Rosie Gaines – co-lead vocals on Nothing Compares 2 U, keyboards and vocals on Diamonds And Pearls, 7, Gett Off, Cream.– bass and vocals on Alphabet St., guitar and vocals on Diamonds And Pearls, 7, Sexy M.F., Gett Off, Cream – percussion on Pop Life, Let’s Go Crazy, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss, Purple Rain Fink – keyboards on Pop Life, Let’s Go Crazy, Alphabet St., Dirty Mind, Head, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss, Purple Rain Brown Mark – bass and voice on Pop Life, Let’s Go Crazy, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss, Purple Rain.Lisa Coleman – keyboards and voice on Pop Life, Let’s Go Crazy, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss, Purple Rain, co-lead vocals on 1999, backing vocals on Controversy, Head, Delirious, Little Red Corvette.Wendy Melvoin – guitar and voice on Pop Life, Let’s Go Crazy, I Would Die 4 U, Raspberry Beret, Kiss, Purple Rain.Prince – all vocals and instruments, except where noted.Contains sample of "Tramp" as performed by McCrackin and Fulsomĥ Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the RevolutionĦ Written by Prince, Tony M.
MoonĢ Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)ģ Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation). The MC boxset was released at same time as the CD.Īll songs written by Prince, except where noted.ġ Music by Prince, Lyrics by Prince and C. How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (3:50).I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:38).The compact disc version is the original issue. It was also certified gold (100,000 copies sold in the UK) by the BPI in 2013. The album has sold well since its release, and was certified platinum by the RIAA (1,000,000 copies shipped in the US) in late 1993. The album reached number 19 on The Billboard 200, and number 6 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums Chart. Pope was also available as a promotional-release only in the UK (with no commercial release). Some territories also received a re-release of Controversy as a single the following month (with an entirely different tracklist and appearance than the 1981 release). Peach was released as a single two months after the album’s release (three weeks after the album’s release in the UK), and Nothing Compares 2 U was also available as a promotional release in the USA on the same day. Pink Cashmere was released as a single two weeks before the album’s release. were already behind schedule on the set, and in the end paid Prince not to be involved. Prince contributed six previously-unreleased songs to the whole set, and at one point wanted to be more involved in the release, but Warner Bros. had initially considered releasing a larger 4-5 disc box set, but this was quickly rejected as the retail price was considered to be prohibitive. The third CD, known as The B-Sides, contained 18 previously-released b-sides (in their edited form where there was one), as well as an unreleased version of a relatively obscure song, 4 The Tears In Your Eyes, and a previously-unreleased track, Power Fantastic. The set contains most of Prince’s most well-known songs from 13 studio albums, released originally between 19 ( Batman being the only album not represented). It was released simultaneously with The Hits 1, The Hits 2 (which comprised the first two discs of the set) and The Hits Collection home video in September 1993. The Hits / The B-Sides is a 3CD box-set compilation album by Prince. This album has not received any awards in the USA R indicates re-entry of an album that had already charted. Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA The Warehouse,Eden Prairie, MN, USA S.I.R., Los Angeles, CA, USA, Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Paisley Park, Chanhassen, MN, USA and Record Plant Remote - Mobile Truck (from New York, NY in) Minneapolis, MN USA Olympic Studios, London, England