I've often thaught about asking this, since I've read lots of threads about fans who put together their own versions of Prince albums (There was a thread about ATWIAD as a double album which included the B-Sides and 7" versions of the singles...gotta find it and read it again!).

How would you trim down Emanicipation to fit a standard album format? (By standard, I'm thinking anywhere from 10-15 tracks; tell me if this estimate is off.) What songs would you keep/throw out? And, assuming the album's title would be the title of the best song out of your particular 10-15 tracks, tell me the title.

I won't list my top 10-15 tracks just yet, as it's late and I don't have the engery to look through my CDs, find Emancipation, and think about which tracks I'd keep or lose. But I can tell you my one-disc album would be called

FACE DOWN

What are some of your tracklists?

jam of the year
right back here in your arms
somebody's somebody
courtin time
white mansion
sex in the summer
one kiss at a time
joint to joint
dreamin about you
friend, lover, sister, mother/wife
holy river
slave
face down
style
sleep around


that should fit on one cd i think.

GREAT choices, comeon!

I think that after I get a certain number of responses I will pick a winner, burn the winning tracklist onto a CD-R, then sell my Emanicapation 3-CD set on E-Bay or somethin.' Anyone else like that idea?

I always thought that it should've been 2 separate albums.

One as the proper follow up to The Gold Experience and one as a wedding album for Mayte.

Here's how I would've done it.

Emancipation:

1. Jam Of The Year
2. Right Back Here In My Arms
3. Feel Good
4. Somebody's Somebody
5. White Mansion
6. In This Bed I Scream
7. Sex In The Summer
8. Emale
9. Joint 2 Joint
10. Slave
11. New World
12. The Human Body
13. Face Down
14. Style
15. Sleep Around
16. My Computer
17. Slave 2 The System
18. Emancipation

The Holy River:

1. Betcha By Golly Wow!
2. La, La, La Means I Love You
3. One Kiss At A Time
4. Soul Sanctuary
5. Curious Child
6. Dreaming About You
7. Saviour
8. Let's Have A Baby
9. Friend, Mother, Sister, Mother/Wife
10. Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart
11. The Holy River
12. One Of Us
13. The Love We Make
14. 20/20

TRON said:

That's twenty tracks too many. Lean and mean is how I slice up that bloated whale.

1. Jam Of The Year
2. Right Back Here In My Arms
3. Emale
4. Joint 2 Joint
5. Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife
6. Face Down
7. Da Da Da
8. One Of Us
9. The Love We Make

Those are the only ones I ever listen to from Emancipation. They would make a decent enough album.

1. Jam of the year
2. Get your groove on
3. We gets up
4. Friend, lover, mother, wife
5. Face down,
6. My computer
7. Sleep around
8. Da da da
9. One of us
10. The love we make
11. Emancipation
...
12. Style (as a hidden track)

If the Emancipation album was released like this it would have been in my top three favorite Prince albums all time!

i'm listenin 2 emancipation right now disc 2 trak 12 friendloversister...

my track list would b...

1. jam o the year
2. somebody's somebody
3. betcha by golly wow
4. i cant make u love me
5. sex in the summer
6. soul sanctuary
7. the holy river
8. saviour
9. friendloversis...
10.face down
11.la,la,la,means...
12.style
13.one of us
14.the love we make
15.the plan/emancipation

the title would b...the PRINCE loves MAYTE album !!!

tracks that nearly made it !

16.right back here in my arms
17.get yo groove on
18.emale
19.curious child
20.join 2 joint
21.my computer
22.one kiss at a time
23.lets have a baby

the tracks that didnt stand a chance 2 make it !

24.we gets up
25.white mansion
26.damned if i do
27.mr happy
28.in this bed i scream
29.slave
30.new world
31.the human body

only 31 tracks as i coupled 2gether the plan/emancipation.it took me a while 2 split all these tracks in my mind, so it'll b interestin 2 c what the response is ?

i love this album the way it is though ! quite happy with 3 disc 36 track prince albums 2 bitch about wish there wer loads more !!!

If you insist, I'd do it as:-

1.jam o the year
2.somebody's somebody
3.soul sanctuary
4.the holy river
5.face down
6.style
7.my computer
8.right back here in my arms
9.get yo groove on
10.curious child
11.join 2 joint
12.one of us
13.white mansion
14.in this bed i scream
15.slave

but truth be told, I like it as it is. It took me a while to get into it, but it is good. It's just finding the time for it that's the problem!

1. The love we make
2. Face down
3. White mansion
4. Somebody´s somebody
5. My computer
6. Friend, lover, sister, mother/wife
7. In this bed i scream
8. Get yo groove on
9. Style
10. We gets up
11. Joint 2 joint
12. Jam of the year

Yet another one of these threads.

Jam Of The Year
Somebody's Somebody
Get Yo Groove On
Courtin' Time
Curious Child
Dreamin' About U
Joint 2 Joint
In This Bed I Scream
Sex In The Summer
White Mansion
Soul Sanctuary
New World
Sleep Around
My Computer
The Love We Make
Emancipation

Or something like that.

hello hello hello... so many of you are throwing out Saviour!

01 Jam of the Year
02 Right Back Here In My Arms
03 Face Down
04 In This Bed I Scream
05 Soul Sanctuary
06 Dreamin' About U
07 Joint 2 Joint
08 Sleep Around
09 Somebody' Somebody
10 The Holy River
11 Saviour (I wouldn't forget Natsume! )
12 Emale
13 Style
14 The Love We Make

jam of the year
right back here in my arms
soul sanctuary
slave
new world
human body
face down
one kiss at a time
da, da, da
in the bed eye scream
joint 2 joint
the holy river
saviour
the love we make

Natsume said:

I meant to include 'Saviour'.

