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"The Very Best Of Prince" ist nach "The Hits 1", "The Hits 2" und "The Hits / The B-Sides", die alle im Jahr 1993 veröffentlicht wurden, die vierte Greatest Hits Compilation von Prince. Sie erschien am 31. Juli 2001 bei dem Label Warner Bros. Records und enthält 17 Songs, die alle zwischen 1979 und 1992 als Singles aus vorherigen Prince-Alben ausgekoppelt wurden. Die Reihenfolge der Songs auf dem Album entspricht dabei der Reihenfolge der Singelauskopplungen. Die Laufzeit des Albums beträgt 73 Minuten und 18 Sekunden. Mit Ausnahme des Songs "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" sind alle Songs des Albums auch auf "The Hits / The B-Sides" zu finden.
"The Very Best Of Prince" war in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts 66 Wochen lang vertreten, und davon eine Woche lang auf Platz eins, und zwar posthum am 7. Mai 2016. Vor Prince Tod erreichte das Album nur Platz 66 in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts. "The Very Best Of Prince" wurde in den USA ca. 2,9 Million Mal verkauft, wodurch es Platin-Status erlangte. In Deutschland wurde das Album 175.000 Mal verkauft und erreichte Platz 5 der deutschen Album-Charts.
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Warner Brothers appear to believe Prince’s career had ended when his contract with then expired. Let’s face it, this disk actually showcases how remarkable his Warners career was. It contains all the stuff the casual fan should already have heard, although it is good stuff at that. Yet we all know this CD is a half-baked effort to make Warner Brothers rinse as much money as possible out of the Purple Reign legacy that was running out of steam by 2002. Or so they thought! Does The Very Best Of Prince really contain his ‘very best’? Going by unit sales and familiarity, yes. Perhaps the album would have been better named Essential Prince since the ‘very best’ of his work is not here, that’s what you get with the industry exec and not the artist picking the track list. With all these hits in one place though The Very Best Of Prince saves some album hopping and sometimes, even for the most obsessive Prince fan, hearing all the hits in one sitting is a guilty pleasure. Though this is all stuff fans own and know note for note and is not quite so the perfect album for that simple reason it is wonderfully nostalgic of an era when Prince reigned supreme. Use this album only as a gateway to the better material on others.
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