If you were to put together a HITS album of Prince from the 'For You' album to '20Ten' what would the configuration be ???

Let's say it was a 3 disc album ( here's a nice cover I found surfin' ):

That's a hot cover! Not an easy task, but I'll give it a shot:

CD1:

1. Soft And Wet

2. I Feel 4 U

3. I Wanna Be Your Lover

4. Dirty Mind

5. When You Were Mine

6. Head

7. Controversy

8. Sexuality

9. Do Me Baby

10. 1999

11. Little Red Corvette

12. Delirious

13. When Doves Cry

14. Let's Go Crazy

15. Purple Rain

16. I Would Die 4 U

17. Take Me With U

18. Raspberry Beret

CD2:

1. Pop Life

2. America

3. Kiss

4. Girls & Boys

5. Mountains

6. Sign 'O' The Times

7. If I Was Your Girlfriend

8. U Got The Look

9. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

10. Alphabet St.

11. Glam Slam

12. I Wish U Heaven

13. Batdance

14. Scandalous

15. Thieves In The Temple

16. New Power Generation

17. Gett Off

18. Cream

CD3:

1. Diamonds And Pearls

2. My Name Is Prince

3. Sexy M.F.

4. 7

5. Nothing Compares 2 U

6. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

7. Gold

8. I Hate U

9. Dinner With Delores

10. Betcha By Golly, Wow

11. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold

12. Musicology

13. Call My Name

14. Cinnamon Girl

15. Black Sweat

16. Guitar

17. Future Baby Mama

18. Dreamer

Some of it is a bit of a stretch of course but I wanted to represent as many eras as possible.

Disc 1

Soft and Wet

I Wanna Be Your Lover (Single Edit)

Dirty Mind (Single Edit)

When You Were Mine

Uptown (Single Edit)

Head

Controversy (Album Version)

Do Me, Baby (Single Edit)

1999

Little Red Corvette

Delirious (Single Edit)

Let's Go Crazy

Erotic City (12' Version)

When Doves Cry (Album Version)

I Would Die 4 U

Purple Rain

Disc 2

Rasperry Beret

Kiss (Single Edit)

Sign O' the Times (Single Edit)

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Single Edit)

U Got the Look

If I Was Your Girlfriend (Single Edit)

Adore (Single Edit)

Alphabet St.

Scandalous!

Batdance

Theives In The Temple

Diamonds and Pearls (Single Edit)

Cream

Gett Off

Money Don't Matter 2 Night

Nothing Compares 2 U (Live)

Disc 3

My Name Is Prince (Single Edit)

Sexy M.F

7

Endorphinmachine (Raw Unreleased Version)

The Most Beautiful Girl In the World (Single Version)

I Hate U (With 'Please acess another experience' ending)

The Holy River

Sleep Around (Edit)

Come On

The One (Edit)

The Greatest Romance Thats Ever Been Sold

She Loves Me 4 Me

Musicology

Call My Name

Black Sweat

Somewhere Here On Earth

Dreamer

1 soft and wet

2 i wanna be your lover

3 uptown

4 dirty mind

5 controversy

6 1999

7 little red corvette

8 delirious

9 lets go crazy

10 when doves cry

11 purple rain

12 i would die 4 u

13 raspberry beret

14 pop life

15 kiss

16 sign of the times

17 u got the look

18 i could never take the place of your man

1 alphabet st

2 batdance

3 partyman

4 thieves in the temple

5 diamonds and pearls

6 cream

7 gett off

8 sexy mf

9 7

10 letitgo

11 the most beautiful girl in the world

12 eye hate u

13 gold

14 dinner with delores

15 the holy river

16 somebody's somebody

17 the truth

18 come on

1 5 women

2 the greatest romance ever sold

3 u make my sun shine

4 she loves me 4 me

5 the work pt 1

6 days of wild (live single edit)

7 musicology

8 call my name

9 cinnamon girl

10 te amo corazon

11 black sweat

12 fury

13 guitar

14 future baby mama

15 better with time

16 dance 4 me

17 laydown

18 extraloveable

My try:

The Very Best Of Prince CD 1: (1978-1985)

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1. "Soft and Wet" – 3:03
2. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 2:58 (single edit)
3. "I Feel for You" – 3:25
4. "Uptown" – 4:09 (single edit)
5. "Dirty Mind" – 3:49 (single edit)
6. "Head" – 4:43
7. "When You Were Mine" – 3:43
8. "Controversy" – 3:35 (single edit)
9. "Do Me, Baby" – 3:57 (single edit)
10. "1999" – 3:37 (single edit)
11. "Little Red Corvette" – 4:56

12. "When Doves Cry" – 3:48 (single edit)
13. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
14. "I Would Die 4 U" – 2:57 (single edit)
15. "Purple Rain" – 8:40

16. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:32
17. "Pop Life" – 3:42

18. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (New track, studio version)

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The Very Best Of CD 2: (1986-1991)

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1. "Kiss" – 3:46 (single edit)
2. "Mountains" - 3:58

