In light of the news that Prince's catalog is now widely available on all streaming services -- including Spotify, Apple Music and Google Play -- here are the playlists the Star Tribune's music critics put together last year of their own favorite cuts:
"Erotic City" (with Sheila E, 1984)
"A Love Bizarre" (with Sheila E, 1985)
"Girls and Boys" (1986)
"When Doves Cry" (1984)
"Anotherloverholenyohead" (1986)
"Eye Can't Make You Love Me" (1996)
"Delirious" (1982)
"Do Me, Baby" (1981)
"Nothing Compares 2 U" (with Rosie Gaines, 1992)
"Black Sweat" (2006)
"The Holy River" (1996)
"Purple Rain" (1984)
"Endorphinmachine" (1995)
"7" (1992)
"D.M.S.R." (1983)
"Gotta Broken Heart Again" (1980)
"The Beautiful Ones" (1984)
"Paisley Park" (1985)
"My Name Is Prince" (1992)
"Starfish & Coffee" (1987)
"When U Were Mine" (live, 2002)
"The Cross" (1987)
"The Holy River" (1996)
"Alphabet Street" (1988)
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (1987)
"Call My Name" (2004)
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