When you take into consideration what was available in vault you have to tip your hat & say he was mostly brilliant in putting together his albums & ruthless in his decision making. This applies not only to potential tracks he left off BUT also edits of tracks he put on. The immediate & obvious example being 1999 - there's not a single thing I would change on the final album - some incredible ones left over BUT he got it perfect. Same for P. Rain, SOTT, Emancipation & many others.

Anyone agree & if not name replacement tracks from the vaults for any albums , edits/extensions etc.

i mostly agree, but I think he should have found room for Extraloveable and Moonbeams.

PURPLEIZED3121 said:

When you take into consideration what was available in vault you have to tip your hat & say he was mostly brilliant in putting together his albums & ruthless in his decision making. This applies not only to potential tracks he left off BUT also edits of tracks he put on. The immediate & obvious example being 1999 - there's not a single thing I would change on the final album - some incredible ones left over BUT he got it perfect. Same for P. Rain, SOTT, Emancipation & many others.

Anyone agree & if not name replacement tracks from the vaults for any albums , edits/extensions etc.

You've just contradicted 20+ years of running commentary on this website, so be prepared for random sniper fire.

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Prince was exceptional in a lot of things in the studio and on stage that he rarely if ever received credit 4.

He really wasn't.

How many times did he torpodo an album by jamming a new song at it last minute or by torturing the songs with overproduction because he was bored of them? (Boytrouble on 3rdeyegirl, Baltimore on HNR2, Eye Wanna Melt With U on Symbol Album, all of Graffitti Bridge/Come/The Gold Experience)

He'd get lucky sometimes in the other way (Gett Off replacing Horny Pony on Diamonds And Pearls, Beautiful Ones replacing Electric Intercourse on Purple Rain) but he was really swinging in the dark.

There's some albums that are a coherent statement then there's some albums where it seems like he cobbled together albums out of leftover tracks (Lotusflow3r/20Ten/HNR2)

Strive said:

He really wasn't.

How many times did he torpodo an album by jamming a new song at it last minute or by torturing the songs with overproduction because he was bored of them? (Boytrouble on 3rdeyegirl, Baltimore on HNR2, Eye Wanna Melt With U on Symbol Album, all of Graffitti Bridge/Come/The Gold Experience)

He'd get lucky sometimes in the other way (Gett Off replacing Horny Pony on Diamonds And Pearls, Beautiful Ones replacing Electric Intercourse on Purple Rain) but he was really swinging in the dark.

There's some albums that are a coherent statement then there's some albums where it seems like he cobbled together albums out of leftover tracks (Lotusflow3r/20Ten/HNR2)

lucky? !!!

Let's go with 1999

I think he could've cut "Lady Cab Driver" and "Free" for "Irresistable Bitch" and "How Come You Don't Call me Anymore". It would have made the album even greater,

In fact he could have dropped "Critics Love You" for "Purple Music". Can you imagine? I dunno the original album is great as it is.

To me,1999 is perfect exactly the way it is.And yes,I even love "Free" there's nothing that I would change about that album.So yeah,Prince was an exceptional album editor on that album.

Strive said:

He really wasn't.

How many times did he torpodo an album by jamming a new song at it last minute or by torturing the songs with overproduction because he was bored of them? (Boytrouble on 3rdeyegirl, Baltimore on HNR2, Eye Wanna Melt With U on Symbol Album, all of Graffitti Bridge/Come/The Gold Experience)

He'd get lucky sometimes in the other way (Gett Off replacing Horny Pony on Diamonds And Pearls, Beautiful Ones replacing Electric Intercourse on Purple Rain) but he was really swinging in the dark.

There's some albums that are a coherent statement then there's some albums where it seems like he cobbled together albums out of leftover tracks (Lotusflow3r/20Ten/HNR2)

I agree with everything you wrote except you're saying that Lotusflow3r seems like it was cobbled together out of leftover tracks. Even if you don't particularly care for that album (and acknowledging that some tracks were leftover from 3121), it still seems fairly coherent sound and theme to me. $ was the only one that sounded tacked on to me (not because of the quality of the song, but because it wasn't consistent with the rest of the album).

homesquid said:

Let's go with 1999

I think he could've cut "Lady Cab Driver" and "Free" for "Irresistable Bitch" and "How Come You Don't Call me Anymore". It would have made the album even greater,

In fact he could have dropped "Critics Love You" for "Purple Music". Can you imagine? I dunno the original album is great as it is.

CUT LADY CAB DRIVER??!! That just made my heart hurt lol. Id take the axe to "Something in the Water.." or even "All the Critics..." before LCD, but thats just me.

I think the masterclass in editing is Purple Rain. Not only within songs - Computer Blue, Darling Nikki, Purple Rain, and Let's Go Crazy come to mind - but also in leaving Erotic City and 17 Days off entirely. That album is cut to the bone, and as much as I prefer alternate, longer versions of songs, the 45 minute 9 song album feels both expansive and complete.

Strive said:

He really wasn't.

How many times did he torpodo an album by jamming a new song at it last minute or by torturing the songs with overproduction because he was bored of them? (Boytrouble on 3rdeyegirl, Baltimore on HNR2, Eye Wanna Melt With U on Symbol Album, all of Graffitti Bridge/Come/The Gold Experience)

He'd get lucky sometimes in the other way (Gett Off replacing Horny Pony on Diamonds And Pearls, Beautiful Ones replacing Electric Intercourse on Purple Rain) but he was really swinging in the dark.

There's some albums that are a coherent statement then there's some albums where it seems like he cobbled together albums out of leftover tracks (Lotusflow3r/20Ten/HNR2)

"torturing the songs" ???

homesquid said:

I think he could've cut "Lady Cab Driver" and "Free" for "Irresistable Bitch" and "How Come You Don't Call me Anymore". It would have made the album even greater,

In fact he could have dropped "Critics Love You" for "Purple Music". Can you imagine?

did we ever find out the dipshit who decided to cut DMSR friom the original cd ?

Mintchip said:

I think the masterclass in editing is Purple Rain. Not only within songs - Computer Blue, Darling Nikki, Purple Rain, and Let's Go Crazy come to mind - but also in leaving Erotic City and 17 Days off entirely. That album is cut to the bone, and as much as I prefer alternate, longer versions of songs, the 45 minute 9 song album feels both expansive and complete.

100% agree, same with ATWIAD & Lovesexy.

homesquid said:

Let's go with 1999

I think he could've cut "Lady Cab Driver" and "Free" for "Irresistable Bitch" and "How Come You Don't Call me Anymore". It would have made the album even greater,

In fact he could have dropped "Critics Love You" for "Purple Music". Can you imagine? I dunno the original album is great as it is.

The demo?