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  • Release Date: 07/31/2001
  • Sales Rank: 1,516
  • Label: RHINO / WEA
  • UPC: 081227427221

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The Very Best of Prince

1LISTENI Wanna Be Your Lover 2:57
2LISTEN1999 3:37
3LISTENLittle Red Corvette 4:56
4LISTENWhen Doves Cry 3:48
5LISTENLet's Go Crazy 4:40
6LISTENPurple Rain 8:40
7LISTENI Would Die 4 U 2:56
8LISTENRaspberry Beret 3:32
9LISTENKiss 3:46
10LISTENSign 'O' The Times 3:42
11LISTENU Got The Look 3:47
12LISTENAlphabet St. 5:39
13LISTENThieves In The Temple 3:20
14LISTENGett Off 4:31
15LISTENCream 4:13
16LISTENDiamonds And Pearls 4:20
17LISTENMoney Don't Matter 2 Night 4:47

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While the collections The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 offer a hearty, 36-song career retrospective for the Artist once again known as Prince, the 17-song The Very Best of Prince gives fans an equally enjoyable hit-and-run overview. Featuring Prince Roger Nelson's greatest Warner Bros. hits from 1978 to 1993, the disc includes No. 1 songs such as the emotionally charged groove of "When Doves Cry," the frenzied, electric-guitar-driven "Let's Go Crazy," and the funk-pop winner "Kiss," as well as his first No. 1 R&B single, 1979's"I Wanna Be Your Lover." The disc also includes Prince classics such as the seductive "Little Red Corvette," the apocalyptic party jam "1999," and the erotic thumper "Get Off." The only weak link is the underwhelming "Thieves in the Temple," taken from the soundtrack to Prince's disastrous film, Graffiti Bridge. That song also appears on The Hits 1 and could have been easily replaced by The Love Symbol Album's naughty "Sexy M.F." or by Parade's deliciously funky "Girls and Boys." Even so, the disc ends on an original note with Diamonds and Pearls's bluesy masterpiece "Money Don't Matter 2 Night." Michael Jackson may have been crowned the King of Pop, but Prince will always be the Royal Badness of rock 'n' soul. Tracy E. Hopkins, Barnes & Noble

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Unable to deliverby DisappointedInWisconsin

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February 09, 2009: Canceled the purchase - was promised delivery and Barnes and Noble changed date . Was to be a Christmas present not a New years gift

A Perfect Introduction To Princeby Anonymous

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June 16, 2006: This album was the first I had ever listened to from Prince and since then, I have likely become the biggest teenaged Prince fan since everybody stopped wearing Flock of Seagulls-type haircuts. As many have stated, and as everybody knows, it is impossible to fit every worthy Prince song onto a single Greatest Hits CD. Unfortunately, this compilation of hits consists of only the songs he performed while under contractual slavery by Warner Brothers. Despite a somewhat restricted selection, the songs appearing on the album capture the essence of Prince's musical journey while with Warner Bros., taking listeners from Prince's debut single to his days with The Revolution and leaving off with his darker and sexually charged hits. If a potential listener wants a single greatest hits CD of Prince, I highly recommend this CD or "The Hits". These two albums are a great introduction to the next generation of Prince fans.


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