2006 - Prince - Ultimate Prince [mp3@320] Grad58

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Prince - Ultimate Disk 1
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The third time around isn't quite a charm for Prince compilations -- in fact,
2006's Ultimate Prince falls far short from the promise of its title. Although
Ultimate Prince was touted upon its release as being the first double-disc
Prince hits collection (what does that make 1993's Hits 1 and Hits 2, then?),
that claim is a little misleading, since this hardly serves up two discs of hit
singles: instead, the second disc is devoted to 12" mixes and extended dance
mixes issued on CD maxi-singles. There is certainly a market for these mixes --
they have not been compiled on CD, so hardcore fans have been awaiting
their reissue, not just for the sake of completism, but because the mixes were
often very good -- but tacking them onto another hits disc doesn't serve
anybody's needs, since it forces the dedicated to once again purchase the
familiar hits, and anybody who just wanted the hits heard on the radio will not
be happy with having "Let's Go Crazy," "Little Red Corvette," "Pop Life,"
"Raspberry Beret," "Kiss," "U Got the Look," "Thieves in the Temple," and
"Cream" all here in different mixes. Of course, the first disc of hits is not
executed particularly well, either. Most of the 17 songs on the first disc are
single edits, but there are a few exceptions to the rule, as "Controversy,"
"Purple Rain," "Alphabet St," "7," and "Gett Off" are all presented in their
original full-length album incarnations -- and even if "Controversy" and "Purple
Rain" benefit from the unedited treatment (which is not necessarily the case
with "Alphabet St.," which is one time Prince's song got better on a single
edit), it's hard to see why those were included uncut when "1999" and "When
Doves Cry" fade out rather abruptly. Then there's the problem of omissions,
an issue that will always come up when an artist as great and prolific as Prince
gets his work condensed to compilation, but there are some big oversights
here, among them "I Feel for You," "Dirty Mind," "Let's Pretend We're
Married," "Take Me with U," "Mountains," "If I Was Your Girlfriend,"
"Batdance" (definitely not his best single, but a chart-topper in 1989), and
"Sexy MF," plus the B-side "Erotic City," which would have been an ideal
inclusion on the 12" mix disc but is regrettably absent. So, Ultimate Prince is a
bit of a mess -- granted, it's a listenable mess, since any Prince song from
1979-1992 is at the very least worth hearing and often is nothing less than
brilliant (plus, the remastered sound is very good, better than the original CDs
in nearly every case). But for listeners who just want the hits, they'll be
better served by 1993's Hits discs or 2001's The Very Best of Prince, which
may have their share of oversights or flaws, but both are better samplers of
his best work than this muddled, intermittently enjoyable, hodgepodge.

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Artist...............: Prince
Album................: Ultimate
Genre................: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2006
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/ultimate-mw0000505684
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 9/24/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/28/2016
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, LOG, PAR, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. Prince - 1999 [03:37]
2. Prince - 7 [05:09]
3. Prince - Alphabet St. [05:39]
4. Prince - Controversy [07:15]
5. Prince - Delirious [02:40]
6. Prince - Diamonds and Pearls [04:20]
7. Prince - Gett Off [04:31]
8. Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man [03:40]
9. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover [02:57]
10. Prince - I Would Die 4 U [02:58]
11. Prince - Money Don't Matter 2 Night [04:47]
12. Prince - My Name Is Prince [04:03]
13. Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U [Live] [05:04]
14. Prince - Purple Rain [08:41]
15. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times [03:41]
16. Prince - Uptown [04:10]
17. Prince - When Doves Cry [03:50]

Playing Time.........: 01:17:10
Total Size...........: 177.86 MB

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Prince - Ultimate Disk 2
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Artist...............: Prince
Album................: Ultimate
Genre................: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2006
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/ultimate-mw0000505684
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 9/24/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/28/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. Prince - Cream (N.P.G. Mix) [04:51]
2. Prince - Hot Thing (Extended Remix) [08:32]
3. Prince - Kiss (Extended Version [07:15]
4. Prince - Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix) [07:35]
5. Prince - Let's Work (Dance Remix) [08:04]
6. Prince - Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix) [08:26]
7. Prince - Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) [06:18]
8. Prince - Raspberry Beret (12'' Version) [06:35]
9. Prince - She's Always In My Hair (12'' Version) [06:31]
10. Prince - Thieves In The Temple (Remix) [08:07]
11. Prince - U Got The Look [06:42]

Playing Time.........: 01:19:01
Total Size...........: 181.66 MB

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