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| Length = | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Love Symbol Album'' (1992) | This album = ''The Hits/The B-Sides'' (1993) | Next album = ''Come'' (1994) | Misc = }} ''The Hits/The B-Sides'' is a box set by American recording artist Prince. It was released on September 10, 1993, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album is a comprehensive 3-disc set consisting of many of his hit singles and fan favorites. 〕 |rev4 = ''NME'' |rev4score = (6/10)〔(NME review )〕 |rev5 = ''Q'' |rev5score = 〔(CD Universe reviews )〕 |rev6 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev6score = 〔〔(Rolling Stone review )〕 |rev7 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev7score = 〔(Rolling Stone Album Guide )〕 }} ==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. 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 instead of ''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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hits/The B-Sides」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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