Track Listing

1. When Doves Cry
2. Pop Life
3. Soft And Wet
4. I Feel For You
5. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
6. When You Were Mine
7. Uptown
8. Let's Go Crazy
9. 1999
10. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
11. Nothing Compares 2 U
12. Adore
13. Pink Cashmere
14. Alphabet Street
15. Sign O' The Times
16. Thieves In The Temple
17. Diamonds And Pearls
18. 7

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53716 in Music
• Released on: 1993-08-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
In addition to the three-disc Hits/The B-Sides set, Prince's 1993 release list included separate editions of the two Hits volumes. By beginning with "When Doves Cry", Volume One would seem to promise a fairly mainstream overview of the man's career. But what can such a small word mean to an artist who writes love songs like this disc's "Adore" ("You can rip up my clothes, smash up my ride ... well, maybe not the ride") and who can put a cryptic religious fable (we think) like "7" in the Top 10? --Rickey Wright

CD Description
Upon their release in 1993, the shorthand descriptors were that THE HITS ONE contained the "clean" songs while THE HITSTWO had all the "dirty" stuff. It's not quite so simple. Even Prince's most chaste material, like the finger-wagging "Pop Life", has a certain limpid eroticism. "Soft and Wet" andthe power-poppy "When You Were Mine", while nowhere near asblatant as some of The Purple One's other tracks, still raise an eyebrow. What's most interesting is the way the best songs from uneven albums like GRAFFITI BRIDGE and otherwise obscure tracks like the jazzy "Seven" assume a new luster in the company of classics like "When Doves Cry". THE HITS ONE contains the previously unreleased "Pink Cashmere" and a live version of "Nothing Compares 2 U". This disc and its companion volume are also available as a box set with an essential bonus third disc of b-sides.

Customer Reviews

Nearly a 6 star!
This album is the perfect introduction to Prince for anyone who's been considering buying one of his albums. From start to finish the album is breathtaking, and as varied in style as we would expect from this multi-talented artist. This was the first Prince album I ever bought, and now I'm hooked. However, even if you don't see yourself buying all of his albums (and there are too many!) this should still be sitting in your CD collection. A purchase of this and the "Purple Rain" soundtrack is the perfect introduction to this musical genius.

He truly Is The Prince of Pop Music!
WOW - What can I say, Prince is definitely one of the all time greatest Pop sensations. This album which is a compilation of some of his greatest hits (it's part of a three-disc box set) covers 18 titles, of which 12 of them are very well known favourites from Prince. A few of the hottest titles include ; "When doves cry", "Let's go crazy", "Nothing compares 2 U", "Alphabet Street", "Diamonds and pearls" and the presently popular "1999". There are absolutely no fillers on this album and it includes songs from the past 2 decades. It is a great party album and a must have for all music collections!

My Desert Island Disc...
If I was stuck on a desert island this is the CD I'd hope I'd packed. As a 10 year old someone gave me it and I looked at it with an upturned nose but from the glorious opening of When Doves Cry there's a song for every mood on this compilation. Prince is a musical genius - especially when it comes to writing. He takes an emotion you're feeling and verbalises it so you think "YEAH! EXACTLY!" Thus, if you're new to Prince you'll be surprised that he wrote the original Nothing Compares 2u - made famous by Sinead O'Connor - this version is completely different, a heart-wrenching soulful lament with closer than close Rosie Gaines, that will make you ache to be in love like that. Fans of the recent 80's revival will love Uptown, Let's Go Crazy, 1999 and Prince's version of Chaka Khans I Feel for You. There are sexy songs (Alphabet Street, Soft and Wet) and sultry love songs (Pink Cashmere, Diamonds and Pearls). This CD is a fantastic introduction to the great man and if you like this but you're still not sure about him definitely get The Hits 2, because his albums may be a little too much for everyone. I think this album clearly shows why so many singers today use Prince's lyrics (Beyonce in Jay-z's Bonnie and Clyde) and so many are copying his style (the recent Freestylers song: Push Up).