Prince's two-part Hits collection includes enough necessary items to illustrate why he was one of the most influential and gifted musicians of the '80s, as well as providing a reasonable introduction and compilation for casual fans. Hits 1 contains a good cross section of his biggest hits -- "When Doves Cry" (presented in an edited version), "When You Were Mine," "Let's Go Crazy," "1999," "Sign 'O' the Times," "Alphabet Street," "Diamonds and Pearls," "7" -- plus new items like "Pink Cashmere" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" (a Prince song that Sinéad O'Connor took to number one) that are nearly as good as the familiar tracks.
It doesn’t get said often enough, for a variety of reasons, but Prince is among the greatest pop music artists of the past 40+ years. Some of those reasons why people don't always remember this simple fact:1) While Prince is a master of many forms, he’s never really been able to do hip-hop, the dominant pop music form of the last 25 or so years.2) Prince is pretty damn weird, like Little Richa
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In the last two weeks, word around Minneapolis has been that the Quest has been evicted, after failing to make a number of rent payments. For those of you unaware, this was the bar once owned by Prince during his Purple Rain days. Ned Abdul, a downtown developer who owns the Wyman-Partridge, confirms that the Quest is gone, saying that the club, owned by former Prince bodyguard and bus...
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'MPLSOUND,' 'Lotus Flower', and 'Elixir'. Those are the tentative titles of three new albums Prince has lined up for 2009 release, the latter a collaboration with protégé Bria Valente. According to the Los Angeles Times, Prince is in final talks with "a major retailer" to distribute physical copies of the music and plans to use a "highly interactive Web site" to sell the music online. "The gat.
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The bottom line: Saturday = good. Not excellent, not MIND-BLOWING but pretty god-damn good. (wait till Sunday's review folks).A Quickie Journal of the day?MGMT was shy. Brazilian's Bonde De Role was young- w. scream-pop electro. Singer-Songwriter Kate Nash, whilst cute, was too peachy-keen for my taste. MIA - in glow-in-the-dark plastic-garbage bag bustier overflowed her tent w. her brand of el...
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In the last two weeks, word around Minneapolis has been that the Quest has been evicted, after failing to make a number of rent payments. For those of you unaware, this was the bar once owned by Prince during his Purple Rain days. Ned Abdul, a downtown developer who owns the Wyman-Partridge, confirms that the Quest is gone, saying that the club, owned by former Prince bodyguard and bus...
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Day 1 already a memory, our merry band of audio-philes prepared for our busiest day of the weekend. We had almost no rest but started the day out right. Dale and I hunted and gathered for breakfast and returned to the nest with pancake makings and fresh fruit and yogurt. Many mini pots of coffee was brewed and we dug into our vittles, Lizzie scoring a heart shaped banana pancake.Dale has chr...
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I’ve spent the past few weeks catching up on two artists I’ve largely ignored until the past year: Eels and Prince. So while youtubing to see if I could find the performance of “Trouble with Dreams” from the Live With Strings tour, I ran across this cover of Mark Everett and his band covering Prince’s [...]
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It doesn’t get said often enough, for a variety of reasons, but Prince is among the greatest pop music artists of the past 40+ years. Some of those reasons why people don't always remember this simple fact:1) While Prince is a master of many forms, he’s never really been able to do hip-hop, the dominant pop music form of the last 25 or so years.2) Prince is pretty damn weird, like Little Richa
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| 1 When Doves Cry |
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| 2 Pop Life |
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| 3 Soft and Wet |
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| 4 I Feel for You |
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| 5 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? |
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| 6 When You Were Mine |
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| 7 Uptown |
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| 8 Let's Go Crazy |
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| 9 1999 |
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| 10 I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man |
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| 11 Nothing Compares 2 U |
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| 12 Adore |
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| 13 Pink Cashmere |
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| 14 Alphabet St. |
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| 15 Sign 'O' the Times |
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| 16 Thieves in the Temple |
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| 17 Diamonds and Pearls |
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| 18 7 |
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