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Make a track list for the PERFECT Prince album. Just a little game I think will be fun to play where basically you craft your perfect Prince album of 10-15 tracks. Of course you can include unreleased tacks. I'm interested to see whether or not peoples perfect album is simply a collection of his best songs, or if the flow and concept of an album is more important. I need time to think so i'll post mine in a reply
P.S. I don't want this to be just a 'top 10 favourite songs' thread [Edited 8/28/13 16:09pm] I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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The hits have been done already so I'd just release an album of not so well know gems with a few favourites thrown in, 5 from each Decade.
1. Lady Cab Driver 2. Irresistible Bitch 3. Raspberry Beret 4. A Love Bizarre 5. Forever in My Lfe 6. Sexy MF 7. Peach 8. Lovesign 9. 319 10. Da Bang 11. Avalanche 12. Empty Room 13. Musicology 14. The Dance 15. Dance 4 Me | |
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01 Christopher Tracy's Parade 02 New Position 03 I Wonder U 04 Under The Cherry Moon 05 Girls & Boys 06 Life Can Be So Nice 07 Venus de Milo 08 Mountains 09 Do U Lie? 10 Kiss 11 Anotherloverholenyohead 12 Sometimes It Snows In April
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I like that tracklist btw | |
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so do i, so do i
although in the spirit of this thread i guess if there was anything i could change about parade (which is the perfect album imo) it would probably be to include "old friends 4 sale" (the original version) on it, perhaps instead of "do u lie?" - but it's the perfect album as it is, for me. . also, creating the perfect prince album out of all the tracks he's ever released is very hard for me because somehow it just doesn't work for me. it can be a nice mixed tape or such but as an album, a song from 1981 isn't going to sit very nicely next to a song from 2009. it just doesn't work. tracks from certain periods only work well next to oneanother. like perhaps Gold/Come tracks, those can be mixed quite nicely. or "Sign o The Times" and "Black Album" or "Camille" tracks. but not "Dirty Mind" and "Lotusflower" tracks for instance. so that's why i can't play the game. . ok, my silly rant is over now, i'm sorry
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I think you're gonna start a snowballing effect by including the segued song "All My Dreams" into the album as well
To me, the PERFECT tracklist album was the original/final configuration of the infamous triple "Crystal Ball" album that never was. I arranged a playlist based on the order of the songs, as documented by Per Nilsen - I'm showing my fandom here | |
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Totally understand what you mean. I was going to say disregard recording quality when making a list to make things easier. For example, Extralovable could be in your perfect album, despite the quality of the bootleg. As for tracks being incompatible, I would again put a lot down to the quality of recording and equipment available at the time, more than the songs themselves. I believe that if, for example, Erotic City was recorded with what is available today it would sound perfectly up to date. I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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1 - We Can Funk (Demo) 2 - Anna Stesia 3 - Colonized Mind 4 - The Beautiful Ones 5 - Future Soul Song 6 - Space 7 - Groovy Potential 8 - Wasted Kisses 9 - Call My Name (Single Edit) 10 - The Holy River 11 - Boom 12 - Shhh 13 - Willing & Able (Single Edit) 14 - Forever In My Life 15 - Around The World In A Day 16 - All My Dreams | |
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You have a point.  | |
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Another orger has foreseen it, but I can't help saying it: "All My Dreams" should have been on Parade. [Edited 8/29/13 5:03am] | |
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Just some corrections... | |
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More corrections... | |
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You're such a severe teacher! I won't dare to make a list! | |
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Also, I would be tempted ever so slightly to perhaps include ALEXA DE PARIS, perhaps after Venus De Milo and before Mountains. It stylistically fits the "movement" that is Parade supremely well. But, of course, I am quibbling yet again on non-essential matters, best reserved for a DELUXE boxset of the Under The Cherry Moon era, complete with the movie in HD and other delights, including the outtakes Old Friends 4 Sale, Others Here With Us and Heaven, as well as the extended versions of Kiss, Mountains and Anotherloverholenyohead, not to mention a live DVD complete performance of an essential Parade era concert. As a sneak preview into what was to come, I would quite like it if the Parade era warm up gig was to also be included, all 3 hours of it... | |
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Love Power Fantastic Computer Blue Pink Cashmere America Lion of Judah A Million Days Sexuality Adore Loose No justice, No peace | |
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Sign "O" The Times Play In The Sunshine Housequake The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker It Forever In My Life Strange Relationship Prince 4Ever.  | |
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Oh come on, I promise I'll give you an A for your effort! | |
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Are you crazy? "Do U lie?" is a f... great track! | |
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how rude [Edited 8/29/13 7:46am] | |
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^Where's your tracklist? I'm waiting... [Edited 8/29/13 7:49am] | |
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Prince: junk music (vinyl only release)
side 1: junk music pt.1 side 2: jink music pt.2 | |
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Let's Go Crazy Take Me With U The Beautiful Ones Computer Blue Darling Nikki When Doves Cry I Would Die 4 U Baby I'm A Star Purple Rain TRUE BLUE |
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Sticking to the non-hits concept, and in no particular order:
Crystal Ball If I Was Ur Girlfriend The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker Anotherloverholenyohead Sexuality Lady Cab Driver Head Erotic City Wasted Kisses (in a better produced version, if possible: those drum sounds are horrible! Scandalous A Million Days Rock Hard In A Funky Place The Question Of U Bambi All My Dreams [Edited 8/30/13 0:12am] RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... |
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That would've of been one hell of an album! You can totally include songs that would be considered hits if you think your perfect Prince album needs them I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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I just want people to think about the order and flow of the album instead of simply listing their 10-15 favourite songs.
