Most Helpful Customer Reviews
|
|
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The extended versions on Disc 2 are worth the money., August 23, 2006
The double cd is finally out and for the Prince dance freaks that this cd is a major buy. There have been so many Prince collections out with Single mixes that for a collection to finally put out what was either on vinyl in the 80's or German cd singles is something good. The first disc should have been longer extended versions of his hits as well. A lot of his great dance cuts are not on here and that is bad-- No "Erotic City", "Housequake", "Anotherloverholeinyohead" and espcially "Batdance" are not here. BUT you get the mega rare "Let's Work" and to say that I finally own this track after being 11 years old and my mother not allowing me to buy it is beyond words. "Let's Work" is very rare and the original 12" is worth between 100-300 bucks .
Disc 1:
1- I Wanna Be Your Lover (Single-2:57)
2- Uptown (4:09)
3- Controversy (LP 7:15)
4- 1999 (Single 3:37)
5- Delerious (2:38)
6- When Doves Cry (Edit 3:47)
7- I Would Die 4 U (2:56)
8- Purple Rain (LP 8:40)
9- Sign O The Times (Edit 3:42)
10- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:39)
11- Alphabet St. (LP 5:38)
12- Diamonds And Pearls (4:19)
13- Gett Off (4:31)
14- Money Doesn't Matter 2 Night (4:47)
15- 7 (5:08)
16- Nothing Compares 2 U (LIVE 4:57)
17- My Name Is Prince (4:03)
Disc 2:
1- Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix- 7:36) number 1 dance.
2- Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix- 8:22) number 61 dance track.
3- Let's Work (Dance Remix- 8:02)-- number one along with "Controversy" for 6 weeks in 1981. Very very rare version.
4- Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix-6:18)- Mixed by Sheila E and reached number 5 dance in 1985.
5- She's Always In My Hair (12" version 6:31)- B-side of "Rapsberry Beret"
6- Raspberry Beret (12" Version- 6:34) reached number 4 dance in 1985.
7- Kiss (Extended-7:16)- number one dance in 1986 but a very odd extended version!!!
8- U Got The Look (Long Look - 6:40) Sheena Easton and Prince at their best. Oddly never hit the dance charts.
9- Hot Thing (Extended Version- 8:30)- the b-side to the "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" 12" single. "Hot Thing" reached number 4 dance in 1988.
10- Thieves In The Temple (Remix-8:08)- Not the Junior Vasquez house mix but the Prince remix that recahed number 9 club and number one sales in 1990. From Graffiti Bridge soundtrack.
11- Cream (NPG Mix- 4:50)Huge pop and sales track from 1991. His last number one pop hit.
So buy it for the dance remixes or the single versions but until the actual Prince 4-5 cd box set comes out or Warner reiussues his Lps on remastered cds this is the best sounding Prince collection of dance hits out. A++++ for "Let's Work".
|
|
|
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Where did the 12" of "Erotic City" go? , August 22, 2006
I wish Warner Bros. had stuck to the original 29-track listing instead of the revised one that went to the presses. The other reviewers are right. Amazon has the wrong tracklisting (the original), so if you think you are getting "Erotic City (12" Version)" you won't find it here, unfortunately! Apparently, it seems that the label wanted to throw all the 12" versions on the second disc and keep the original shorter versions, including 7" edits, on disc one. Both discs clock in close to 80 minutes each, so there's no room for any more tracks, unless of course a few more 7" edits were used on disc one or a track or two were removed. I'm not sure why we got edits of many of the tracks on disc one coupled with the full-length versions of "Purple Rain" and "Controversy".
Prince simply has too many chart hits to fill two discs. I love the idea of including 12" versions of the many hits. It's the first time I've heard many of these extended cuts. However, we still are missing the #1 single "Batdance" and the gold-selling "Partyman" from 'Batman'. I imagine that the idea was to offer fans a new Prince compilation to follow up the 2001 'The Very Best Of' release. By including the rare 12" versions many fans would be drawn in to picking up yet another Prince hits collection.
Despite the complaints the remastering easily makes up for it's faults. These songs are punchy, crisp, and full! From the soaring highs of "Let's Go Crazy" to the punchy drums of "Little Red Corvette" this is the ultimate Prince collection to own for the remastering. Originally, I was going to give this compilation a 5-star review based on the stunning sound alone. But by removing the 12" of "Erotic City" and only focusing on the Warner '79 - '93 era, instead of branching out into his mid/late-90's Warner cuts, I've decided to give it a generous 4 stars.
Perhaps including the original single versions of all cuts would have allowed his other charting singles, including those I listed above. I think the 12" versions should have been saved for a box set release or for possible album remasters. Placing them next to original edit and single versions just doesn't make sense here. Nonetheless, it's still a solid compilation all around.
|
|
|
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
His royal badness, March 12, 2007
Before all the negative votes start piling up, let it be known that I come to praise Prince, not to bury him.
While I am perfectly happy to have a lot of these songs on one disc, I am also disappointed that a few songs are missing. Add to that I really don't care about "rare dance mixes" (yawnnnnnnn), then I am the rare listener to have issues with the second disc. I would have been much happier with "Kiss," "Pop Life" and "Raspberry Beret" in their album versions, instead we are forced to listen to dopey raps and cornball dialogue. Hardly the stuff of genius, even if I believe Prince to be one.
I am also perfectly happy to get a single disc with the cream of doff albums like "Parade" or "LoveSexy." Prince had his run of unbeatabilty that lasted up to "Purple Rain." But after that, even for a boy-wonder, things got spotty. That said, I do wish the "Batman" stuff was here, and maybe he'd have switched "Nothing Compares 2U" with "AnotherLoverHoleInYourHead." These being my personal quibbles, of course.
Prince was the soul machine of the 80's...an unstoppable force of nature that packed dancefloors all while charting his own course. He took risks and made them pay off (or not, if you think about the "Under The Cherry Moon" movie). But he played guitar like a Hendrix and funked like James Brown with an admitted Joni Mitchell fixation. What is not to love? The three star rating is for the clumsily compiled songs here, not for the merit of the music.
Now when are we getting the classic albums remastered?
|
|
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews
|
Interact With Your Music: Discover, listen to, and buy new music, all from the pages of SPIN's digital edition, free to Amazon customers.
~ Artist 4merly Known As Prince
~ Prince
~ Artist 4merly Known As Prince
~ Michael Jackson
~ Michael Jackson
by Prince 
