The Hits/The B-Sides

The Hits/The B-Sides
Greatest hits album by Prince
Released	September 14, 1993
Recorded	1977–January 27, 1993
Genre	Pop, R&B, rock, funk
Length	3:45:53
Label	Paisley Park/Warner Bros. 45440
Producer	Prince
Prince chronology
Love Symbol Album (1992) The Hits/The B-Sides / The Hits 1 / The Hits 2 (1993) Come (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B+)[2]
NME	(6/10)[3]

The Hits/The B-Sides is the first greatest hits compilation album by Prince, released in 1993. It is a comprehensive 3-disc set, with a great many of his hit singles and fan favorites.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Track listing 2.1 Disc 1 (The Hits 1) 2.2 Disc 2 (The Hits 2) 2.3 Disc 3 (The B-Sides) 3 See also 4 References

Album information

In 1993, Prince wanted to release Goldnigga, the debut album by his band The New Power Generation but Warner Bros. refused and instead decided to finally release the greatest hits collection it had wanted to release two years earlier when Prince instead got Diamonds and Pearls released.

Disc one and two were released separately, under the titles The Hits 1 and The Hits 2 respectively, but the B-Sides disc could only be obtained by purchasing the full set. Most of the songs (A-sides and B-sides) on The Hits/The B-Sides are represented in their single edited form. This was necessary due to time constraints, and the nature of a greatest hits collection; exceptions to this were "Alphabet St.", "7", "Little Red Corvette", "Sexy MF", and "Purple Rain". This compilation marks the first time the single version of "Kiss" was available on CD. The third disc of B-sides also featured the 7" edits, with the exceptions of "200 Balloons", "17 Days", "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)", "Horny Toad", "Irresistible Bitch", "I Love U in Me", "God", and "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" which were all original full-length recordings from the original singles.

Among the previously unreleased material was the rare live version of "4 the Tears in Your Eyes", only previously released in a 1985 TV broadcast for the Live Aid concerts, and is a different version from the track included on the We Are the World album. Also included was a live version of "Nothing Compares 2 U", recorded live January 27, 1992, at Paisley Park with The New Power Generation. The other four new tracks were outtakes. The oldest track was "Power Fantastic", a moody ballad once considered for the Dream Factory project of 1986. Another ballad, "Pink Cashmere", was broadcast before some of the Lovesexy World Tour shows, dating it back to 1988 originally for his abandoned Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic project. "Peach" and "Pope" were more recent, and both were played live during some 1993 after shows. "Pope" was actually in the short-lived musical ballet Glam Slam Ulysses, which also spawned several songs later released on Come and The Gold Experience. Live jams of "Peach" often extended into the title track of Chaos and Disorder.

While Prince had very little interest in the project, he insisted that his longtime manager Alan Leeds write the liner notes over Rolling Stone journalist Neal Karlen. According to Prince biographer Per Nilsen, the record company paid Prince to not get involved with the making of this compilation.

Track listing

Disc 1 (The Hits 1)

The Hits 1
Greatest hits album by Prince
Length	75:39
Singles from The Hits 1
"Pink Cashmere" Released: August 31, 1993 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Released: November 18, 1993 (promo)

Disc 2 (The Hits 2)

The Hits 2
Greatest hits album by Prince
Length	74:37
Singles from The Hits 2
"Peach" Released: November 18, 1993 "Controversy" Released: December 6, 1993 (re-issue) "Pope (Remix)" Released: April 1994 (promo)

Disc 3 (The B-Sides)

