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His Royal Badness, Prince
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BIOGRAPHY

b. Prince Rogers Nelson, 7 June 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. d

A prodigiously talented singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Prince was named after the Prince Roger Trio, of whom his father, John Nelson, was a member. After running away from his mother and stepfather he briefly joined up with John, who bought him his first guitar. He was later adopted by the Andersons, and became a close friend of Andre Anderson (later Andre Cymone). Prince was already conversant with piano and guitar and had written his own material from an early age. Together with Anderson he joined the latter's cousin, Charles Smith, in a junior high school band titled Grand Central. As Prince progressed to high school, Grand Central became Champagne, and he introduced original material into his sets for the first time. His musical development continued with the emergence of 'Uptown', a musical underground scene that included Flyte Time, as well as other important influences including Jellybean Johnson, Terry Lewis and Alexander O'Neal. Prince's first demos were recorded in 1976 with Chris Moon, who gave him guidance in the operation of a music studio, and free reign to experiment at weekends. Moon also introduced him to backer Owen Husney, after which Prince provided interested parties with a superior-quality demo. Husney and his partner Levinson set about a massive 'hyping' campaign, the results of which secured him a long-term, flexible contract with Warner Brothers Records after a great deal of scrambling amongst the majors.

Debuting with Prince For You, Prince sent shock waves through his new sponsors by spending double his entire advance on the production of a single album. It sold moderately (USA number 163), with the single 'Soft And Wet' making a big impact in the R&B charts. The album's blend of deep funk and soul was merely an appetizer in comparison to his later exploits, but enough to reassure his label that their investment had been a solid one. By 1979 Prince had put together a firm band (his debut had been recorded almost exclusively by himself). This featured Cymone (bass), Gayle Chapman and Matt Fink (both keyboards), Bobby Z (drummer) and Dez Dickerson (guitar). Despite lavishing considerably less time and money on it than its predecessor, Prince nevertheless charted (USA number 22) and boasted two successful singles, 'Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?' and 'I Wanna Be Your Lover'. A succession of live dates promoting the new album Dirty Mind saw Lisa Coleman replacing Chapman. The album was the first fully to embody Prince's sexual allure, and the phallic exhortations on his Fender Telecaster and explicit material such as 'Head' appalled and enticed in equal proportions. Artists such as Rick James, whom Prince supported in 1980, were among those who mistrusted Prince's open, androgynous sexuality. Returning to Minneapolis after an aborted UK tour, Cymone departed for a solo career while former members of Flyte Time and others released a self-titled album under the band name the Time. It transpired later that their songs had been written by Prince, who was the motivation behind the entire project. Prince was nothing if not prolific, and both Controversy and 1999 followed within 12 months. Controversy attempted to provide a rationale for the sexual machinations that dominated Dirty Mind, falling unhappily between the two stools of instinct and intellect. It was a paradox not entirely solved by 1999, a double album that had enough strong material to make up two sides of excellence but no more. The promotional tour featured a special revue troupe: Prince And The Revolution headlined above the Time and Vanity 6 (an all-girl Prince creation). The single 'Little Red Corvette' was lifted from the album and was the first to gain significant airplay on MTV. The song was almost entirely constructed for this purpose, using a strong 'white' metaphor as leverage. After internal disputes with the Time, Prince began work on the Purple Rain film, a glamorized autobiographical piece in which he would star. The potent social commentary of 'When Doves Cry' was lifted from the soundtrack and became the first Prince song to grace the top of the US charts. 'Let's Go Crazy' and 'Purple Rain' (numbers 1 and 2, respectively) further established him as a figurehead for the 80s. The latter saw him turn his hand to Jimi Hendrix pyrotechnics and textures in the song. After the end of a huge and successful tour, Prince returned to the studio for a duet with Apollonia, the latest in a seemingly endless succession of female prot�g�es. He also found time to revitalize the career of Scottish pop singer Sheena Easton by composing her US Top 10 effort 'Sugar Walls'. When Around The World In A Day emerged in 1985 it topped the US charts for a three-week run, despite a deliberate lack of promotion. Drowning in quasi-psychedelia and 60s optimism, it was a diverting but strangely uneventful, almost frivolous, jaunt. It preceded the announcement that Prince was retiring from live appearances. Instead, he had founded the studio/label/complex Paisley Park in central Minneapolis, which would become the luxurious base for his future operations. As work began on a second movie, Under The Cherry Moon, 'Kiss' was released to become his third US number 1. Held one place beneath it was the Bangles' 'Manic Monday', written by Prince under one of his numerous pseudonyms, in this case, Christopher.

