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The Very Best of Prince

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4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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Audio CD (30 Jul 2001)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Warner
ASIN: B00005M989

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,017 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)
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Amazon.co.uk Review

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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This 17-track collection includes popular singles by the Minneapolis born, experimental disco-funk, pop-rock, R&B artist. The album covers the period 1980-1992 and features Prince's first UK single, 'I Wanna Be Your Lover'. Ten of the tracks on this release were UK top 10 hits.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The beautiful ones, 18 Jun 2002

By	"x_machi" - See all my reviews

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Buy This Album, 9 Aug 2003

By	Zenia "zenia28" (London) - See all my reviews

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great., 7 Aug 2001

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I was a fan of Prince, although not huge. I bought this album on chance recognising many of the songs and can honestly say that I'm not disappointed. Some of his great songs aren't here (Seven), but it is a great album of his less swearing songs. It combines great lyrics with great tunes.

I would advise everyone you likes this sort of music, and doesn't have specific albums of Prince to give this a whirl. I hope you won't regret it.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 1 month ago by lyndy

3.0 out of 5 stars 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 2 months ago by Malcolm Windust

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 19 months ago by Thepinklady

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 24 Dec 2006 by bookworm

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best!
if u have no prince albums? and your new to his material, try out this album and find out why hes simply one of the best ever :) after that, go buy yourself Purple Rain and... Read more

Published on 9 Mar 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars Get real Mr Amozon Critic
Bought this ages ago after seeing the man perform. Awsome performance rivalling the Rolling Stones and Page and Plant (Saw them all over a period of a few months). Read more

Published on 17 Feb 2006 by richie1474

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSALOUTLEY AWESOME!!!!!
this album feutures all genres of music such as

-pop
-rock
-Rnb
-soul
-funk
-rap
-ballds

i reccomend this album to anyone with a pair of ears!!! Read more

Published on 11 Oct 2004 by driver1

5.0 out of 5 stars I am so glad this CD was released.
I bought this CD on it's initial release in 2001 and was totallyre-introduced to Prince. Although it only contains the songs that manypeople associate with him, it is a perfect... Read more

Published on 25 April 2004 by Mr. K. R. Wootten

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised!!
I bought this album out of curiosity (and the fact that 1999 is an awesome song), I had only heard one prince song so this album was a surprise to me. Read more

Published on 11 Feb 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Obviously not for die-hards, but a good entry point
Straight away you know a one disc best of, of one of the most prolific artists ever, is not going to satisfy any of his fans and indeed it hasn't! Read more

Published on 5 Jan 2004 by Mr. Am Ross

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