Top 3 Prince Songs

[FuzzyDunlop]

No one has mentioned Thunder.

 

I love that.

[alibear]

I wrote a top 3 last night but I think two of them would have to be replaced with Gett Off and Hot Thing. Have no idea which two, though. I'm revising at home today - MTV still paying excellent homage - hence why my top 3 keeps changing!

[CaledonianGonzo]

You rarely  - alright, never - hear Diamonds & Pearls / Symbol albums mentioned as his best work, but in this period he was releasing killer singles all over the shop.

Check out this run of form in the space of about 14 months:

"Gett Off"

"Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls"   "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Thunder" (Europe only) "Sezxy MF" "My Name Is Prince" ^[

[Wooderson]

"Youre filthy cute and baby you know it." He'll be missed!

[giantkatestacks]

Cream is such a tune. 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Diamonds and Pearls is a fantastic album.

I need to raid my parents Vinyl collection

[Wooderson]

5 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

Cream is such a tune. 

This is ace.

Edited April 22, 2016 by Wooderson

[CaledonianGonzo]

There'll certainly be a run on Prince vinyl from most sources you care to name.

[giantkatestacks]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There'll certainly be a run on Prince vinyl from most sources you care to name.

<Digs out weird 12inch singles in yellow vinyl (Partyman?) and the Squiggle shape>

[Winslow Leach]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

You rarely  - alright, never - hear Diamonds & Pearls / Symbol albums mentioned as his best work, but in this period he was releasing killer singles all over the shop.

Check out this run of form in the space of about 14 months:

"Gett Off"

"Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls"   "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Thunder" (Europe only) "Sezxy MF" "My Name Is Prince" ^[

I mean when you see it like that...

 

I also like The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. Come at me.

[The Nal]

Diamonds and Pearls is one of those albums I listened to so much that I can hum how some of it sounds on fast forward on tape from "flicking" about from tune to tune.

[Wooderson]

Ive smirked a few times over the years whenever Ive spotted something as innocuous to the uninitiated as "Around the World in a Day" in someone's record collection and copping instantly that they were an absolute stoner.

Edited April 22, 2016 by Wooderson

[Mardy]

Around the world in a day was the first Prince album i bought new, as in, when it came out. Blew my tiny mind. Still probably my favourite. Amazing piece of work. Got at least 2 or 3 copies on vinyl in my collection, for various reasons.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Top 5 albums:

Sign O the Times

Lovesexy

Diamonds and Pearls

Around the world in a day

Purple Rain

 

[The Nal]

Mardy goes for the Sam Kinison "I want my fucking records back" approach.

 

[Wooderson]

28 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Got at least 2 or 3 copies on vinyl in my collection, for various reasons.

Primarily that youre a baker of herculean proportions.

[**claire**]

4 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

You rarely  - alright, never - hear Diamonds & Pearls / Symbol albums mentioned as his best work, but in this period he was releasing killer singles all over the shop.

Check out this run of form in the space of about 14 months:

"Gett Off"

"Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls"   "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Thunder" (Europe only) "Sezxy MF" "My Name Is Prince" ^[

You've made me call into question the entirety of my earlier list now.  Can't believe I forgot Money Don't Matter.

[phillyfaddle]

Tough one to call.

Raspberry Beret

Alphabet Street

Sign Of the Times

And Clouds...and When Doves Cry....and Gett Off...and.....who can ever forget Starfish & Coffee with the Muppets. Awesomeness.

[Greenelk]

Adore

It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

Anotherloverholenyohead

But could choose loads more.  Sign O' The Times always makes my top 5 albums list as well!

[Mardy]

2 hours ago, Wooderson said:

Primarily that youre a baker of herculean proportions.

More that if I see it in a charity shop or a secondhand stall, I'm just unable to pass up the opportunity. It's the same with Damon Runyon books.

[donshakey]

I think Come was a massively under rated album. It had Come, Letitgo and Space which are all great Prince tunes.

[mazola]

impossible task, but off the top of my head

i wanna be your lover

ballad of dorothy parker

sometimes it snows in april

[LeeGalvin]

2 hours ago, Greenelk said:

Adore

It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

Anotherloverholenyohead

But could choose loads more.  Sign O' The Times always makes my top 5 albums list as well!

Excellent choices!

[rmcoboy]

Impossible but 3 high on a massive list:

Girls and Boys

Ballad of Dorothy Parker

Bambi

[donshakey]

Is anyone familiar with Exodus released as a NPG album? The Exodus Has Begun is the a stunning song.