thedoorkeeper said:

Emancipation - 1 disc - Side A Emancipation Face Down My Computer In This Bed I Scream The Love We Make - Side B Slave New World Joint2Joint Holy River -

Now we're talkin'

1 LP will do, if I am to view this album as one of the great ones.

thedoorkeeper said:

Emancipation - 1 disc - Side A Emancipation Face Down My Computer In This Bed I Scream The Love We Make - Side B Slave New World Joint2Joint Holy River -

Replace My Computer with Soul Sanctuary and Slave with The Human Body and I'm sold.

thedoorkeeper said:

Emancipation - 1 disc - Side A Emancipation Face Down My Computer In This Bed I Scream The Love We Make - Side B Slave New World Joint2Joint Holy River -

Any configuration with holy river on it is doomed to fail. Unless you like to torture people...

^ what do you mean..?

Imo The Holy River (album long version) is 1 of the best songs on the album..

thedance said:

thedoorkeeper said:

Emancipation - 1 disc - Side A Emancipation Face Down My Computer In This Bed I Scream The Love We Make - Side B Slave New World Joint2Joint Holy River -

Yeah, this rocks too...but sleep around? soul sanctuary? sex in the summer? aah, poor prince.

The song I miss most is 'saviour'. Maybe a Holy River B-side?

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breakdown2k14 said:

thedance said:

^ what do you mean..?

Imo The Holy River (album long version) is 1 of the best songs on the album..

yeah it is,ive always loved "the holy river".The song and video are very uplifting .As for the track list ,i think we cant leave out "Somebodys Somebody"

the 'sound' of somebody's somebody introduces a mainstream element to the album, which i figure we're all trying to do away with. maybe. it's a good composition, like I said

Personally I could easily cut "Emancipation" down into an A-side of a 7 inch single. "The Holy River" is the only song I like on it.

Nasalhair said:

Personally I could easily cut "Emancipation" down into an A-side of a 7 inch single. "The Holy River" is the only song I like on it.

Now that's a bit harsh

Funkyalien said:

This is a 'what if' fun thing.

If Emancipation was to be pared down by warner to a double LP only -- forget CDs -- that would mean roughly around 45 minutes on each LP (and a very angry Prince!).

What songs would then make the cut? What songs would make it as Side A and Side B to vol. 1 and 2?

Upto 26 minutes per side can be done with okay results these days, but the ideal is around 22 minutes per side without loudness compromises and for better overall volume and groove.

Let's cap it at 22 minutes per side, give or take a minute, just to break Prince's heart more.

To make it easier, let's keep all the cover versions out.

Please offer me your playlist so I can improve mine. I have followed the model of early 80s prince albums. Do include timings and total side length.

So here goes...

EMANCIPATION (DOUBLE LP)

LP 1:

Side A

1. Jam Of The Year (6:09).

2. Sex In The Summer (5:57).

3. White Mansion (4:47)

4. In This Bed I Scream (5:40).

(Total time: 21:53).

Side B

1. Emale (3:38).

2. Courtin' Time (2:46).

3. Damned If I Do (5:21).

4. Soul Sanctuary (4:41).

5. Sleep Around (7:42).

(Total Time: 22:88).

LP 2:

Side A

1. Slave (4:51).

2. New World (3:43).

3. Joint 2 Joint (7:52).

4. The Holy River (6:55).

(Total Time: 22:01)

Side B

1. Face Down (3:17)

2. My Computer (4:37).

3. Saviour (5:48)

4. The Love We Make (4:39)

5. Emancipation (4:12)

(Total Time: 21:53)

Now that's one heck of an album, if I do say so myself!

I feel sad for three good songs that don't make the cut, (One kiss at a time, let's have a baby and friend lover sister mother/wife), but in spite of some permutations I couldn't fit them in. Maybe they could be B-sides to some singles!

A lot of songs get left out, but they are not strong enough to warrant a companion LP IMO.

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best song is missing , Right back Here In My Arms is one of his best songs from the 90s imo

Philly76 said:

Funkyalien said:

This is a 'what if' fun thing.

If Emancipation was to be pared down by warner to a double LP only -- forget CDs -- that would mean roughly around 45 minutes on each LP (and a very angry Prince!).

What songs would then make the cut? What songs would make it as Side A and Side B to vol. 1 and 2?

Upto 26 minutes per side can be done with okay results these days, but the ideal is around 22 minutes per side without loudness compromises and for better overall volume and groove.

Let's cap it at 22 minutes per side, give or take a minute, just to break Prince's heart more.

To make it easier, let's keep all the cover versions out.

