Prince Albums
Here are all the stories and lists we have written about Prince's albums and the songs they contain.
For You (1978):
Prince (1979):
- Prince: A Guide to Every Track
- "Bambi"
- "I Feel For You"
- "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
- "It's Gonna Be Lonely"
- "Sexy Dancer"
- "Still Waiting"
- "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
Dirty Mind (1980):
- How Prince Slid Into Greatness on Dirty Mind
- Dirty Mind: A Guide to Every Track
- "Dirty Mind"
- "Head"
- "Partyup"
- "Sister"
- "Uptown"
- "When You Were Mine"
Controversy (1981):
- How Prince Began to Put Everything Together With 'Controversy'
- Controversy: A Guide to Every Track
- "Annie Christian"
- "Controversy"
- "Do Me, Baby"
- "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" (B-Side)
- "Let's Work"
- "Private Joy"
- "Ronnie Talk to Russia"
- "Sexuality"
1999 (1982):
- Prince Combines Sex, Synths and Doomsday on 1999
- Prince '1999 Super Deluxe Edition': Album Review
- "D.M.S.R."
- "1999"
- "All the Critics Love U in New York"
- "Automatic"
- "Delirious"
- "Free"
- "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" (B-Side)
- "International Lover"
- "Irresistible Bitch" (B-Side)
- "Lady Cab Driver"
- "Let's Pretend We're Married"
- "Little Red Corvette"
Purple Rain (1984):
- Purple Rain: A Guide to Every Song
- How Prince Went Supernova With Purple Rain
- "Purple Rain" Tribute Covers: How the Rock World Mourned
- "Baby, I'm a Star"
- "The Beautiful Ones"
- "Computer Blue"
- "Darling Nikki"
- "I Would Die 4 U"
- "Let's Go Crazy"
- "Purple Rain"
- "Take Me With U"
- "When Doves Cry"
- "17 Days" (2017 Reissue)
- "Another Lonely Christmas" (2017 Reissue)
- "Electric Intercourse" (2017 Reissue)
- "Erotic City" (2017 Reissue)
- "Father's Song" (2017 Reissue)
- "God" (2017 Reissue)
- "Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden" (2017 Reissue)
- "Wonderful Ass" (2017 Reissue)
Ice Cream Castles (The Time) (1984)
- Ice Cream Castles Signifies the End of the Time
- How Joni Mitchell Inspired Ice Cream Castles
- "Ice Cream Castles"
- "Jungle Love"
Around the World in a Day (1985):
- Prince Confounds with the Trippy 'Around the World in a Day'
- Dream Track List: Fantasy Booking a Deluxe Around the World in a Day
- "America"
- "Around the World in a Day"
- "Condition of the Heart"
- "Girl" (B-Side)
- "Hello" (B-Side)
- "The Ladder"
- "Paisley Park"
- "Pop Life"
- "Raspberry Beret"
- "She's Always in My Hair" (B-Side)
- "Tamborine"
Parade (1986):
- Parade Proves Prince Was Better at Making Music Than Movies
- "Anotherloverholenyohead"
- "Girls & Boys"
- "I Wonder U"
- "Kiss"
- "Life Can Be So Nice"
- "Mountains"
- "New Position"
- "Sometimes it Snows in April"
Sign O' the Times (1987):
- How Prince Transcended Boundaries with Sign 'O' the Times
- Sign O' the Times Roundtable: Our Writers Answer Five Housequaking Questions
- Sign O' the Times: a Track-by-Track Guide
- "Adore"
- "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"
- "The Cross"
- "Forever In My Life"
- "Hot Thing"
- "Housequake"
- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
- "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
- "It"
- "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night"
- "La, La, La, He, He, Hee" (B-Side)
- "Play in the Sunshine"
- "Shockadelica" (B-Side)
- "Sign O' the Times"
- "Slow Love"
- "Starfish and Coffee"
- "Strange Relationship"
- "U Got the Look"
The Black Album (1987 / 1994):
- The Black Album: A Track-by-Track Guide
- How Prince Replaced The Black Album With Lovesexy
- Prince Suddenly Shelves the Black Album, But Why?
- How the Official Release of the Black Album Agitated Prince
- "Bob George"
- "Cindy C."