He quickly overturned his decision not to perform live, and set out on the Parade tour to promote the number 1 album of the same name. Unfortunately, although 'Kiss' and 'Girls And Boys' represented classic Prince innuendo, the rest of the album lacked focus. The shows, however, were spectacular even by Prince standards, but his backing band the Revolution were nevertheless disbanded at the end of the tour.

In 1987 Prince instituted a new line-up for the latest live engagements. While retaining the backbone of the Revolution (Fink, Leeds, Brooks and Safford) he added Sheila E, Marco Weaver, and Seacer. The new album was to be a radical departure from the laconic, cosseted atmosphere that pervaded Parade. 'Sign 'O' The Times', the title track, was a hard-hitting testimony to urban dystopia, drug-related violence and human folly. The vast majority of tracks on the double album revisited the favoured territory of sex and sensuality. The follow-up album would elaborate on the darker shades of Sign 'O' The Times'apocalyptic vision. However, the Black Album was recalled by Prince before it reached the shops. Combining primal funk slices with sadistic overtones, Prince's decision to suspend it ensured that it would become the 80s' most coveted bootleg. The mythology surrounding its non-release has it that the Black Album was the work of Prince's 'dark' side - 'Spooky Electric'. This was given credence by the subsequent Lovesexy, apparently the result of the pre-eminence of 'Camille' - Prince's 'good' side. Playing both albums side by side certainly reveals a sharp dichotomy of approach. His next tour, meanwhile, saw the inclusion of a huge Pink Cadillac as a mobile part of the set. Exhausted musicians testified to the difficulty of backing their leader, rushing from orchestrated stadium performances to private club dates where entire sets would be improvised, all of which Prince, naturally, took in his stride. 1989 closed with a duet with Madonna, who, alongside Michael Jackson, was the only artist able to compete with Prince in terms of mass popularity.

The following year was dominated by the soundtrack album for the year's biggest film,Batman. If the album was not his greatest artistic success, it proved a commercial smash, topping the US charts for six weeks. He had also written and produced an album for singer Mavis Staples. At first glance it seemed an unlikely combination, but Prince's lyrics tempered the sexual with the divine in a manner that was judged acceptable by the grand lady of gospel. In February 1990 Sinead O'Connor recorded a version of Prince's composition 'Nothing Compares 2 U', which topped both the US and UK charts. In September 1990 he released Graffiti Bridge, which accompanied a film release of the same title. The album was composed entirely of Prince compositions of which he sang just over half - other guests included Tevin Campbell, Mavis Staples and the Time. Both album and film were critical and commercial failures, however. Graffiti Bridge was his first commercial let-down for some time, peaking at number 6 in the USA (although it made number 1 in the UK). Prince, as usual, was already busy putting together new projects. These included his latest backing outfit, the New Power Generation, featuring Tony M (rapper), Rosie Gaines (vocals), Michael Bland (drums), Levi Seacer (guitar), Kirk Johnson (guitar), Sonny T (bass) and Tommy Barbarella (keyboards). They were in place in time for the sessions for Diamonds And Pearls, a comparatively deliberate and studied body of work. The album was released in October 1991, and showcased the new backing band. Greeted by most critics as a return to form, the New Power Generation were considered his most able and vibrant collaborators since the mid-80s. Taken from it, 'Cream' became a US number 1. 1992's 'Money Don't Matter 2 Night' featured a video directed by film-maker Spike Lee, while 'Sexy MF' was widely banned on UK radio because of its suggestive lyrics. Both 'Sexy MF' and 'My Name Is Prince' were included on the Love Symbol Album - which introduced the cryptic 'symbol' that he would legally adopt as his name in June 1993. Much of the attention subsequently surrounding the artist concerned his protracted battle against his record company, Warner Brothers. His behaviour became increasingly erratic - speaking only through envoys, he appeared at the 1995 BRIT Awards ceremony with the word 'slave' written across his forehead as a protest. In October he abandoned the symbol moniker and from that point was known as 'The Artist Formerly Known As Prince'. Naturally, this produced enough running gags to fill a book and his credibility was in serious danger.

