Every Friday in March our Purple Hour (12pm and 7pm CST) will be turning into a Purple Current Time Machine. We will be taking a look at Prince's musical output for a specific year, (even if it was released significantly later) and you will be voting on the top tracks for that year. This means that Prince's output as a ghostwriter, producer, and collaborator are all fair game.

For our third installment, we've chosen 1995. It was a pivotal year for Prince, as he was in the midst of a years-long battle with his label, Warner Bros. Records, and released his first album, The Gold Experience, under his unpronounceable symbol. Although he was still writing and recording at a fast pace, some of the songs he created during this year wouldn't be released until later in the decade, making it a fascinating time to revisit in our Purple Current Time Machine.

 1. Prince - Gold

 2. Prince - Dolphin

 3. Prince - Endorphinmachine

 4. Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

 5. Prince - Days of Wild (released in 1998 on Crystal Ball)

 6. Prince - P. Control

 7. Prince - Shhh

 8. Prince - Eye Hate U

 9. Prince - 319

10. Prince - Billy Jack B*tch

11. Prince - The Ride (released in 1998 on Crystal Ball)

12. New Power Generation - Count the Days

13. Prince - Now

14. Prince - Rock and Roll is Alive! (And it Lives in Minneapolis)

15. Mayte - If Eye Love U 2night

16. New Power Generation - Get Wild

17. New Power Generation - The Good Life

18. Prince - Da Bang (released in 1998 on Crystal Ball)

19. Prince - Shy

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