GoldenGlove said:

It certainly does!

But my own 3CD best of compilation is better!

OH YEAH!?... prove it lol... i love the fact that the hits/b sides appeals to hardcore fans, and the non fans.

GoldenGlove said:

Here's the tracklist:

CD1 79:37

My Name Is Prince
Sexy MF
Peach
Cream
Thieves In The Temple
Gett Off
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (edit)
The Holy River (edit)
Mountains
I Wish U Heaven
Let's Go Crazy
Girls & Boys
Partyman
1999 (edit)
Controversy (edit)
Sign O' The Times (edit)
Money Don't Matter 2Night
Gold

CD2 79:34

When Doves Cry
Paisley Park
U Got The Look
Batdance
Alphabet St.
Delirious (edit)
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (edit)
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
When You Were Mine
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
I Wanna Be Your Lover (edit)
Little Red Corvette
I Would Die 4 U
If I Was Your Girlfriend (edit)
I Hate U (edit)
Nothing Compares 2 U
Adore
7

CD3 77:26

Musicology
Uptown (edit)
Soft And Wet
I Feel For You
Dirty Mind (edit)
Head
Do Me, Baby
Let's Work
Pop Life
Love Sign
Betcha By Golly Wow!
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (album version)
Call My Name
Kiss
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
Diamonds And Pearls
Purple Rain

All you need to do is add erotic city & She's allways in my hair and you got yourself one HELL of a compilation!!!!!

I was very happy with the Hits/The B-sides. It was great finally getting the Kiss 7" in remastered quality, for instance.

Even though edited versions are not really to my liking either, I must admit that no compilation will ever entirely please the hardcore crowd. But then again; greatest hits are not aimed at the hardcore crowd, are they? They are for the casual fans that like Little Red Corvette, 1999, Purple Rain, Kiss and Raspberry Beret. They don't care for extended versions. They are not even aware of the excistence of extended version.
So The Hits was actually a rather good compilation. It throws in four unreleased songs, of which two are absolutely must have. It gave the hardcore fans those four AND some 7" edits that ARE kewl (like Kiss or, on the Peach CD-M, Mountains) not before available in remastered cd quality.

Then, as an added bonus, they threw in most of the b-sides. Although edited for time, to give a better retrospective of the man's career, I like most of the choices, except maybe the exclusion of God instrumental, Alexa De Paris and Or $. And you HAVE to love remastered versions of those never heard without analog 12" noise, like I-Bitch, 17 Days, Horny Toad, How Come U DOn't Call Me Anymore.

I am sure they held out on the extended versions so they could include them on eventual remastered versions of the albums... just an idea...

I was very happy with the Hits/The B-sides. It was great finally getting the Kiss 7" in remastered quality, for instance.

Even though edited versions are not really to my liking either, I must admit that no compilation will ever entirely please the hardcore crowd. But then again; greatest hits are not aimed at the hardcore crowd, are they? They are for the casual fans that like Little Red Corvette, 1999, Purple Rain, Kiss and Raspberry Beret. They don't care for extended versions. They are not even aware of the excistence of extended version.
So The Hits was actually a rather good compilation. It throws in four unreleased songs, of which two are absolutely must have. It gave the hardcore fans those four AND some 7" edits that ARE kewl (like Kiss or, on the Peach CD-M, Mountains) not before available in remastered cd quality.

Then, as an added bonus, they threw in most of the b-sides. Although edited for time, to give a better retrospective of the man's career, I like most of the choices, except maybe the exclusion of God instrumental, Alexa De Paris and Or $. And you HAVE to love remastered versions of those never heard without analog 12" noise, like I-Bitch, 17 Days, Horny Toad, How Come U DOn't Call Me Anymore.

I am sure they held out on the extended versions so they could include them on eventual remastered versions of the albums... just an idea...

doctamario said:

Different cuz they are shorter. The only ones that are actually "different" are Kiss and Hello.

Thank god they didn't use the 7" version of Lets Go Crazy.
[Edited 8/8/05 0:21am]

Fuck it, I'm bored. So:

1. When doves cry -- album version

2. Pop life (Prince & The Revolution) -- album version

3. Soft and wet -- album version

4. I feel for you -- edited?

5. Why you wanna treat me so bad? -- album version

6. When you were mine -- album version

7. Uptown -- short version, instrumental breaks are shortened, and an early fade instead of the cold ending on the album

8. Let's go crazy (Prince & The Revolution) -- album version

9. 1999 -- short version, no spoken intro, fades way early, before the "party!" choruses

10. I could never take the place of your man -- short version, fades before the slow solo part. a goddamn shame.

11. Nothing compares 2 U (Prince & The New Power Generation) -- new track

12. Adore -- short version, fades halfway through the song. bullshit.

13. Pink Cashmere -- new track

14. Alphabet St. -- album version, oddly enough.

15. Sign 'O' the times -- short version, fades way early

16. Thieves in the temple -- album version

17. Diamond and pearls (Prince & The New Power Generation) -- album version?

18. 7 (Prince & The New Power Generation) -- edited?

CD2

1. Controversy -- way shortened, too much to describe. obviously no "people call me rude" or lord's prayer

2. Dirty mind -- edited?

3. I wanna be your lover -- short version, fades as the end jam starts

4. Head -- album version, segues neatly into...

5. Do me, baby -- short version, no spoken parts at end

6. Delirious -- short version? fades before instrumental break

7. Little red Corvette -- album version?

8. I would die 4 U (Prince & The Revolution) -- 7" version, end reverbs out
instead of segue into baby i'm a star

9. Raspberry beret (Prince & The Revolution) -- album version

10. If I was your girlfriend -- short version, no spoken parts

11. Kiss (Prince & The Revolution) -- 7" version, neat guitar outro

12. Peach -- new track

13. U got the look -- album version

14. Sexy M.F. (Prince & The New Power Generation) -- album version

15. Gett off (Prince & The New Power Generation) -- single or album version,
both are edited and suck.

16. Cream (Prince & The New Power Generation) -- album version

17. Pope -- new track

18. Purple rain (Prince & The Revolution) -- album version, thank god

CD3
all tracks are same as original release except where noted

1. Hello (Prince & The Revolution) -- short version, unique outro

2. 200 Balloons
3. Escape -- short version, fades way early

4. Gotta stop (messin' about)

5. Horny toad

6. Feel U up -- short version, fades way early, but long version was never released in the u.s. was it?

7. Girl (Prince & The Revolution) -- short version, fades way early

8. I love U in me

9. Erotic City (Prince & The Revolution) -- short version, heavily edited

10. Shockadelica -- short version, more like a "part 1"

11. Irresistible bitch

12. Scarlet pussy (Camille) -- short version, nice edit tho!

13. La,la, la, he, he, he -- short version, but the long version is over 10
mins long so yeah

14. She's always in my hair (Prince & The Revolution) -- part 1

15. 17 Days (Prince & The Revolution)

16. How come U don't call me anymore?

17. Another lonely Christmas (Prince & The Revolution) -- terrible edited
version. whoever is responsible for the way the end is cut, should be shot.

18. God (Prince & The Revolution)

19. 4 The tears in your eyes -- "new" track - solo version, essential

20. Power Fantastic

a few of the tracks with a question mark on the end, are cuz i don't have this set anymore, and i dont' remember, but there you go.
[Edited 8/8/05 0:36am]

When doves cry -- album version

Scarlet pussy (Camille) -- short version, nice edit tho!