3. "Girls And Boys" - 5:29

4. "Anotherloverholenyohead" - 3:58

5. "Sign "O" the Times" – 3:43 (single edit)
6. "U Got the Look" – 3:47
7. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 3:46 (single edit)
8. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:40 (single edit)
9. "Alphabet St." – 5:39
10. Glam Slam

11. "I Wish U Heaven" 2:43

12. "Batdance" (single edit)

13. "Partyman" (Short version)

14. Scandalous (Single edit)

15. Thieves in the Temple" – 3:20
16. "Gett Off" – 4:30
17. "Cream" – 4:13
18. "Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:20 (single edit)
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The Very Best Of CD 3: (1992-2010)

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1. "My Name Is Prince" - 4:05 (7" edit)

2. "Sexy MF" – 5:26
3. "7" – 5:09

4. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

5. Letitgo

6 . Space

7 . Love Sign (with Nona Gaye)

8 . Get Wild

9. I Hate U

10. Gold (Album version)
11. Dinner With Delores
12. The One
13. Come On
14. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
15. The Work part 1
16. Musicology
17. Black Sweat
18. Future Baby Mama
19. Future Soul Song

^ most of these are released singles.

I am fan of those big Prince-singles, plus the minor ones from 1995-2010.

[Edited 9/10/12 12:44pm]

I would like to see a studio version of Turn Me Loose as a bonus song.

Such a shame that never got on to an album.

1. 1978-1984

1. Soft And Wet

2. I Feel For You

3. I Wanna Be Your Lover

4. Head (Edit)

5. Dirty Mind

6. Uptown (Edit)

7. Controversy

8. Do Me, Baby

9. Little Red Corvette

10. 1999 (Edit w/ Intro)

11. Delirious

12. Let's Go Crazy

13. When Doves Cry

14. Purple Rain

2. 1984-1990

1. I Would Die 4 U

2. Raspberry Beret

3. Erotic City (Edit)

4. Pop Life

5. Kiss

6. Mountains

7. U Got The Look (Long Look)

8. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Edit)

9. Sign O' The Times (Edit)

10. Strange Relationship (Dream Factory Version)

11. Alphabet St. (Edit)

12. I Wish U Heaven

13. Batdance (Edit)

14. Partyman (Edit)

15. Scandalous (Edit)

16. Thieves In The Temple

3. 1991-2012

1. Gett Off

2. Cream

3. Diamonds & Pearls (Edit)

4. Insatiable (Edit)

5. Sexy Mutha

6. My Name Is Prince (Edit)

7. 7 (Edit)

8. Letitgo (Edit)

9. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Original Single Version)

10. Dinner With Delores

11. I Hate U (Edit)

12. The Holy River (Edit)

13. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Edit)

14. Musicology (Edit)

15. Call My Name (Edit)

16. Te Amo Corazon

17. Dreamer (Edit)

18. New Track

[Edited 9/10/12 17:31pm]

Pretty sure that cover was the original slip case(?), cover or promo image or something for the 2001 'very best of'. I remember seeing it back then.

NouveauDance said:

Pretty sure that cover was the original slip case(?), cover or promo image or something for the 2001 'very best of'. I remember seeing it back then.

yep

I call mine "The European version"

Disc 1

1.Controversy (album)

2.1999 (album)

3.Little Red corvette

4.When doves Cry

5.Let´s go crazy

6.Purple Rain

7.I would die 4 U

8.Take me with U

9.Raspberry beret

10.Pop Life

11.America

12.Kiss

13.Mountains

14.Girls&Boys

15.Anotherloverholenyohead

Disc 2

1.Sign O´the times

2.U got the look

3.I could never take...

4.If I was your girlfriend

5.Alphabet St.

6.Glam Slam

7.I wish U heaven

8.Batdance

9.Partyman

10.Thieves in the temple

11.Gett off

12.Cream

13.Diamonds&pearls

15.Money don´t matter 2night

Disc 3

1.Sexy mf

2.My name is Prince

3.Letitgo

4.The most beautiful girl in the world

5.Dolphin

6.I hate U

8.Gold

9.The One

10.Musicology

11.A million days

12.Te amo corazone

13.Fury

14.Guitar

15.The one u wanna C

16.Old skool company

17.Laydown

I tried 2 put mostly official singles or video´s in this Best Of.

Paisley4u said:

PurpleLove7 said:

If you were to put together a HITS album of Prince from the 'For You' album to '20Ten' what would the configuration be ???

Let's say it was a 3 disc album ( here's a nice cover I found surfin' ):

you realize that is the actual cover of that actual cd of that very name?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

PurpleLove7 said:

If you were to put together a HITS album of Prince from the 'For You' album to '20Ten' what would the configuration be ???

Let's say it was a 3 disc album ( here's a nice cover I found surfin' ):

you realize that is the actual cover of that actual cd of that very name?

Mmm, I did say I found it by a ( Bing ) search ( surfin' )

are you sure: this is the official cover artwork to the CD album.....

then it must be a second edition.. or a U.S. edition??

My cover artwork to TVBOP, - includes the Dirty Mind/ 1999/ Parade pics.

like here, on wikipedia:

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._of_Prince