An artist like Prince is summarized on a CD in the quantity of its output, a very difficult undertaking. In the present here selection of songs from the Warner-time there is really little to criticize. Bad is the choice not great blunders are not among them, and most of his big hits are. As another reviewer already wrote 4 songs from the album Diamonds And Pearls are a bit too much. After Purple Rain that was indeed his most successful album, but for The Very Best of Prince would have my discretion Gett Off and Money Do not Matter 2Night not have been necessary. There was more successful songs in the charts or larger classic in his repertoire. The full version of Purple Rain in the middle of the CD with his long outro is also hard to bear. So a song can be set only at the end of a CD or bring slightly shortened. Here, however, all the songs are arranged in chronological order, which need not be necessarily at a single best-of CD. A few important songs I miss a Very Best Of. Where are eg Controversy, Pop Life, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man or Sexy MF? These were all top ten hits in the UK or the US. The absence of his last big hits The Most Beautiful Girl In The World is at least explained by the fact that this song was released by another record company, which led to a confrontation with Warner. With Batdance missing even a no. 1 hit, the one but really can not listen today. Who wants to have most of his hits, reference is made to the favorable set of three The Hits / The B-Sides. Although there are missing a few important songs, as an introduction, this set is to acquire a better choice and priced mostly 15-20 Euro.
