The Hits 1 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Prince
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 36312
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 45431
UPC: 093624543121
EAN: 0093624543121
ASIN: B000002MN5
Release Date: September 14, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | When Doves Cry | | • | Pop Life | | • | Soft and Wet | | • | I Feel for You | | • | Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? | | • | When You Were Mine | | • | Uptown | | • | Let's Go Crazy | | • | 1999 | | • | I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man | | • | Nothing Compares 2 U | | • | Adore | | • | Pink Cashmere | | • | Alphabet St. | | • | Sign 'O' the Times | | • | Thieves in the Temple | | • | Diamonds and Pearls | | • | 7 - Prince, Fulson, Lowell |
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Amazon.com
In addition to the three-disc Hits/The B-Sides set, Prince's 1993 release list included separate editions of the two Hits volumes. By beginning with "When Doves Cry," Volume One would seem to promise a fairly mainstream overview of the man's career. But what can such a small word mean to an artist who writes love songs like this disc's "Adore" ("You can rip up my clothes, smash up my ride ... well, maybe not the ride") and who can put a cryptic religious fable (we think) like "7" in the Top 10? --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews:
 THE LIGHTER SIDE May 25, 2008
THE WIZARD (PARTS UNKNOWN)
This cd has the lighter toned hits everybody can listen to , it doesn't have vulgarty in it , both cd's are great but this one is more family oriented.
The Hits/The B-Sides - 3 disc set March 24, 2008
Coco (Montana)
Thanks to another reviewer's suggestion I checked out 'The Hits/The B-Sides' 3 disc set. It had all the hits I wanted and some I'd forgotten about. I opted to just purchase the download version for $8.99 instead of the packaged version for $35.99. I usually like 'the packaging' but I got 55 or more songs for 8.99!!! They'll be on my iPod soon and I'll be dancing around the house in no time!
 Good as a starting point but try to find the full versions! January 1, 2008
finulanu (Here, there, and everywhere)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bad news first - most these songs are included in single-edit format. This is a bit annoying, since for one you can't get the full scope of Prince's capabilities without the album takes on hand and for another, several songs are gutted. I actually like the single edit of "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" more than the full version - while that is a fantastic guitar solo, it doesn't fit with the song. I see it as a wonderful pop song foremost, and wonderful pop songs don't have three-minute guitar solos, even if they are as creative as that one, you know? One of my favorite Prince songs either way, if not my favorite period now that I think about it, I just happen to prefer the short version.
However, it's hard to get the full effect of many of these other songs without hearing them in full. I'm sorry, but you can't edit "When Does Cry". That is a crime against humanity, or at least against funk. Same with "Uptown". I'm sorry, but you just can't shorten "Uptown". I know the purpose was to make it all fit onto one disc, but you probably could've squeezed the album takes of those to onto there. Whatever, Dirty Mind and Purple Rain are two of Prince's best albums anyway, so that's just quibbling. A few other of my all-time Prince favorites were edited too - "Adore", "1999", "Sign o' the Times", "Diamonds and Pearls" - which is a little bit annoying but whatever.
That's the only complaint I have about this, though. Yes, several key hits are missing ("Little Red Corvette", "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Purple Rain"), but that's only because they're on The Hits 2, which is an essential companion to this one. It's got all kinds of classics - the aforementioned several, "Let's Go Crazy", "Alphabet St.", "When You Were Mine", "Soft and Wet", and so on. And there's not one bad song here.
Now time to discuss something else about Prince's music - the lyrics are not for the squeamish. Prince Rogers Nelson has ventured further into the alleys of sexual perversion and sexuality in general than any other successful artist. This doesn't bother me a bit, but it hacks a lot of people off, so be careful who you play it around. I'm pretty sure that if you bring it to a more Puritan type of party, you probably won't be invited back. Most Prince's more explicit material is contained on the second disc, but this thing's got a warning sticker on it for a good reason. Don't let that get in the way of the music, some of the funkiest, most eccentric, experimental, visionary music ever recorded. But let me warn you - Prince's lyrics are not for everybody.
Nothin can stop these tears from flowin August 13, 2007
S. K. Harrell (NC)
Fantastic versions of Prince in his more funky element, spanning bands. It's also great to hear his versions of his own songs originally recorded by others.
incredible compilation of hits January 8, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had this CD and Hits 2 for years. Since I grew up on prince's music as a kid, I felt that my CD collection was incomplete without this. All of his popular singles from the late 70's through the early 90's are on hits 1 & 2(I wish there was a seperate disc for the prince b-sides) and it's fun blasting them through the house while cleaning up or in the car. His grooves are just delicious and he does whatever he wants with that voice. In addition he's a strong songwriter and plays all the instruments, now what you tell ya mama bout that!!!
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