In 1995 he released The Gold Experience, a return to the raunchy funk of his 80s prime in tracks such as 'Pussy Control' and 'I Hate You'. It also included the smoothly accessible 'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World', his bestselling single for many years. Following the release of Chaos And Disorder in July 1996, he sacked the New Power Generation and announced that he would not be touring, preferring to spend more time with his wife and new baby (who tragically died months after birth). He celebrated his release from the Warner Brothers contract with the sprawling Emancipation.

Although 'The Artist Formerly Known As Prince' has yet to provide the definitive album of which he is so obviously capable, the continued flow of erratic, flawed gems suggests that the struggle will continue to captivate his audience through the 90s. It it universally hoped that he reverts to his real name.

Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 1998


Prince played with identity but never suggested he was not of this earth. Surely, he was a proud freak, brazenly flaunting conventions and embracing every color and creed, but he wasn't flown in from another planet. Underneath the bikini briefs, fur boas and Sgt. Pepper coats, he was a shy African-American kid from Minneapolis, an introvert who found salvation in music. This Prince, the Midwestern outsider, hid in plain sight, overshadowed by a dazzling '80s where he wasn't simply a star, he was a messiah for all the weirdos who felt like they were the only one of their kind in their hometown. It wasn't simply that Prince himself was a misfit but that he surrounded himself with a bunch of outsiders, too: the Revolution had black, white and Puerto Rican musicians, every one of them wearing personalized uniforms they seemed to cobble together at the local Salvation Army.

Prince was the ringleader, standing somewhat apart smirking at the circus he orchestrated. Somehow, each member of the Revolution reflected a part of him: funk doctors, new wave rockers and, crucially, Wendy & Lisa, lesbian partners who provided Prince with his greatest creative sparring partners. Prince loved women in every imaginable way, so much that he could write about and write for them with exquisite sensitivity. Plus, he could sing like a girl, playing with gender with the same ease he played with genre: he was everything at once.

At least he was for a moment—a moment that lasted the entirety of the '80s. His run from 1980's Dirty Mind to 1990's Graffiti Bridge—or perhaps Diamonds & Pearls, the 1991 album where he debuted the New Power Generation, a combo he first started to murmur about on 1988's Lovesexy—is breathtaking in its restless vigor, a period where even the flawed albums teem with brilliance. Even Batman—a song cycle he knocked out for Tim Burton in 1989 when he was only asked to do one tune for the soundtrack—operates on its own warped intuition as it alternates between apocalyptic funk and candied pop, culminating in the freakout of "Batdance," a single that stitches together motifs from what came before. No major moments—there's not even an "Alphabet St."—but it's a nimble, clever record when it isn't stuck in sap and it signals his prodigious productivity: he even tossed out out an accompanying B-side to boot (that'd be "200 Balloons," a song that actually could fit within the film's story, something Prince never bothered to do for the rest of the Batman album).

TThat's the thing about Prince at his prime: the music simply never stopped. An album came every year—two of them, 1999 and Sign O The Times, doubles, both among the greatest albums ever recorded—and he'd throw out some of his best songs as B-sides: "Erotic City," "17 Days," "Another Lonely Christmas." Additionally, he doled out songs to protegees and crushes, amassing hits that sometimes accrued under a pen name (a "Christopher" was responsible for the Bangles' "Manic Monday"). Then, there was all the music that he didn't release: a triple album called the Dream Factory, a record as his alter-ego Camille ("Housequake"), jam sessions with Miles Davis, demos and other things that sounded like the stuff of dreams. That such theoretical gems were squirreled away in the recesses of Paisley Park was part of the myth: Prince's genius was blindingly evident but its depth seems fathomless, a suspicion reinforced by all those hours of tapes we never heard, all possibly containing something transcendent.