Please offer me your playlist so I can improve mine. I have followed the model of early 80s prince albums. Do include timings and total side length.

So here goes...

EMANCIPATION (DOUBLE LP)

LP 1:

Side A

1. Jam Of The Year (6:09).

2. Sex In The Summer (5:57).

3. White Mansion (4:47)

4. In This Bed I Scream (5:40).

(Total time: 21:53).

Side B

1. Emale (3:38).

2. Courtin' Time (2:46).

3. Damned If I Do (5:21).

4. Soul Sanctuary (4:41).

5. Sleep Around (7:42).

(Total Time: 22:88).

LP 2:

Side A

1. Slave (4:51).

2. New World (3:43).

3. Joint 2 Joint (7:52).

4. The Holy River (6:55).

(Total Time: 22:01)

Side B

1. Face Down (3:17)

2. My Computer (4:37).

3. Saviour (5:48)

4. The Love We Make (4:39)

5. Emancipation (4:12)

(Total Time: 21:53)

Now that's one heck of an album, if I do say so myself!

I feel sad for three good songs that don't make the cut, (One kiss at a time, let's have a baby and friend lover sister mother/wife), but in spite of some permutations I couldn't fit them in. Maybe they could be B-sides to some singles!

A lot of songs get left out, but they are not strong enough to warrant a companion LP IMO.

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best song is missing , Right back Here In My Arms is one of his best songs from the 90s imo

Finally someone remembers 'right back here in my arms.' I remember I played it and played it and played it when it came out, but it did nothing for me. my bad. I like it these days. In the original 2-lp I created, where would you put it if you couldn't replace Sex in the Summer?

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if he rleeased it as a double lp ..then bitches would be complaining he didnt put on the outtakes

Funkyalien said:

Nasalhair said:

Personally I could easily cut "Emancipation" down into an A-side of a 7 inch single. "The Holy River" is the only song I like on it.

Now that's a bit harsh

Not at all. "Emancipation" is pretty much the album that broke me as a fan of Prince's recorded output as out of the whole set there was only the one track I liked. I genuinely can't stand anything else on the album. Still love the guy as a live performer, and still adore the 84-88 era, and those two factors are the reason I'm still here.

luvsexy4all said:

if he rleeased it as a double lp ..then bitches would be complaining he didnt put on the outtakes

^ haha, you are telling the truth..

Totally right...

luvsexy4all said:

if he rleeased it as a double lp ..then bitches would be complaining he didnt put on the outtakes

hahahaha. true. then it would be a different game: what if it was a triple LP?

can anybody come up with a fantasy single LP of 'love symbol'? Side A and Side B both under 23 mins. This is my take:

Love Symbol single LP ( ....I have too much free time on my hands!)

Side A:

1. 7 (5:13)

2. The Morning Papers (3:57)

3. Sexy M.F. (5:25)

4. Damn U (4:25)

5. Blue Light (4:38)

(Total playing time: 22:58)

Side B:

1. The Continental (5:31)

2. And God Created Woman (3:18)

3. 3 Chains O' Gold (6:03)

4. The Sacrifice Of Victor (5:41)

(Total playing time: 19:93. The Kirstie Alley segue before Sacrifice can be added. The biggest miss is not My name is Prince but Love 2 the 9s, a genius of a song ruined by the rap interludes).

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Funkyalien said:

luvsexy4all said:

if he rleeased it as a double lp ..then bitches would be complaining he didnt put on the outtakes

hahahaha. true. then it would be a different game: what if it was a triple LP?

well it was supposed to be 51 tracks...

luvsexy4all said:

Funkyalien said:

hahahaha. true. then it would be a different game: what if it was a triple LP?

well it was supposed to be 51 tracks...

Yeah I guess there are bits and outtakes we still haven't heard....but you know, I don't mind prince being prolific. It's just that when the LP era ended, his albums somehow seemed to lack cohesion because he could fit more songs into each release. If all the material released in the past 20-odd years was broken down into stylized 9 or 10 track albums like Come or Old Friends, there would not only be more albums -- there would be better ones because each album would have more cohesion.

In 1997, a friend of mine and I had a debate on what would make a great single CD version of Emancipation. It took hours but we got it down to a 79 minute disc. I wish I had the track listing.

The first order of business: tossing the cover songs.

spinjen said:

In 1997, a friend of mine and I had a debate on what would make a great single CD version of Emancipation. It took hours but we got it down to a 79 minute disc. I wish I had the track listing.

The first order of business: tossing the cover songs.

Yup, tossing out the covers does make it easier, although i quite like betcha and la la la, they shouldn't have made it to the LP.