See also

• The Hits Collection

References

Prince Prince Albums • Singles • Videos • Associates • Unreleased projects Filmography and videography Purple Rain • Prince and The Revolution: Live • Under the Cherry Moon • Sign o' the Times • Lovesexy Live 1 • Lovesexy Live 2 • Graffiti Bridge • Gett Off: The Home Video Film • Sexy M.F. • Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection • The Hits Collection • 3 Chains o' Gold • Live! − The Sacrifice of Victor • The Undertaker • Beautiful Strange • Rave Un2 the Year 2000 • Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas Stage productions Glam Slam Ulysses • Billboards Video games Prince Interactive Concert tours Prince Tour • Dirty Mind Tour • Controversy Tour • 1999 Tour • Purple Rain Tour • Parade Tour • Sign o' the Times Tour • Lovesexy Tour • Nude Tour • Diamonds and Pearls Tour • Act I and II • The Ultimate Live Experience • Love 4 One Another Charities Tour • Jam of the Year Tour • New Power Soul Tour • Hit n Run Tour • One Nite Alone... Tour • World Tour 2003 • Musicology Live 2004ever • Prince 20Ten • Welcome 2 Revue shows Per4ming Live 3121 • 21 Nights in London Associated companies Arista Records • Columbia Records • EMI Records • NPG Records • Paisley Park Records • Warner Bros. Records Related articles NPG Music Club • Minneapolis sound Book:Prince Prince albums Studio albums For You • Prince • Dirty Mind • Controversy • 1999 • Around the World in a Day • Sign o' the Times • Lovesexy • Diamonds and Pearls • Love Symbol Album • Come • The Black Album • The Gold Experience • Emancipation • Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic • The Rainbow Children • Musicology • 3121 • Planet Earth • Lotusflower / MPLSound • 20Ten Instrumental albums Xpectation • C-Note • N.E.W.S Soundtrack albums Purple Rain • Parade • Batman • Graffiti Bridge • Girl 6 Compilation albums The Hits/The B-Sides • Chaos and Disorder • The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale • Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic • The Very Best of Prince • Ultimate Prince Live albums Indigo Nights Extended plays The Beautiful Experience • 1999: The New Master Box sets Crystal Ball • One Nite Alone... Live! Prince singles 1970s "Soft and Wet" • "Just as Long as We're Together" • "I Wanna Be Your Lover" 1980s "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" • "Still Waiting" • "Sexy Dancer" • "Bambi" • "Uptown" • "Dirty Mind" • "Do It All Night" • "Controversy" • "Let's Work" • "Do Me, Baby" • "Sexuality" • "1999" • "Little Red Corvette" • "Delirious" • "Automatic" • "Let's Pretend We're Married" • "When Doves Cry" • "Let's Go Crazy" • "Purple Rain" • "I Would Die 4 U" • "Take Me with U" • "Paisley Park" • "Raspberry Beret" • "Pop Life" • "America" • "Kiss" • "Mountains" • "Anotherloverholenyohead" • "Girls & Boys" • "Sign o' the Times" • "If I Was Your Girlfriend" • "U Got the Look" • "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" • "Alphabet St." • "Glam Slam" • "I Wish U Heaven" • "Batdance" • "Partyman" • "The Arms of Orion" • "Scandalous!" 1990s "The Future" • "Thieves in the Temple" • "New Power Generation" • "Gett Off" • "Cream" • "Diamonds and Pearls" • "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" • "Insatiable" • "Thunder" • "Sexy MF" • "My Name Is Prince" • "7" • "Damn U" • "The Morning Papers" • "Pink Cashmere" • "Nothing Compares 2 U" • "Peach" • "Pope (Remix)" • "The Morning Papers" • "Come" • "Letitgo" • "Space" • "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" • "P Control" • "Dolphin" • "Endorphinmachine" • "I Hate U" • "Gold" • "Dinner with Delores" • "Betcha by Golly Wow!" • "The Holy River • "Somebody's Somebody" • "Face Down" • "The Truth" • "Extraordinary" • "The Rest of My Life" • "5 Women" • "It's About That Walk" • "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" 2000s "Man'O'War" • "Baby Knows" • "The Work, pt. 1" • "She Loves Me 4 Me" • "Last December" • "Musicology" • "Call My Name" • "Cinnamon Girl" • "Te Amo Corazón" • "Black Sweat" • "Fury" • "Guitar" • "Chelsea Rodgers" • "The One U Wanna C" • "Dance 4 Me" • "Crimson and Clover" Promotional singles "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" • "Erotic City" • "Love Sign" • "Purple Medley" • "NYC" • "U Make My Sun Shine" • "Supercute" • "Days of Wild" • "S.S.T." • "The Song of the Heart" • "One Song" • "Cybersingle" • "Bataclan" • "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" • "Live from Paisley Park" • "Strange Relationship (Live)" • "Glass Cutter" • "F.U.N.K." Other songs "I Feel for You" • "When You Were Mine" • "Head" • "Private Joy" • "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" • "17 Days" • "The Beautiful Ones" • "Computer Blue" • "Darling Nikki" • "Baby I'm a Star" • "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" • "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" • "I Can't Make U Love Me" • "La, La, La Means I Love U" • "One of Us" • "Everyday Is a Winding Road" • "A Case of U"