Prince delivered transcendence until the very end, playing surprise concerts just days before his sudden death on April 21, 2016. Just this past January, he launched his first-ever tour of solo piano performances and these concerts underscored how, some 35 years after he crashed into national consciousness, he still possessed the ability to cast spells. His last decade was dotted with public displays of virtuosity—his halftime show at the 2007 Super Bowl, his scene-stealing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" solo at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004—and anybody who attended one of his shows inevitably came back enraptured. The same thing can't be said about his recordings. Once he won his freedom from Warner Bros in 1996, Prince was free to release whatever he wanted and it could be said he abused his privilege. Curiosity sent the triple-disc Emancipation to 11 upon its November 1996 release but the quadruple-disc Crystal Ball—its title coming from the original name for the triple-LP incarnation of Sign O the Times——flamed out, leaving Prince to align with Clive Davis for 1999's Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, the first of several conscious attempts to reconnect with the wide commercial audience he left behind once he began battling his record company in 1992.

Some of these deliberately nostalgic records are quite good: conventional wisdom favors 2004's Musicology but 2006's 3121 is lithe and clever, and it also contains the electro blast of "Black Sweat," perhaps the last evidence that Prince paid attention to modern music. In the past decade, his albums were increasingly conservative—it's hard not to notice the heavy hand of Larry Graham, the visionary bassist who became a fixture in Prince's universe in the late '90s and eventually converted the singer to be a Jehovah's Witness—sometimes sliding into psychedelic guitar freakouts but usually grounded in the kind of smooth soul he consciously abandoned on 1980's Dirty Mind. As Michaelangelo Matos chronicled in Pitchfork last year, if Prince was going to leave the Twin Cities, he'd have to accentuate all of his alien elements: his androgyny, his love of Joni Mitchell, his six string theatrics, his canny pop skills. Everything that turned him into a star, in other words.

Prince locked upon this aesthetic on Dirty Mind and over the next decade, he devoured everything he heard. He slathered on synthesizers, swiped from the Paisley Underground, took rock into the arenas, he pioneered drum loops that would anchor the hip-hop he never quite fully embraced. He was a pop supernova, expanding at an uncharted pace and then collapsing, receding back to the guy he was at the start: a shy African-American kid from Minneapolis. Prince may have been an enigma but he lived in public in Minneapolis, spotted regularly at clubs and stores and he threw concerts at his Paisley Park complex. He even went around door-to-door, trying to convert neighbors to being a Jehovah's Witness. Prince may have retreated to his hometown and he may have whittled his music back down to its essence but he remained committed to developing emerging artists and also took pains to showcase female musicians, frequently choosing women as his supporting act. He also remained fearless, writing "Baltimore" in 2015 as a tribute to the slain Freddie Gray. This support of Black Lives Matter isn't the first time he was a vocal supporter of African-American causes, nor was it the only time he wrote a political protest song: at the height of the '80s nuclear paranoia, he addressed Ronald Reagan by name, something none of his peers did.

Maybe this continual engagement with the present is why his death feels so unexpected: even when he started trading upon his past, Prince remained engaged with our present, embracing the internet before rejecting it, playfully trading memes, and writing about how we live our lives in the 21st Century. By remaining engaged in his own peculiar way, he suggested that there would always be a possibility of a major work around the corner and, if any musician could deliver a great album of new material when he was 70, it'd be Prince. Sadly, we'll never get that. Nevertheless, the music he gave us is so rich and so joyous, it'll sustain us for this lifetime and many other lifetimes to come.