Natsume said:

Saviour wouldnt make my list if I configured Emancipation as a double album either,its not one of my faves,too over the top,my 1 cd album would contain:

Jam Of The Year
Right Back Here In My Arms
Somebodys Somebody
Soul Sanctuary
Emale
Joint 2 Joint
The Holy River
New World
Face Down
Style
Sleep Around
The Love We Make
Emancipation
In This Bed I Scream

Definitly a challenge: I'm not sure I can even name 10 from that album. Hmmm, there's the one about captain crunch, the Revolution-sounding screaming bed one, some nice ballads, some terrible covers and that's about it. Maybe an EP?

I would have left Disc 2 intact and added 'The Love We Make'.

INTRO: 20/20
New World
Somebody's Somebody
Face Down
My Computer
She Gave Her Angels
Joint 2 Joint
The Holy River
Dreaming About U
Slave
Sleep Around
Big White Mansion
Soul Sanctuary
The Love We Make


[This message was edited Sat Dec 13 11:04:37 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

IstenSzek said:

This is GOOD!

-jam of the year
-slave 2 the system
-somebody's somebody
-emale
-courtin' time
-dreamin' about u
-my computer
-in this bed eye scream
-white mansion
-face down
-the holy river
-joint 2 joint
-the love we make

New World
Human Body
Soul Sanctuary
Holy River
Curious Child
Let's Have a Baby
In This Bed Eye Scream
The Love We Make

It would only be an 8 song album but I would put the coolest packaging on that damn thing, and I would promote it as having no filler (and this time I wouldnt LIE!).

What the hell's 20/20?
[This message was edited Sat Dec 13 16:24:55 PST 2003 by Nep2nes]

I like Emancipation as it is much I'd have:

1 Jam Of The Year
2 Somebody's Somebody
3 Mr Happy
4 Betcha By Golly Wow
5 Emale
6 La La La Means love u
7 Soul Sanctuary
8 Sleep Around
9 In This Bed Scream
10 Holy River



I'd call it 'Soul Sanctuary'
[This message was edited Sat Dec 13 18:37:06 PST 2003 by thetimefan]

Okay... I used scientific methods to compile this tracklisting.

Since Sign O' The Times is viewed by many critics and fans as his finest, I thought I'd take comparable songs from Emancipation and see how it played out. The resulting configuration was quite good.

I call it... Emancipation! LOL

Disc One

Emancipation Okay... Sign O' The Times starts with its title track - so mine does too. Both songs are rather sparsely arranged too, although admittedly "Emancipation" is joyous whereas "Sign O' The Times" is downbeat, both have an electronic feel.
Get Yo' Groove On Summery vibe like "Play In The Sunshine". Groovy in comparison to the opening track, so it jarrs the listener like the first two tracks of the Sign O' The Times album.
Face Down Heavy sampled drums start the song and there's a lot of chanting like in "Housequake"...
Somebody's Somebody "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker" is one of his ultimate late-night jams. Both have a narrative feel. Both songs are about wanting to be with somebody for a night, rather than wanting a full-blown relationship.
The Human Body In my mind, "It" is just beat-heavy filler. Vaguely rude lyrics and an absence of a strong melody make "The Human Body" "It"s distant cousin...
My Computer "Starfish & Coffee" had a sing-song cute melody in the same way that "My Computer" does. Light relief after the previous track.
Let's Have A Baby A slow croon although not as traditionally arranged as "Slow Love". Incredibly romantic song - Well, if you're heterosexual, I suppose.
Sex In The Summer Prince on the prowl, although not looking for one specific girl, like he was on "Hot Thing". There is no real equivalent to "Hot Thing" on the Emancipation album.
Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife Prince declares his undying love in a more specific manner than "Forever In My Life" although the sentiment is the same.

Disc Two.

Sleep Around Disc two of the Sign O' The Times album opened with its most commercial track - so my Emancipation album does too! "Sleep Around", is of course, a better song than "U Got The Look".
Dreamin' About U Swirling keyboards permeate this track in the same way as the drone of "If I Was Your Girlfriend". Lots of spoken bits too. It has that sort of wide-awake at three a.m. feel too.
In This Bed Eye Scream Wendy & Lisa's influence looms large on "Strange Relationship", so it only seems fitting that this track should be placed here. Both are relatively straightforward pop songs too.
Damned If Eye Do Rock guitar and splashing cymbals. Just like "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", Prince does FM Stadium Rock again.
The Love We Make The religious song... Again, this is a better song than "The Cross" ever was.
Jam Of The Year Okay, so in comparison to "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night", its a little lame. Both tracks have crowd noises and discuss how great the night's going to be. Erm - that's about it!
Soul Sanctuary Save the best ballad for last, just like "Adore" on Sign O' The Times.

It really does flow well. Its just four minutes longer than Sign O' The Times too!

BinaryJustin said:

1- Sex in the Summer
2- Soul Sanctuary
3- Dreaming about U
4- The Holy River
5- Face Down
6- Sleep Around
7- One of Us
8- The Love we make

Really... the rest isn't half as good as these songs.

jam of the year : puke:

Nep2nes said:

It's a mercifully short little ditty feat.Prince & Mayte(?) talking tosh.It's crappy pants.(It's on Fantasia bootleg)

Students!

Journey 2 the Centre of your :Luv: would be a better Emancipation outtake IMO.

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[This message was edited Sun Dec 14 9:38:07 PST 2003 by Marrk]