Now that Prince is back in the media spotlight. What do you think was his best from 1994-2004? They are doin' this over at housequake and I wanted to see what ya'll would say. Give me your twenty best (that you could actually see being put on a r CD.) Here's mine:

1. P Control
2. Days of Wild
3. The Greatest Romance
4. Dinner With Delores
5. Dolphin
6. Come On
7. Face Down
8. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
9. Lovesign
10. Letitgo
11. The Ride
12. Zanalee
13. I hate U
14. So Far, So Pleased
15. Supercute
16. Extraordinary
17. The One
18. The Holy River
19. The Everlasting Now
20. Welcome to the Dawn

Staxowax (TMBGITW)
P Control
Eye Hate U
Shhh
I Like It There
Right the Wrong
White Mansion
Damned If I Do
In This Bed Eye Scream
Joint 2 Joint
Soul Sanctuary
My Computer
The Love We Make
Man O War
Eye Love u but Eye Don't Trust U Anymore
Undisputed
So Far, So Pleased
Muse 2 The Pharaoh
1+1+1 is 3
Digital Garden

1.Endorphinmachine
2.The Most Beautiful Girl
3.Dolphin
4.Gold
5.Days of Wild
6.Chaos and Disorder
7.Somebody's Somebody
8.The Holy River
9.Sleep Around
10.Face Down
11.The Love We Make
12.Come On
13.The One
14.The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
15.Supercute
16.The Rainbow Children 'Outro Instrumental'
17.The Sensual Everafter
18.She Loves Me 4 Me
19.The Everlasting Now
20.Last December

Fuck me! Whatta compilation that would make.

[This message was edited Tue Apr 13 8:26:01 2004 by SexLovely]

How about something like...

1. zannalee ['94]
2. same december
3. empty room
4. endorphinmachine
5. calhoun sq.
6. shhh
7. days of wild
8. now
9. the most beautiful girl
10.dolphin
11. dinner with delores
12. baby knows
13. the love we make
14. damned if i do
15. the rainbow children
16. the ride
17. family name
18. the everlasting now
19. last december
20. johnny

1 Acknowledge Me
2 Endorphinmachine
3 319
4 Get Wild
5 P Control
6 Interactive
7 Calhoun Square
8 Chaos and Disorder
9 Courtin Time
10 Days Of Wild
11 Lovesign
12 Come On
13 Ripopgodazippa
14 Holy River
15 Slave
16 When I Lay My Hands On U
17 Va Voom
18 The Everlasting Now
19 1+1+1=3
20 The Work

1. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Single mix)
2. Lovesign
3. Space (Acoustic Mix)
4. Endorphin Machine
5. Dolphin
6. Gold
7. Dinner With Delores
8. The Holy River
9. The Truth
10. Comeback
11. Welcome 2 The Dawn
12. Come On
13. I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore
14. U Make My Sun Shine
15. She Loves Me 4 Me
16. Avalanche
17. Illusion Coma, Pimp, Circumstance
18. Cinamon Girl
19. Reflection

This is really difficult as there are loads of tunes I like that Ive had to leave off. In terms of making an album to show off the best of prince over the past decade, it would have to be a 2 CD set. tracks like The Rainbow Children, A Case Of U, Underneath The Cream, When I Lay My Hands On U, Call My Name, Tangerine, Last December, The Work....all these deserve to be heard. However a one CD set would be as above, but perhaps not in that order.

These are in no particular order...

1. The Love We Make
2. Joint 2 Joint
3. Face Down
4. Space
5. Papa
6. Days of Wild (Crystal Ball version)
7. Same December
8. Everlasting Now (live)
9. Gold
10.I Love U But I Don't Trust U
11.Cinnamon Girl
12.Supercute
13.Illusion, Coma, Pimp, Circumstance
14.Dear Mr Man
15.Pretty Man
16.A Million Days
17.Return of the Bump Squad
18.In This Bed I Scream
19.Reflection
20.Digital Garden

.

1. North
2. When the lights go down
3. Universal Love
4. Savior
5. East
6. Come
7. Don't Play Me
8. 5 Women
9. West
10. Kamra Sutra
11. Fascination
12. She Spoke to me (Vault version)
1. South
12. Ballad of Dorthy Parker (ONA Live version)
13. The War

u guys' lists are all wrong..good lawd.. The War? Calhoun Square? nobody would buy them weird tracks...this is what they would like...

Anyway...

1. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
2. Letitgo
3. Lovesign
4. P Control
5. Hate U
6. Gold (edit)
7. Betcha By Golly Wow
8. Somebody's Somebody
9. The One
10. Come On
11. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
12. Baby Knows
13. So Far So Pleased
14. The Work
15. Musicology

1.P Control
2.Billy Jack Bitch
3.I hate U
4.Most Beautiful Girl in the World
5.Days of Wild
6.Circle of Amore
7.Fascination
8.Face Down
9.New World
10.Sleep Around
11.The One
12.Pretty Man
13.Hot wit U – Nasty Girl Remix
14.Rainbow Children
15.The Work
16.1 + 1 + 1 = 3
17.Everlasting Now
18.Judas Smile
19.When I lay my hands on U
20.A Million Days

LOVE the war - good choice. But too long and too on its own to go on a compilation

13.Hot wit U – Nasty Girl Remix

never heard that yet

It's funny, I was just thinking the other day about Alan Leeds' liner notes in the 'Hits/B-Sides' set. He wondered what a collection of the next 15 years would sound like. Going purely by greatest hits (what little there've been) and famous album cuts, I'd imagine something like this (in chronological order):

1.The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Original Single Mix) - Prince's only top 10 hit in the last decade, a no-brainer
2.Lovesign - The follow-up to TMBGITW until WB called for a promotional cease and desist. Plus it's fairly rare, having only been released on the 1-800-NEW-FUNK album
3.Letitgo - A top 40 hit in the fall of '94
4.Space (Universal Love remix) - Not a big hit, but the remix is another fairly rare song and would attract die-hards who missed it
5.Purple Medley (single edit) - A minor hit after the '95 AMAs and a reminder of the previous 15 year's worth of hits
6.Pussy Control - Never a single, but I can't remember the last time I was at a club and they DIDN'T play this. A true underground classic; everyone knows this song
7.Eye Hate U (single edit) - Prince's last official Billboard top 40 hit (not counting "1999" in 1999).
8.Gold (single edit) - A pretty big hit in Europe, and got some VH-1 play in America
9.Dolphin - Got some video play on the Box, and was performed on Letterman
10.Dinner With Delores - The only single from Chaos & Disorder
11.Betcha By Golly Wow! - Made the top 40 of Billboard's airplay chart
12.Somebody's Somebody - An R&B radio hit
13.The Holy River - Had minor radio success
14.Face Down - The final single from Emancipation
15.The One (single edit)- The first single from New Power Soul, with minor R&B radio play
16.Come On - Video was played on BET, performed on the Tonight Show
17.1999 {The New Master} - Not the hit he was hoping for, but it was a fairly high-profile release at the time and adds the lure of his past hits to this set
18.The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (single edit) - The only Prince track to receive any real exposure in the last 5+ years, and his final appearance on the Billboard Hot 100
19.So Far, So Pleased - Prince wanted this to be a single, and it has Gwen Stefani
20.U Make My Sun Shine - Sold decently as a single and may draw fans of Angie Stone
21.The Work, pt. I - Ok, I know this was supposed to be only 20 tracks, but...this got some attention in the media as a dowloadable single on Napster, and he performed it on the Tonight Show. Plus it's reminiscent of "Musicology," if the aim of a hits album would be to capitalize on his current success

And honorable mention to "She Loves Me 4 Me," which got minor Urban AC airplay. Before anyone starts griping how there were better songs on other albums, remember this is supposed to be a greatest hits type album, and for good or bad, the above is what we have for the last decade. Now on to 2004-2014!

renfield said:

yes ours is pretty much the same! I'd put Musicology on there 2. jus saw it on bet again 2day!

Wow, nobody said Empty Room. C'mon guys, the whole world needs to hear that one.

01. Come
02. Dark
03. Papa
04. Dinner With Dolores
05. Shy
06. Come On
07. Mad Sex
08. Wasted Kisses
09. Crystal Ball
10. Dream Factory
11. I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore
12. UMakeMySunShine
13. When I Lay My Hands On U
14. The Rainbow Children
15. 1+1+1=3
16. She Loves Me 4 Me
17. Family Name

That would make a pretty decent "Best of". He still made a lot of good tracks during these 10 years, but making a "best of the 80's" compilation would take me much more time, LOL!

paisleypark4 said:

It wasn't specified that it was intended for resale. It's just people providing their opinions and expressing their musical likes. Perceive the lists as you like but don't attempt to insult others for expressing their views.

And God Created Woman
Eye Hate U
Joint 2 Joint
Style
Shhh
So Far, So Pleased
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
Somebody's somebody
Rock hard in a funky place
Right Back Here In My Arms
The Human Body
Days of Wild
Tomorrow
P Control
Sex in the summer
One kiss at a time
Now
Friend/Lover/Sister/Mother/Wife
My computer
Crucial
[This message was edited Tue Apr 13 13:09:51 2004 by phlix]

crucial?? thats from 88-89.

i would add wasted kisses as a hidden track on this compilation.