All Music Guide -- Forever In My Life: Remembering Prince's Boundless Creativity, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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DISCOGRAPHY
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HITnRUN: Phase TwoHITnRUN: Phase Two2015
HITnRUN: Phase OneHITnRUN: Phase One2015
Art Official AgeArt Official Age2014
PLECTRUMELECTRUMPLECTRUMELECTRUM2014
20Ten20Ten2010
Lotusflow3rLotusflow3r2009
MPLSoundMPLSound2009
21 Nights21 Nights2008
Planet EarthPlanet Earth2007
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MusicologyMusicology2004
N-E-W-SN-E-W-S2003
One Nite Alone Live Box setOne Nite Alone Live Box set2002
The Rainbow ChildrenThe Rainbow Children2001
Rave Un2 the Joy FantasticRave Un2 the Joy Fantastic1999
Newpower Soul1998
Crystal Ball1998
Emancipation1997
Chaos & Disorder1996
Gold Experience1995
The Black Album1994
Come1994
Hits The B-sides 1993
Hits 2 1993
Hits 1 1993
Prince's Symbol 1992
Diamonds and Pearls 1991
Graffitti Bridge 1990
Batman-- Music from the Motion Picture 1989
Lovesexy 1988
Sign O' the Times 1987
Parade [Under the Cherry Moon] 1986
Around the World in a Day 1985
Purple Rain 1984
1999 1982
Controversy 1991
Dirty Mind 1980
Prince 1979
For You 1978

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ALBUMS

HITnRUN: Phase Two 2015

01. Baltimore
02. Rocknroll Loveaffair
03. 2 Y. 2 D.
04. Look At Me
05. Stare
06. Xtralovable
07. Groovy Potential
08. When She Comes
09. Screwdriver
10. Black Muse
11. Revelation
12. Big City

HITnRUN: Phase One 2015

01. Million $ Show [Feat. Judith Hill]
02. Shut This Down
03. Ain't About 2 Stop [Feat. Rita Ora]
04. Like A MacK [Feat. Curly Fryz]
05. This Could B Us
06. Fallinlove2nite
07. X's Face
08. Hardrocklover
09. Mr. Nelson [Feat. Lianne La Havas]
10. 1000 X'S & O'S
11. June

Art Official Age 2014

01. ART OFFICIAL CAGE
02. CLOUDS
03. BREAKDOWN
04. THE GOLD STANDARD
05. U KNOW
06. BREAKFAST CAN WAIT
07. THIS COULD BE US
08. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
09. Affirmation I & II
10. WAY BACK HOME
11. FUNKNROLL
12. TIME
13. Affirmation III

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PLECTRUMELECTRUM 2014

01. WOW
02. PRETZELBODYLOGIC
03. AINTTURNINROUND
04. PLECTRUMELECTRUM
05. WHITECAPS
06. FIXURLIFEUP
07. BOYTROUBLE
08. STOPTHISTRAIN
09. ANOTHERLOVE
10. TICTACTOE
11. MARZ
12. FUNKNROLL

20Ten 2010

01. Compassion
02. Endlessly Beginning
03. Future Soul Song
04. Sticky Like Glue
05. Lavaux
06. Act of God
07. Walk in Sand
08. Sea of Everything
09. Everybody Loves Me
10. Untitled Bonus Track

Lotusflow3r 2009

01. From the Lotus
02. Boom
03. The Morning After
04. 4ever
05. Colonized Mind
06. Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful
07. Love Like Jazz
08. 77 Beverly Park
09. Wall of Berlin
10. $
11. Dreamer
12. Back 2 the Lotus
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MPLSound 2009

01. (There'll Never B) Another Like Me
02. Chocolate Box
03. Dance 4 Me
04. U're Gonna C Me
05. Here
06. Valentina
07. Better with Time
08. Ol' Skool Company
09. No More Candy 4 U

21 Nights 2008

01. 3121
02. Girls And Boys
03. Song Of The Heart
04. Delirious
05. Just Like U (Monologue)
06. Satisfied
07. Beggin' Woman Blues
08. Rock Steady
09. Whole Lotta Love
10. Alphabet Street
11. Indigo Nights
12. Misty Blue
13. Baby Love
14. The One
15. All The Critics Love U In London

Planet Earth 2007

01. Planet Earth
02. Guitar
03. Somewhere Here On Earth
04. The One U Wanna C
05. Future Baby Mama
06. Mr. Goodnight
07. All the Midnights In the World
08. Chelsea Rodgers
09. Lion of Judah
10. Resolution
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3121 2006