- "Dead On It"
- "Le Grind"
- "Rockhard in a Funky Place"
- "When 2 R in Love"
Lovesexy (1988):
- How Prince Replaced The Black Album With Lovesexy
- "Alphabet Street"
- "Anna Stesia"
- "Glam Slam"
- "I Wish U Heaven"
- "Lovesexy"
- "When 2 R in Love"
Batman (1989):
- Batman Track by Track: A Guide to Every Song
- Batman Roundtable: Our Writers Answer Five Mind-Broadening Questions
- Tim Burton Says Batman 'Tainted' His Love of Prince
- "200 Balloons" (B-Side)
- "The Arms of Orion"
- "Batdance"
- "Dance with the Devil" (unreleased)
- "The Future"
- "Partyman"
- "Scandalous"
- "Trust"
- "Vicki Waiting"
Graffiti Bridge (1990):
- When Prince Dug Deep on Graffiti Bridge
- "Joy in Repetition"
- "The Latest Fashion" (The Time w/ Prince)
- "New Power Generation"
- "The Question of U"
- "Release It" (The Time)
- "Round & Round" (Tevin Campbell)
- "Shake!" (The Time)
- "Thieves in the Temple"
- "Tick, Tick, Bang"
- "We Can Funk" (George Clinton and Prince)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991):
- How Prince Returned to the Mainstream with Diamonds and Pearls
- Diamonds and Pearls: A Guide to Every Track
- "Cream"
- "Daddy Pop"
- "Diamonds and Pearls"
- "Gett Off"
- "Horny Pony" (B-Side)
- "Insatiable"
- "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"
- "Strollin'"
- "Thunder"
- "Violet the Organ Grinder" (B-Side)
- "Walk Don't Walk"
- "Willing and Able"
'Love Symbol' Album (1992):
- How The 'Love Symbol' Album Showcased Prince's Versatility
- How Prince Stitched Together a '3 Chains o' Gold' Movie
- "3 Chains O' Gold"
- "7"
- "And God Created Woman"
- "Blue Light"
- "Damn U"
- "Love 2 the 9's"
- "The Morning Papers"
- "My Name Is Prince"
- "The Sacrifice of Victor"
- "Sexy MF"
The Hits / The B-Sides (1993):
Come (1994):
The Gold Experience (1995):
- The Gold Experience: A Guide to Every Track
- "Billy Jack Bitch"
- "Dolphin"
- "Eye Hate U"
- "Gold"
- "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" (Mayte cover)
- "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
- "P. Control"
- "Shhh"
- "Shy"
- "Rock and Roll is Alive (And it Lives in Minneapolis)" (B-Side)
- "We March"
Girl 6 (1996):
Chaos and Disorder (1996):
- Why Chaos and Disorder Isn't a Throwaway
- "Dinner With Delores"
- "Had U"
- "Into the Light"
- "The Same December"
Emancipation (1996):
- How Prince Finally Broke Free on 'Emancipation'
- Seven Writers Cut Emancipation Down to 45 Minutes
- "Betcha by Golly, Wow"
- "Emale"
- "Emancipation"
- "Eye Cant Make U Love Me"
- "Face Down"
- "Get Yo' Groove On"
- "The Holy River"
- "Jam of the Year"
- "Joint 2 Joint"
- "The Love We Make"
- "My Computer"
- "One of Us"
- "Right Back Here in My Arms"
- "Sex in the Summer"
- "Sleep Around"
- "Somebody's Somebody"
- "Style"
- "White Mansion"
Crystal Ball / The Truth (1998):
- How Everything Went Wrong With Prince's 'Crystal Ball'
- Prince Strips Down on 'The Truth': A Track-By-Track Guide
- "Animal Kingdom"
- "Calhoun Square"
- "Cloreen Bacon Skin"
- "Comeback"
- "Crucial"
- "Crystal Ball"
- "Days of Wild"
- "Don't Play Me"
- "Dream Factory"
- "Good Love"
- "Goodbye"
- "Last Heart"
- "Movie Star"
- "One of Your Tears"
- "The Ride"
- "Ripopgodazippa"
- "The Truth"
- "Welcome 2 the Dawn"
- "What's My Name"
NewPower Soul (1998):
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (1999):
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999):
- "Everyday Is a Winding Road"
- "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
- "I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore"
- "Prettyman"
- "So Far, So Pleased"
- "The Sun, the Moon and Stars"
- "Tangerine"
- "Undisputed"
The Rainbow Children (2001):
Xpectation (2003):
N.E.W.S (2003):
Musicology (2004):
- "A Million Days"
- "Call My Name"
- "Cinnamon Girl"
- "Dear Mr. Man"
- "Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance"
- "Musicology"
- "Reflection"
- "United States of Division" (B-Side)
The Slaughterhouse (2004):
The Chocolate Invasion (2004):
C-Note (2004):
3121 (2006):
- How Prince Jammed His Way Back to Brilliance on '3121'
- '3121' - A Track-By-Track Guide
- "3121"
- "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed"
- "Black Sweat"
- "The Dance"
- "Fury"
- "Lolita"
- "Love"
- "Te Amo Corazon"
Planet Earth (2007):
- How Prince Used Planet Earth to Set Up Some Iconic Shows
- "Chelsea Rodgers"
- "Guitar"
- "The One U Wanna C"
- "Planet Earth"
Lotusflow3r / MPLSound / Elixer (2009):
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- "Colonized Mind"
- "Crimson and Clover"
- "Dreamer"
- "Elixer" (Bria Valente)
20Ten (2010):
PlectrumElectrum (2014):
Art Official Age (2014):
HITnRUN Phase One (2015):
HITnRUN Phase Two (2015):
- How Prince Stitched Together a Final Triumph with 'HitnRUN Phase Two'
- "Baltimore"
- "Big City"
- "Black Muse"
- "Groovy Potential"
- "Rock and Roll Love Affair"
- "Xtraloveable"
Piano & a Microphone 1983 (2018):
- Piano and a Microphone 1983: A Guide to Every Track
- "Mary Don't You Weep"
- "Wednesday"
- "Why the Butterflies"
Originals (2019):
- Prince Originals Album Review
- Originals: A Guide to Every Track
- "100 MPH"
- "The Glamorous Life"
- "Holly Rock"
- "Jungle Love"
- "Love... Thy Will Be Done"
- "Manic Monday"
- "Nothing Compares 2 U"
- "You're My Love"
Welcome 2 America (2021):
Other Lists
- Albums Ranked Worst to Best: Prince's Entire Discography
- Bandmates: Where Are Prince's Bandmates Now?
- Birthdays, Prince's Milestones
- Hip-Hop Moments, Prince's Greatest
- Magazine Ads Through the Years, Prince 1978-2016
- Magazine Covers: Prince Tributes From Around the World
- Photographs: Prince Year by Year, 1977-2016
- Political Songs: Prince's Top 10
- Purple Light Tributes Around the World After Prince's Death
- "Purple Rain" Tribute Covers
- Rock Songs, Top 10 Prince..