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Yeah, all killer no filler!
I liked the non-hit concept: just an album full of top Prince album cuts that would make a great collection to listen to. I think this would also make a great list to win over new Prince fans, without having to use the "obvious" hits. RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... |
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PRINCE *
1. Into the Lotus... 2. Condition of the Heart 3. Power Fantastic 4. Alexa de Paris 5. Old Friend 4 Sale 6. All My Dreams 7. Computer Blue (Hallyway Speech version) 8. Lady Cab Driver 9. Crystal Ball 10. If I Was Your Girlfriend 11. Anna Stesia
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not 'the perfect prince album' but a little project i'd been trying out lately. i find these tracks to segue very nicely and they all 'fit' somehow. . since prince was working on the Lotusflower album for a long time and several tracks that are from the sessions of songs that ended up on 3121 and Planet Earth, i think these songs somehow really feel connected: . very cliche, i've named it "The Lotus Experience" . CD 1: 01. From The Lotus..... 02. Boom 03. Crimson & Clover 04. All The Midnights In The World 05. Colonized Mind 06. Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful 07. F.U.N.K. 08. Love Like Jazz 09. 77 Beverly Park 10. Reflection . CD 2: 01. 3121 02. Wall Of Berlin 03. $ 04. Somewhere Here On Earth 05. Lion Of Judah 06. The Morning After 07. 4Ever 08. The Word 09. Dreamer 10. .... Back 2 The Lotus . and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Quite brilliant, Isten. I think that would have been an apt description of the realities surrounding all those sessions and a well thought out and assembled collation of songs which really do seem to flow nicely. Obviously, you have favoured the more natural, organic, sounding songs from those sessions, in which case I would possibly also suggest a surprisingly often overlooked song (which I believe you in fact despise): CHELSEA RODGERS. It might segue nicely either before or after $ on Side 2, It was clearly a song Prince considered reasonably important during those sessions, given that he released a video for it, performed it live and clearly at least attempted to perfect it on record. It is perhaps worth another visit, even if you do still absolutely hate it. Another often overlooked gem is, dare I say it, "MR GOODNIGHT, which namechecks many of those session era songs, as well as the 3121 theme. The instrumentation is in fact lush and I find the lyrics and vocal delivery something of a guilty pleasure of mine. It might also fit on Side 1 after FUNK, although I personally would also include one of my favourite vocal performances alongside it, namely FUTURE BABY MAMA. Thus, the sequence might become Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful, F.U.N.K., Future Baby Mama, Mr Goodnight, Love Like Jazz etc. I must say, I particularly like your inclusion of THE MORNING AFTER. Overall, bravo. | |
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Also, I have always felt PLANET EARTH could also make a rousing closer to an album like yours, Isten. In your sequence, I would place it nicely after The Word. Thus, we end your album with three important, personally themed, spiritual, deep songs of his from that entire era, namely The Word, Planet Earth and Dreamer. I can just imagine the brilliant guitar flourishes that end Planet Earth beautifully seguing into Dreamer. | |
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The Power Ball
My name is Prince Gett Off Electric chair New Power Generation Lovesexy Hide the bone Now 319 Slave Fury Endorphinmachine Love Feel better, feel good, feel wonderful Laydown
No ballads, no pop.... but strong, heavy, groove driven power Prince!! [Edited 8/30/13 11:57am] [Edited 8/30/13 23:59pm] [Edited 8/31/13 0:02am] Love4oneanother | |
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