01. 3121
02. Lolita
03. Te Amo Corazon
04. Black Sweat
05. Incense and Candles
06. Love
07. Satisfied
08. Fury
09. The Word
10. Beautiful, Loved & Blessed
11. The Dance
12. Get On The Boat

Musicology 2004

01. Musicology
02. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
03. A Million Days
04. Life 'O' The Party
05. Call My Name
06. Cinnamon Girl
07. What Do U Want Me 2 Do?
08. The Marrying Kind
09. If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
10. On The Couch
11. Dear Mr. Man
12. Reflection

N-E-W-S 2003

01. North
02. East
03. West
04. South
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One Nite Alone Live Box set 2002

Disc: 1
01. Rainbow Children
02. Muse 2 The Pharaoh
03. Xenophobia
04. Extraordinary
05. Mellow
06. 1+1+1 is 3
07. The Other Side of The Pillow
08. Strange Relationship
09. When U Were Mine
10. Avalanche
Disc: 2
01. Family Name
02. Take Me With U
03. Raspberry Beret
04. Everlasting Now
05. One Nite Alone
06. Adore
07. Eye Wanna B UR Lover
08. Do Me, Baby
09. Condition of the Heart (Interlude)
10. Diamonds & Pearls
11. The Beautiful Ones
12. Nothing Compares 2 U
13. Free
14. Starfish & Coffee
15. Sometimes It Snows In April
16. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
17. Anna Stesia

Disc: 3
01. Joy in Repetition
02. We Do This (feat. George Clinton)
03. Medley: Just Friends (Sunny)/ If You Want Me To Stay (w/ Musiq)
04. 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
05. Alphabet St.
06. Peach
07. Dorothy Parker
08. Girls & Boys
09. Everlasting Now

The Rainbow Children 2001

01. Rainbow Children
02. Muse 2 the Pharoah
03. Digital Garden
04. The Work Pt.1
05. Everywhere
06. The Sensual Everafter
07. Mellow
08. 1+1+1 is 3
09. Deconstruction
10. Wedding Feast
11. She Loves Me 4 Me
12. Family Name
13. The Everlasting Now
14. Last December
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Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic 1999

01. Rave Un 2 The Joy Fantastic
02. Undisputed
03. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
04. Segue
05. Hot Wit U
06. Tangerine
07. So Far, So Pleased
08. The Sun, The Moon And Stars
09. Everyday Is A Winding Road
10. Segue
11. Man 'O' War
12. Baby Knows
13. Eye Love U, But (Eye) Don't Trust U Anymore
14. Silly Game
15. Strange But True
16. Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do
17. The 1-800-New Funk Ad
18. Prettyman

Newpower Soul 1998

01. New Power Soul
02. Mad Sex
03. Until Ure In My Arms
04. When U Love Somebody
05. Shoo-bed-ooh
06. Push It Up
07. Freaks On This Side
08. Come On
09. The One
10. Funky Music
11. Bonus Hidden Track

Crystal Ball 1998

DISC 1:
01. Crystal Ball
02. Dream Factory
03. Acknowledge Me
04. Ripopgodazippa
05. Lovesign
06. Hide The Bone
07. 2morrow
08. So Dark
09. Movie Star
10. Tell Me How U Wanna Be Done

DISC 2:
01. Interactive
02. Da Bang
03. Calhoun Square
04. What's My Name
05. Crucial
06. An Honest Man
07. Sexual Suicide
08. Cloreen
09. Good Love
10. Strays Of The World
DISC 3:
01. Days Of Wild
02. Last Heart
03. PoomPoom
04. She Gave Her Angels
05. 18 & Over
06. The Ride
07. Get Loose
08. P. Control
09. Make Your Mama Happy
10. Goodbye

DISC 4:
01. The Truth
02. Don't Play Me
03. Circle Of Amour
04. 3rd Eye
05. Dionne
06. Man In A Uniform
07. Animal Kingdom
08. Other Side Of The Pillow
09. Fascination
10. One Of Your Tears
11. Comeback
12. Welcome 2 The Dawn
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Emancipation 1996

