Make your own 10-12 song bad Prince record, using only officially released songs from the Warner recorded years, through 1996 (Chaos and Disorder being the end of the era). This includes b-sides, but not remixes. We can't delve into a Junior Vasquez, or all the takes on "Cream" and "Gett Off" or whoever mix to make a list.

Everything from Emancipation and after that is spotty as a default, so it'd be pointless to wade through that here.

I'll start, with a small caviat (one being recorded in the WB years, but released much later).

1. Rebirth of the Flesh
2. Life Can Be So Nice
3. Arrogance
4. The Cross
5. Jughead
6. Lemon Crush
7. Shy
8. Push
9. Money Don't Matter 2 Nite
10. Superfunkycalifragisexy
11. It
12. Girl

There are others, but these are some of the worst offenders, to me. Let's see yours. 1979-1996 only.

TrivialPursuit said:

I searched through his massive output for hours and hours and came up with this list:

1. Chaos And Disorder (4:18)
2. I Like It There (3:15)
3. Dinner With Delores (2:45)
4. The Same December (3:23)
5. Right The Wrong (4:38)
6. Zannalee (2:43)
7. I Rock, Therefore I Am (6:14)
8. Into The Light (2:46)
9. I Will (3:35)
10. Dig U Better Dead (4:00)
11. Had U (1:25)

1. Delirious
2. Forever In My Life
3. I Love U In Me
4. Scarlet Pussy
5. The Ladder
6. Hot Thing
7. International Lover
8. Anotherloverholenyohead
9. The Arms Of Orion
10. God
11. Free

Just to make it slightly more challenging, I kept it confined to the 80's. Very ballad heavy, but a lot of my least favorite golden era Prince songs are ballads. I'd probably buy this album just to smash it with a hammer, honestly

bozojones said:

christobole said:

I searched through his massive output for hours and hours and came up with this list:

1. Chaos And Disorder (4:18)
2. I Like It There (3:15)
3. Dinner With Delores (2:45)
4. The Same December (3:23)
5. Right The Wrong (4:38)
6. Zannalee (2:43)
7. I Rock, Therefore I Am (6:14)
8. Into The Light (2:46)
9. I Will (3:35)
10. Dig U Better Dead (4:00)
11. Had U (1:25)

I like that album, but this cracked me up.

1. In Love
2. International Lover

3. God
4. Girl
5. Slow Love
6. The Arms of Orion
7. Trust
6. I Love U in Me
9. Thieves in the Temple
10. Thunder
11. Damn U
12. Come

I listed them in chronological order. I thought about putting some more thought into the sequence, but with songs this bad there's no point.

I would have included some more ballads (such as I Hate U), but I wanted to limit the list to 12 songs. I'm not anti-ballad by any stretch. In fact, some of my favorite Prince songs are ballads: Free, Condition of the Hearth, Sometimes it Snows in April, Adore. Those are all unique, original songs. In contrast, I think a lot of his other ballads were derivative and/or too sappy.

bozojones said:

1. Delirious
2. Forever In My Life
3. I Love U In Me
4. Scarlet Pussy
5. The Ladder
6. Hot Thing
7. International Lover
8. Anotherloverholenyohead
9. The Arms Of Orion
10. God
11. Free

Just to make it slightly more challenging, I kept it confined to the 80's. Very ballad heavy, but a lot of my least favorite golden era Prince songs are ballads. I'd probably buy this album just to smash it with a hammer, honestly

Haha I told Fenwick when we were talking about this today and posting it, that I was gonna have to fight someone on these two songs.

But I won't. To each his own...


even if they are wrong.

EmmaMcG said:

He already did that himself with Love Symbol. Fucking awful album.

I'm not sure what the beef with for you with that, but I wonder - is it Tony M? Cuz I have a mostly Tony M. free version that, frankly, is highly superior. Same with Diamonds and Pearls. (Although, the second half of that record is a shit show compared to the first half of incredible, and strong songs. I took me years to get into D&P for that reason and Tony M.)

I enjoy the density and thickness of . It's a little overdone in spots, but nothing I can't deal with, really. I don't have "Arrogance" in my digital files, so I don't even miss it.

TrivialPursuit said:

I could cherry pick tracks that have been mentioned in these lists and make a truly great album!

TrivialPursuit said:

bozojones said:

1. Delirious
2. Forever In My Life
3. I Love U In Me
4. Scarlet Pussy
5. The Ladder
6. Hot Thing
7. International Lover
8. Anotherloverholenyohead
9. The Arms Of Orion
10. God
11. Free

Just to make it slightly more challenging, I kept it confined to the 80's. Very ballad heavy, but a lot of my least favorite golden era Prince songs are ballads. I'd probably buy this album just to smash it with a hammer, honestly

Haha I told Fenwick when we were talking about this today and posting it, that I was gonna have to fight someone on these two songs.

But I won't. To each his own...


even if they are wrong.

I really rather like both those songs.

Ok. My "Worst of Prince" playlist. These are just tracks that I do not like for one reason or another.

1. Do It All Night
2. Delirious
3. International Lover
4. America
5. Temptation
6. Do U Lie?
7. Diamonds & Pearls
8. 7
9. Chaos and Disorder
10. Dig U Better Dead

TrivialPursuit said:

So Blue

With You

Trust

200 Balloons

Sex

I Love U in Me

Thunder

Round and Round (if it counts)

The Latest Fashion

Orgasm (if it counts)

[Edited 3/19/22 5:58am]

LOL. Both "Gold" and "The Cross" (Live, Dortmund) are in my Top 10 -- and yes, I'm an atheist.

RODSERLING said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I'll start, with a small caviat (one being recorded in the WB years, but released much later).

Rebirth of The Flesh wasn't released before 1996.

Read it again. kthxbai

The Rainbow Children.

Any early to mid 90's release

LoveGalore said:

Art Official Age is so bad it's almost comical. If anyone needed to hear a shit album, I'd see they get ahold of that one.

Maybe you've missed this:

TrivialPursuit said:

Temptation

Lemon Crush

Tamborine

Hot Thing

Jughead

Life Can Be So Nice

Dance On

Right The Wrong

Graffiti Bridge

Free

Arms of Orion

Slow Love

I Love U in Me

New Power Generation

The Lastest Fashion

Jughead

The sacrifice of Victor

Space

We March

I Rock therefore I'm

Wtf is going on here, there are so many great songs being listed as "bad", is there something I'm not getting?

As far as an actual bad record I can put together, here is one actually bad record.

1.) The Arms of Orion

2.) I'm Yours

3.) Love Machine

4.) Hot Summer

5.) Money Don't Matter 2 Nite

6.) 3 Chains O' Gold

7.) I Rock, Therefore I Am

8.) Right The Wrong

9.) Betcha by Golly Wow!

10.) Purple & Gold

11.) Fixurlifeup

12.) (bonus track) Baltimore