DISC ONE:



Soft and Wet (For You 1978)
Why You Want To Treat Me So Bad? (Prince 1979)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince 1979)
I Feel For You (Prince 1979)
Head (Dirty Mind 1980)
When You Were Mine (Dirty Mind 1980)
Gotta Stop (Messin' About) (b-side Controversy 1981)
Delirious (1999 - 1982)
Little Red Corvette (1999 - 1982)
1999 (1999 - 1982)
I Would Die 4 U (Purple Rain 1984)
Let's Go Crazy (Purple Rain 1984)
When Doves Cry (Purple Rain 1984)
Erotic City (b-side Purple Rain 1984)
Raspberry Beret (Around the World in a Day 1985)
Pop Life (Around the World in a Day 1985)
She's Always in My Hair (b-side Around the World in a Day 1985)
Kiss (Parade 1986)
Anotherloverholeinyohead (Parade 1986)
Sign O' the Times (Sign O' the Times 1987)
If I Was Your Girlfriend (Sign O' the Times 1987)



DISC TWO:



U Got The Look (Sign O' the Times 1987)
I Could Never Take the Place Of Your Man (Sign O' the Times 1987)
Seven (Androgynous 1992)
Sexy M.F. (Androgynous 1992)
Cream (The Hits, The B-Sides 1993)
Pope (The Hits, The B-Sides 1993)
Face Down (Emancipation 1997)
Sex in the Summer (Emancipation 1997)
Style (Emancipation 1997)
Somebody's Somebody (Emancipation 1997)
Right Back Here in My Arms (Emancipation 1997)
Tell Me How U Want 2 B Done (Crystal Ball 1998)
Hide the Bone (Crystal Ball 1998)
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic 2000)
Musicology (Musicology 2004)
Cinnamon Girl (Musicology 2004)
Dear Mr. Man (Musicology 2004)


DISC THREE:



Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O'Connor version 1990)
Purple Rain (Purple Rain 1984)
Thieves in the Temple (Graffiti Bridge 1990)
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (The Gold Experience 1995)
Diamonds and Pearls (Diamonds and Pearls 1991)
Money Don't Matter 2 Nite (Diamonds and Pearls 1991)
Do Me, Baby (Controversy 1981)
Another Lonely Christmas (b-side Purple Rain 1984)
Soul Sanctuary (Emancipation 1997)
The One (New Power Soul) 1998
When the Lights Go Down (Old Friends 4 Sale 1999)
Old Friends 4 Sale (Old Friends 4 Sale 1999)
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore? (b-side 1999 - 1982)
Welcome 2 the Dawn (Crystal Ball 1998)
Don't Play Me (acoustic) (Crystal Ball 1998)


Some notes, explanations, etc. :

These songs represent to me the best of Prince. I originally made this compilation because I was really unhappy overall with the "Greatest Hits" cd that's out there so I decided to make one on my own. I thought, so much good stuff was left out but then again where exactly would I draw the line? I tried to include something from nearly every album but decided to leave out all of Prince's collaborations (The Time, Vanity 6, New Power Generation, Tevin Campbell, Martika, etc. etc) save for the Sinead O'Connor song which I like better than Prince's version. I also decided to try and keep this down to 3 cd's. Hard core fans will say: where's the stuff from Lovesexy?... The Batman soundtrack?...THE BLACK ALBUM???... but those albums aren't what I consider his essential music. I mean come on, how often do you want to throw on "Pussy Control"?...

The first disc has some Prince's best known hits and his underappreciated early work. The second disc continues in that vein and then branches out to include some great songs that were unjustly ignored by radio and the public pretty much for the most part. The third and last disc includes all of the soft ballads and slow songs I consider worth hearing.

I don't know -- The Time was more of a band thing (see how they continued even without him), but NPG was just another Prince backup band. Of course, this comes from the purely ulterior motive of finding a way to justify including Thunder in there somewhere...

Oh wow sweet mix. I've only heard 1999 andPurple Rain. Is there any way you could YSI me this at some point in my life?

Wow. This is a great effort.

Good job! Is the cover art purple?

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I lurrrved that "Work that Fat" song.

Wow, this mix is the ultimate! I can see a box in purple velvet The Purple Reign Nice werk, SP. I have most of disc one, but lack much of the sweet stuff on Discs 2 and 3.
Work that fat, baby! 8) 8)