Disc 1
01. Jam Of The Year
02. Right Back Here In My Arms
03. Somebody's Somebody
04. Get Yo Groove On
05. Courtin' Time
06. Betcha By Golly Wow
07. We Gets Up
08. White Mansion
09. Damned If I Do
10. I Can Make You Love Me
11. Mr. Happy
12. In This Bed I Scream
Disc 2
01. Sex In The Summer
02. One Kiss At A Time
03. Soul Sanctuary
04. Emale
05. Curious Child
06. Dreamin' About U
07. Joint 2 Joint
08. The Holy River
09. Let's Have A Baby
10. Saviour
11. The Plan
12. Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
Disc 3
01. Slave
02. New World
03. The Human Body
04. Face Down
05. La, La, La Means I Love You
06. Style
07. Sleep Around
08. Da, Da, Da
09. My Computer
10. One Of Us
11. The Love We Make
12. Emancipation

Chaos & Disorder 1996

01. Chaos And Disorder
02. I Like It There
03. Dinner With Delores
04. The Same December
05. Right And Wrong
06. Zannalee
07. I Rock Therefore I Am
08. Into The Light
09. I Will
10. Dig U Better Dead
11. Had U
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Gold Experience 1995

01. P Control
02. NPG Operator
03. Endorphinmachine
04. Shhh
05. We March
06. NPG Operator
07. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
08. Dolphin
09. NPG Operator
10. Now
11. NPG Operator
12. 319
13. NPG Operator
14. Shy
15. Billy Jack Bitch
16. Eye Hate U
17. NPG Operator
18. Gold

The Black Album 1994

01. Le Grind
02. Cindy C.
03. Dead On It
04. When 2 R In Love
05. Bob George
06. SUPERFUNKYCALIFRAGISEXY
07. 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
08. Rockhard In A Funky Place

Come 1994

01. Come
02. Space
03. Pheromone
04. Loose!
05. Papa
06. Race
07. Dark
08. Solo
10. Letitgo
11. Orgasm
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Hits-The B-Sides 1993

DISK 1
01. When Doves Cry
02. Pop Life
03. Soft And Wet
04. I Feel For You
05. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
06. When You Were Mine
07. Uptown
08. Let's Go Crazy
09. 1999
10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
11. Nothing Compares 2 U
12. Adore
13. Pink Cashmere
14. Alphabet St.
15. Sign 'O' The Times
16. Thieves In The Temple
17. Diamonds And Pearls
18. 7
DISK 2
01. Controversy
02. Dirty Mind
03. I Wanna Be Your Lover
04. Head
05. Do Me, Baby
06. Delirious
07. Little Red Corvette
08. I Would Die 4 U
09. Raspberry Beret
10. If I Was Your Girlfriend
11. Kiss
12. Peach
13. U Got The Look
14. Sexy M.F.
15. Gett Off
16. Cream
17. Pope
18. Purple Rain
DISK 3
01. Hello
02. 200 Balloons
03. Escape
04. Gotta Stop (Messin' About)
05. Horny Toad
06. Feel U Up
07. Girl
08. I Love U In Me
09. Erotic City
10. Shockadelica
11. Irrestistible Bitch
12. Scarlet Pussy
13. La, La, La, He, Hee
14. She's Always In My Hair
15. 17 Days
16. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
17. Another Lonely Christmas
18. God
19. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes
20. Power Fantasic
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Hits 2 1993

01. Controversy
02. Dirty Mind
03. I Wanna Be Your Lover
04. Head
05. Do Me, Baby
06. Delirious
07. Little Red Corvette
08. I Would Die 4 U
09. Raspberry Beret
10. If I Was Your Girlfriend
11. Kiss
12. Peach
13. U Got The Look
14. Sexy M.F.
15. Gett Off
16. Cream
17. Pope
18. Purple Rain

Hits 1 1993

01. When Doves Cry
02. Pop Life
03. Soft And Wet
04. I Feel For You
05. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
06. When You Were Mine
07. Uptown
08. Let's Go Crazy
09. 1999
10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
11. Nothing Compares 2 U
12. Adore
13. Pink Cashmere
14. Alphabet St.
15. Sign 'O' The Times
16. Thieves In The Temple
17. Diamonds And Pearls
18. 7

