I don't have much of this stuff but what do you guys think is Prince's best side project?
The Time? Vanity/Apollonia 6? The Family? Jill Jones? NPG? Larry/Chaka? et cetera

My favorite complete album must be Mavis Staples first Paisley Park album, I can't remember the title though. But I love almost all of his sideprojects...

funkaholic1972 said:

Time Waits For no one. Great album, though i like Jill Jones a lot more.

rialb said:

Difficult 2 pick. There's some great stuff out there. I'd go with 'Jill Jones' and The Time's second album 'What Time Is It'.
I think the Madhouse albums are great 2.

i like The Family album - - some of his best material for a side project.

Other than that, I have to say Jill Jones. That is a great funky album. Too bad she doesn't have that great a voice... P should have just put out this album himself. Of course you could say that about most of his side projects.

let's face it... there's not a one that wouldn't be better if P had just released the songs as a Prince album.

Yeah, The Family and Jill Jones must be the other two side projects that will make my top 3. Although I love me some The Time and Sheila E as well!

JonSnow said:

The Family is a great album. Warners simply wouldn't let Prince release all the material he wanted to. I'd rather hear the side projects than those songs just not getting released at all,
and that's what would have happened.

Jamademus said:

true, dat!

Also I think that Warners kinda gave him his own label (Paisley Park) so that he could get as much product out as he wanted. I mean in the 80's how many 'side projects' came out? It was a helluva lot. I think he must have just got pissed at Warner and said I want it out under my name.

Tony Lemans

THE TIME THE TIME 81
THE TIME WHAT TIME IS IT 82
SHEILA E A LOVE BIZARRE 84 (THE SONG)
THE TIME ICE CREAM CASTLE 84
THE FAMILY THE FAMILY 85
THE BANGLES MANIC MONDAY 85 (THE SONG)
SHEENA EASTON SUGAR WALLS 85 (THE SONG)
SHEILA E SHEILA E 87
JILL JONES JILL JONES 87
MADHOUSE 8 87
MADHOUSE 16 87
MAVIS STAPLES TIME WAITS 4 NO 1 89
MADONNA LOVE SONG 89 (THE SONG)
KID CREOLE THE SEX OF IT 90 (THE SONG)
JOE COCKER 5 WOMEN 92 (THE SONG)
MARTIKA LOVE...THY WILL B DONE 92 (THE SONG)
MAVIS STAPLES THE VOICE 93
CHAKA KHAN COME 2 MY HOUSE 98


CARMEN ELECTRA CARMEN ELECTRA 92
&
MAYTE CHILD OF THE SUN 95

Has anyone heard the Sheila E album "Sex Cymbal"? Is it worth my time and money to cop it?

jtgillia said:

Yes, you should be able to pick it up for short money.

Jill Jones...love her and love her album, Prince is all over it, Jill just sings.

The two released Madhouse albums are great, too.

I have Ice Cream Castle by the Time, which is also good.

.
[This message was edited Sun Feb 29 17:50:41 2004 by mrdespues]

sheena easton 101

TC Ellis.

THE TIME!!!!!

Um, Mani?