The next album, Prince (1979), was a r&b record.

It sounded different and was lyrically dicey. Also, the song Soft And Wet showed there was something special going on. The album cover explicitly stated that Prince played all 26 (!) instruments himself.

The first album For You (1978) seems to have been made to prove just that. He composed, arranged, performed and produced his music all by himself. But, the things the young Prince brought to the table, were rather unique. Warner Bros.’s confidence and trust in the new artist was huge. Unique for an unknown and young musician. He had set (and was granted) conditions on producing his albums by himself. Records made a deal with the unknown Prince Rogers Nelson from Minneapolis for three albums. This article is divided into three major parts: The first two have been the subject of previously published articles: The 1999 era is made up of a couple of parts. Also, see the article Prince is victorious (once again) with Sign O’ The Times. In the years to come, Prince would do nothing else except release lots and lots of music (besides touring and making movies).

: Let’s Pretend We’re Married single B-side Irresistible Bitch.

The next 3 songs belong to the 1999 era as well: This totals up to 26 songs within one year.

: 1999 single with B-side How Come U Don’t call Me Anymore (1 song).

Don’t worry, I won’t hurt u, I only want u 2 have some fun Prefaceġ982 was the first year that generated a lot of released Prince material:

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