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Taken literally, the Very Best of Prince title is sure to cause endless arguments. Nothing from Dirty Mind, not a trace of the early Controversy, no "Erotic City", no non-LP cuts at all, save some edited single-versions and a cold shoulder to the criminally out-of-print Gold Experience. As a compendium of 17 key A-sides from 1979 to 1992, however, The Very Best of Pri nce is (ahem) a quick-'n'-dirty review of the days when the Artist was, in the estimation of R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, one of the weirdest musicians in the Top 10. Blessed with both creative cunning and the wish to reach every listener possible, Prince revitalised rock and soul modes from the sex-crazed ("Little Red Corvette") to the cryptically spiritual ("Purple Rain"). Often he blurred lines between attitudes as surely as he did musical ones; the New Testament image of "Thieves in the Temple" became in his hands a complaint about a stolen girlfriend. A fine party artefact, this disc is still likely to prove too scanty even for many casual Prince fans. --Rickey Wright
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Limited special offer : 17 track hits compilation features : "1999", "When Doves Cry", "Kiss", "Get Off"
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm going to keep this short and sweet, there are far too many hardcore fan reviews telling us how disappointingly uncomprehensive this album is. Suffice to say, although there is nothing here for the die hard fans, they are not who the album is aimed at, they should already have all of these songs and everything in between. What we have here is the Prince party album. If you want catchy, varied, funk-driven pop songs.. then buy this album. It serves well as a trip down memory lane, or an introduction to the catalogue of Prince, one of the greatest artists of our time. Dare I say a musical genius. Enjoy.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having just come across Purple Rain showing extremely late on Channel 5, I remembered just how much I used to enjoy listening to Prince when my uncle used to play him. I never owned any of the albums before, I just had what my uncle gave me so I decided to buy this as somewhere to start.
I agree that this is not the most comprehensive of 'best of' albums, even I wondered where Controversy and The Most Beautiful Girl In the World were, but show me any compilation album that will satisfy a die-hard fan! Die hard fans will have all of these tracks already and will lament the omittance of many tracks, but then that's what being a die hard fan means. For the rest of us, this is a great album containing most of the tracks that we know and love. If it's not enough go and buy the other albums as I'm probably going to, but for now, this will keep me going.
Buy this album if you enjoy Prince's music and want his most well known hits all on one album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In a word this in reality is not the very best of Prince. Like UK 1 'The most beautiful girl in the world', (his most successful single) is not here and also the mega top-ten hits of 'My name is Prince', and 'Gold', are not here as well as others.
But these are still a collection of the most diverse, varied and influential songs of the decade. The first hits package had his current very best singles at the time, were only released a few years ago, so i guess u have them.
But if u don't, get it, this is a real muscian.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
great hits!
great CD if you are a Prince's fan! all the best hits are on there and you can sing along loud in the car!! :)
Published 12 days ago by MB
Everyone should love prince!
Even if your not keen on the man himself, you cant deny that Prince has turned out some of the greatest pure pop songs ever. Get this album. Now. You wont regret it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by 76ShelbyMustang
fantastic!!
great collection of songs! most of my favs are on here. great to sing along to when you are driving. my 2 year old son also enjoys listening to it!! these songs are timeless!
Published 4 months ago by Nikki
The Very Best Of Prince
?i have always been a big Prince fan and lost my original copy years ago. I am very delighted with my purchase as love driving about blasting Purple Rain (to my children's shame)... Read more
Published 4 months ago by kayla
very enjoyable
this is a fantastic cd of all Prince's best music. The very best of prince really is the best. Dispatched and delivered very quickly.
Published 6 months ago by Ruth
Made my wife very happy
Bought this CD as an extra Christmas present for my wife and she was very happy with it. Know she will be signing along to it for years to come....
Published 17 months ago by Aaron
good
It is a good cd. I hadnt heard any Prince songs for ages, and I was singing along with them!!!! I think all of his hits are on there - well worth getting. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2009 by lyndy
Prince - King of Funk
Listening to this album you are reminded of the great hooks, funky licks and often naughty words ('Get Off') of the dwarf genius Prince. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by Malcolm Windust
makes you wanna gett off!
If you were too young at the time to buy his albums but old enough to remember how cool he was and do some sexy dance moves too. Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by Thepinklady
Thanks for the memories...
I LOVED Prince all throughout the 80's and listening to this really takes me back to being a teenager with my gang of equally Prince obsessed mates, when it was still really 'fun'... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2006 by bookworm
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