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Prince The Hits / B Sides [3 Discs]
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Tracks

1. When Doves Cry

2. Pop Life

3. Soft And Wet

4. I Feel For You

5. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

6. When You Were Mine

7. Uptown

8. Let's Go Crazy

9. 1999

1999.  

10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

11. Nothing Compares 2 U

12. Adore

13. Pink Cashmere

14. Alphabet Street

15. Sign 'o' The Times

16. Thieves In The Temple

17. Diamonds And Pearls

18. 7

7.  

19. Controversy

20. Dirty Mind

21. I Wanna Be Your Lover

22. Head

23. Do Me, Baby

24. Delirious

25. Little Red Corvette

26. I Would Die For You

27. Rasberry Beret

28. If I Was Your Girlfriend

29. Kiss

30. Peach

31. U Got The Look

32. Sexy Mf

33. Gett Off

34. Cream

35. Pope

36. Purple Rain

37. Hello

38. 200 Balloons

39. Escape

40. Gotta Stop (Messin' About)

41. Horny Toad

42. Feel You Up

43. Girl

44. I Love U In Me

45. Erotic City

46. Shockadelica

47. Irresistable Bitch

48. Scarlet Pussy

49. LA LA LA He He Hee

50. She's Always In My Hair

51. 17 Days

52. How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

53. Another Lonely Christmas

54. God

55. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes

56. Power Fantastic

Performer Notes
  • Personnel: Prince (vocals, various instruments); Boni Boyer (vocals, Hammond organ); Sheila E. (vocals, percussion); Eric Leeds (vocals, flute, brass); Sheena Easton, Camille, Cat (vocals); Dez Dickerson, Jimmy Johnson, Miko (guitar, vocals); Atlanta Bliss (trumpets, brass).
  • The Revolution: Wendy Melvoin (guitar, violin, vocals); Lisa Coleman (keyboards, violin, vocals); Matt Fink (keyboards, synthesizers, vocals); Brown Mark (bass, vocals); Bobby Z. (percussion).
  • The New Power Generation includes: Mayte (vocals); Rosie Gaines (vocals, organ, programming); Tony M. (rap, background vocals); Levi Seacer Jr. (guitar, bass, background vocals).
  • Producers: The Revolution, The New Power Generation, Prince.
  • Compilation producer: Gregg Geller.
  • Engineers include: David Leonard, Susan Rogers, Prince.
  • Includes liner notes by Alan Leeds.
  • THE HITS/THE B-SIDES contains 56 tracks on 3 CDs spanning Prince's 15-years as a performer. It also includes a 22-page booklet with photographs by Herb Ritts, plus extensive liner notes and track annotations about previously unreleased material, live recordings and B-sides.
  • Composer: Prince.
  • Personnel: Dez Dickerson, Miko, Wendy Melvoin (vocals, guitar); Rosie Gaines (vocals, organ, sampler, background vocals); Dr. Fink , Lisa Coleman (vocals, keyboards); Sheila E. (vocals, drums, percussion); Bonnie Boyer, Sheena Easton, Camille , Mayte , Brownmark (vocals); Tony M. (rap vocals, background vocals); Eric Leeds (flute); Atlanta Bliss (trumpet); Tommy Barbarella (keyboards, sampler); Michael B. (drums); Damon Dickson, Kirk Johnson (percussion, background vocals); Bobby Z (percussion); Mazarati, Sonny T., Levi Seacer, Jr. (background vocals).
  • Liner Note Author: Alan Leeds.
  • Recording information: Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA (??/??/1976-01/27/1992); Madha (??/??/1976-01/27/1992); Paisley park (??/??/1976-01/27/1992); Record Plant, Sausalito, CA (??/??/1976-01/27/1992); Sunset sound (??/??/1976-01/27/1992); UpTown (??/??/1976-01/27/1992); Warehouse (??/??/1976-01/27/1992).
  • The prospect of collecting all the hits and B-sides by one of the most talented, prolific, and successful pop stars of the '80s and '90s onto a mere three discs seems laughable at first. Nevertheless, this stupendous, well-sequenced set provides a thoroughly representative overview of his Prince-ness's oeuvre and a genuine sense of the range and impact of his brilliance. The number of great songs on the 56-item track list boggles the mind. From his early synth-pop ("Dirty Mind," "Controversy"), through the golden middle-period of the Revolution ("1999," "Little Red Corvette," "When Doves Cry," "Raspberry Beret," "Kiss," "U Got The Look"), and on to such New Power Generation hits as "Gett Off" and "Sexy M.F.," Prince's innovative, accessible, and utterly singular musical vision is undeniable.
  • The box is made doubly indispensable by the inclusion of previously unreleased material, live recordings, and B-sides (which fill the third disc). Unsurprisingly, much of this material finds Prince at his experimental best. Many of these songs-"Pink Cashmere," "200 Balloons," "Erotic City," and his version of his own "Nothing Compares 2 U" (made enormously popular by Sinead O'Connor)-should have been hit singles in their own right. This set is an absolute necessity for fans, newcomers, and everyone else.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (Oct./93, p.114) - 4.5 Stars - Excellent Plus - "...[THE HITS/B-SIDES] is a dizzying sprawl...his label just might get it's money's worth--even if [Prince] keeps his word and never makes a studio album..."

Spin (12/93, p.126) - "...with absolutely no bad songs [on THE HITS], it's hard to fuss...those who've found their interest in Prince flagging [will] feel as if God's granted them an extra classic Prince album..."

Spin (p.140) - "[A]s dance rock goes, no one's riffage grooved harder back in the day."

Entertainment Weekly (9/17/93, p.86) - "...unlike so many boxed sets, these anthologies aren't weighed down with significance--they're simply a blast to hear and even revelatory..." - Rating: A-

Q (11/93, p.148) - 5 Stars - Indispensible - "...it's not just the high and mighty width of [THE HITS] that startles: the sustained quality here is remarkable..."

Melody Maker (9/18/93, p.41) - "...The Best Of Prince is, by demonstrable logic, The Greatest Record Ever Made...there just ain't enough..."

Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #8 in the Village Voice's list of the 10 Best Reissues Of 1993.

NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.34) - (7) - Very Good - "...HITS go right to the core of the matter...the sophisticated programming of HITS puts a whole new spin on the Prince thing..."
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