Prince - The Hits 2 (1993)

GREATEST HITS FORTNIGHT (FEBRUARY 6-19, 2012)

I was a Prince fan early on because my friend Jim had the 1980 album, Dirty Mind. This album covers material from those early days right through his heyday in the mid and late '80s. In my opinion, if you've got this compilation and the Purple Rain album, you've got all the Prince you really need. (OK. Maybe not.)

Album chart peaks:

• US Billboard 200: #54
• Billboard R&B: #23

Tracks: 18 tracks. My favorites are Controversy, Dirty Mind, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss (although I much prefer the extended version), U Got The Look, and Sexy MF (which would make an attention-getting ringtone fo sho). I usually skip Do Me Baby, Little Red Corvette, and If I Was Your Girlfriend.

	Song	Year	Hot 100	Dance	R&B
1	Controversy	1981	70	1	3
2	Dirty Mind	1980		5	65
3	I Wanna Be Your Lover	1979	11	2	1
4	Head	1980		5
5	Do Me, Baby	1982
6	Delirious	1983	8		18
7	Little Red Corvette	1983	6	61	11
8	I Would Die 4 U	1984	8	50	11
9	Raspberry Beret	1985	2	4	3
10	If I Was Your Girlfriend	1987	67		12
11	Kiss	1986	1	1	1
12	Peach	1993
13	U Got The Look	1987	2		11
14	Sexy M.F.	1992	66		76
15	Gett Off	1991	21	1	6
16	Cream	1991	1
17	Pope	1993
18	Purple Rain	1984	2		3

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: There's quite a few, but today I'm reminded of a end-of-year crawfish boil I helped host one year for some of my students and their parents (2003, maybe?). We had music playing and I just had a funk mix going when I suddenly heard the opening measures of Sexy MF. I bolted to the stereo and skipped the track as quickly as I could. I was in my mid-30's, but I don't think I've ever moved faster.

Previously revisited for the blog:
Musicology (2004)
N.E.W.S. (2003)