Prince's Symbol     1992

01. My Name Is Prince
02. Sexy M.F.
03. Love 2 The 9's
04. The Morning Papers
05. The Max
06. Blue Light
07. I Wanna Melt With U
08. Sweet Baby
09. The Continental
10. Damn U
11. Arrogance
12. The Flow
13. 7
14. And God Created Woman
15. 3 Chains O' Gold
16. The Sacrifice Of Victor
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Diamonds & Pearls 1991

01. Thunder
02. Daddy Pop
03. Diamonds and Pearls
04. Cream
05. Strollin'
06. Willing and Able
07. Gett Off
08. Walk Don't Walk
09. Jughead
10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night
11. Push
12. Insatiable
13. Live 4 Love

Graffiti Bridge 1990

01. Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
02. New Power Generation
03. Release It
04. Question Of U
05. Elephants and Flowers
06. Round and Round
07. We Can Funk
08. Joy In Repetition
09. Love Machine
10. Tick, Tick, Bang
11. Shake!
12. Thieves In The Temple
13. Latest Fashion
14. Melody Cool
15. Still Would Stand All Time
16. Graffiti Bridge
17. New Power Generation (Pt II)

Batman: Music From The Motion Picture 1989

01. Batdance
02. Lemon Crush
03. Electric Chair
04. Vicki Waiting
05. The Future
06. Partyman
07. The Arms Of Orion
08. Scandalous
09. Trust
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Lovesexy 1988

01. Anna Stesia
02. Glam Slam
03. I Know
04. Dance On
05. Alphabet Street
06. I Wish U Heaven
07. Love Sexy
08. Positively
09. When 2 R In Love

Sign 'O' The Times 1987

Disc 1
01. Sign 'o' The Times
02. Play In The Sunshine
03. Housequake
04. Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
05. It
06. Starfish and Coffee
07. Slow Love
08. Hot Thing
09. Forever In My Life
Disc 2
01. U Got The Look
02. If I Was Your Girlfriend
03. Strange Relationship
04. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
05. The Cross
06. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
07. Adore

Parade (Under The Cherry Moon) 1986

01. Christopher Tracy's Parade
02. New Position
03. I wonder U
04. Under The Cherry Moon
05. Girls & Boys
06. Life Can Be So Nice
07. Venus De Milo
08. Mountians
09. Do U Lie?
10. Kiss
11. Anotherloverholenyohead
12. Sometimes It Snows In April
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Around The World In A Day 1985

01. Around The World In A Day
02. Paisley Park
03. Condition Of The Heart
04. Raspberry Beret
05. Tamborine
06. America
07. Pop Life
08. The Ladder
09. Temptation

Purple Rain    1984

01. Let's Go Crazy
02. Take Me With U
03. The Beautiful Ones
04. Computer Blue
05. Darling Nikki
06. When Doves Cry
07. I Would Die 4 U
08. Baby I'm A Star
09. Purple Rain

1999                  1982

01. 1999
02. Little Red Corvette
03. Delirious
04. Let's Pretend We're Married
05. D.M.S.R.
06. Automatic
07. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
08. Free
09. Lady Cab Driver
10. All The Critics Love U In New York
11. International Lover

Controversy 1981

01. Controversy
02. Sexuality
03. Do Me, Baby
04. Private joy
05. Ronnie, Talk To Russia
06. Let's Work
07. Annie Christian
08. Jack U Off
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Dirty Mind            1980

01. Dirty Mind
02. When You Were Mine
03. Do It All Night
04. Gotta Broken Heart Again
05. Uptown
06. Head
07. Sister
08. Partyup

Prince         1979

01. I Wanna Be Your Lover
02. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
03. Sexy Dancer
04. When Were Dancing Close And Slow
05. With You
06. Bambi
07. Still Waiting
08. I Feel For You
09. It's Gonna Be Lovely

For You       1978

01. For You
02. In Love
03. Soft And Wet
04. Crazy You
05. Just As Long As We're Together
06. Baby
07. My Love Is Forever
08. So Blue
09. I'm Yours
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