The Hits / The B Sides

by Prince

The Hits / The B Sides cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 14 September 1993
  • Label: Paisley Park
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:45:53
  • Community rating: 4.3/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This exhaustive three-disc box set compiles the staggering wealth of chart-topping singles Prince produced throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, alongside an entire disc dedicated to his legendary B-sides. The collection highlights his unmatched, virtuosic synthesis of heavy funk, synth-pop, and blistering rock guitar. Long considered the holy grail for collectors due to its inclusion of obscure, highly sought-after non-album tracks, it summarizes a genius operating without peer.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, funky, Synth-heavy, falsetto

Tracklist

  1. When Doves Cry (3:47)
  2. Pop Life (3:41)
  3. Soft And Wet (3:02)
  4. I Feel For You (3:24)
  5. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (3:48)
  6. When You Were Mine (3:43)
  7. Uptown (4:09)
  8. Let's Go Crazy (4:39)
  9. 1999 (3:36)
  10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:38)
  11. Nothing Compares 2 U (4:57)
  12. Adore (4:39)
  13. Pink Cashmere (6:13)
  14. Alphabet St. (5:38)
  15. Sign 'O' The Times (3:42)
  16. Thieves In The Temple (3:19)
  17. Diamonds And Pearls (4:19)
  18. 7 (5:09)
  19. Controversy (3:35)
  20. Dirty Mind (3:49)
  21. I Wanna Be Your Lover (2:56)
  22. Head (4:43)
  23. Do Me, Baby (3:55)
  24. Delirious (2:38)
  25. Little Red Corvette (4:55)
  26. I Would Die 4 U (2:56)
  27. Raspberry Beret (3:31)
  28. If I Was Your Girlfriend (3:46)
  29. Kiss (3:45)
  30. Peach (3:48)
  31. U Got The Look (3:46)
  32. Sexy M.F. (5:24)
  33. Gett Off (4:29)
  34. Cream (4:12)
  35. Pope (3:28)
  36. Purple Rain (8:40)
  37. Hello (3:23)
  38. 200 Balloons (5:05)
  39. Escape (3:30)
  40. Gotta Stop (Messin' About) (2:54)
  41. Horny Toad (2:12)
  42. Feel U Up (3:44)
  43. Girl (3:47)
  44. I Love U In Me (4:12)
  45. Erotic City (3:55)
  46. Shockadelica (3:30)
  47. Irresistible Bitch (4:11)
  48. Scarlet Pussy (4:18)
  49. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (3:21)
  50. She's Always In My Hair (3:27)
  51. 17 Days (3:54)
  52. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (3:50)
  53. Another Lonely Christmas (4:51)
  54. God (4:02)
  55. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23)
  56. Power Fantastic (4:45)

Credits

  • Damon Dickson - performer [the new power generation], backing vocals, percussion
  • Kirk Johnson - performer [the new power generation], backing vocals, percussion
  • Sonny T. - performer [the new power generation], bass, backing vocals
  • Michael Bland - performer [the new power generation], drums
  • Mayte - performer [the new power generation], other [introducing], lead vocals [co-lead vox]
  • Tony M. - performer [the new power generation], rap [lead raps], backing vocals, composed by
  • Levi Seacer Jr. - performer [the new power generation], rhythm guitar, backing vocals, bass, vocals, composed by
  • Tommy Barbarella - performer [the new power generation], sampler [purpleaxxeâ„¢ sampler], keyboards [other various keys], other [sex symbol]

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