damn U

6. Cream

7. Dolphin

8. Ripopgodazippa

9. The Holy River

10. Extraordinary

bigd74 said:

Right, here we go

1. 3 Chains O' Gold

2. And God Created Woman

3. Endorphinemachine (despite the unreleased version being better, i still love this version)

4. Gold

5. Damn U

6. Cream

7. Dolphin

8. Ripopgodazippa

9. The Holy River

10. Extraordinary

wow, you are the first person i've met, which appreciate 3 Chains ' Gold. I personally like this song, idk why people say that this is shitty song.

my list:

1. Get Off
2. The One
3. Diamonds n Pearls
4. Acknowledge Me
5. I Hate U
6. Love 2 the 9s
7. The Continental
8. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
9. Face Down
10. I Wanna Melt Wit U

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chelsearodgerslovesya said:

bigd74 said:

Right, here we go

1. 3 Chains O' Gold

2. And God Created Woman

3. Endorphinemachine (despite the unreleased version being better, i still love this version)

4. Gold

5. Damn U

6. Cream

7. Dolphin

8. Ripopgodazippa

9. The Holy River

10. Extraordinary

wow, you are the first person i've met, which appreciate 3 Chains ' Gold. I personally like this song, idk why people say that this is shitty song.

my list:

1. Get Off
2. The One
3. Diamonds n Pearls
4. Acknowledge Me
5. I Hate U
6. Love 2 the 9s
7. The Continental
8. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
9. Face Down
10. I Wanna Melt Wit U

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Yeah i love pretty much all of the album bar the rapping, he was in a different league then.

No particular order:

- I Wanna Melt With U

- The One

- I Hate U

- Gett Off

- Somebody's Somebody

- Shh

- Joy In Repetition

- Crucial

- Insatiable

- The Most Beautiful girl In The World

bigd74 said:

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

Great List, but isnt PC a 1989 outtake for the Batman album? I thought it was recorded in the 80's and just released in 1990, does it still qaulify, if so does Empty Room??? hmm...

wha?

In my eyes Pink Cashmere was officially released in 93 on the hits so it can go in the list, regardless of when it was recorded.

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I know but I just think it's strange he waited until 1993 to put that out.

in no order, to save me lots of time:

interactive

calhoun square

the most beautiful girl in the world

curious child

sleep around

thieves in the temple

joy in repitition

7

d&p

the one

Thieves in the Temple

Race

Peach

Endorphin Machine

Dolphin

Gold

I like it there

Saviour

The Truth

I love U but I don't trust U anymore

subject to change.

I Hate U

And God Created Woman

Space

The Love We Make

The One

Wasted Kisses

Get Wild

The Morning Papers

Shhh

I Love U, but I Don't Trust U Anymore

Could I include Love...Thy Will Be Done too?