Prince - Originals: Deluxe Edition [2LP/ 180G/ Ltd Ed Purple Vinyl/ CD/ 24-Page Booklet]

By the mid-1980s, Prince was dominating the charts even as a writer/producer with songs he'd composed and recorded for others. In addition to releasing nine of his most commercially successful full-length albums, he also wrote and recorded endless reels of material for proteges The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E., Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, the Family, and Mazarati. Occasionally, Prince's original demo recordings would be used as master takes on their albums, with only minor alterations to the instrumentation and an overdubbed vocal.

Several of the iconic songs found on Originals were considerable hits for the artists who recorded them. Sheila E.'s "The Glamorous Life" reached #1 on the dance charts in 1984, while the enormous success of "Manic Monday" propelled the single and its accompanying album, The Bangles' Different Light, to the #2 spot on the pop charts. The Time's Ice Cream Castle, featuring the top 20 "Jungle Love", spent a whopping 57 weeks on the Billboard 200. And in 1991, Martika enjoyed international success with "Love..

Originals pulls back the curtain to reveal the origins of these familiar songs, in addition to deeper album cuts such as Vanity 6's "Make-Up," Jill Jones's "Baby, You're a Trip," and Kenny Rogers' "You're My Love." The album also features Prince's majestic original 1984 version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," released in 2018 as a standalone single.

A1 Sex Shooter
A2 Jungle Love
A3 Manic Monday
A4 Noon Rendezvous
A5 Make-Up

B1 100 MPH
B2 You're My Love
B3 Holly Rock

C1 Baby, You're A Trip
C2 The Glamorous Life
C3 Gigolos Get Lonely Too
C4 Love… Thy Will Be Done

D1 Dear Michaelangelo
D2 Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?
D3 Nothing Compares 2 U

CD-1 Sex Shooter
CD-2 Jungle Love
CD-3 Manic Monday
CD-4 Noon Rendezvous
CD-5 Make-Up
CD-6 100 MPH
CD-7 You're My Love
CD-8 Holly Rock
CD-9 Baby, You're A Trip
CD-10 The Glamorous Life
CD-11 Gigolos Get Lonely Too
CD-12 Love… Thy Will Be Done
CD-13 Dear Michaelangelo
CD-14 Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me?
CD-15 Nothing Compares 2 U