| The Very Best of Prince | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | July 31, 2001 | |||
| Length | 73:18 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Q |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The Very Best of Prince is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 31, 2001, by Warner Bros. Records. The album contains most of his commercially successful singles from 1979 to 1991 including the US number 1s "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Kiss" and "Cream".
The Very Best of Prince does not include the US number 1 hit "Batdance" most likely due to the licensing of the character Batman. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine believed that the Batman album was unofficially being written out of Prince's discography.[1] All the songs included in this compilation were all previously included in the 3-disc box set The Hits/The B-Sides (1993), with the exception of "Money Don't Matter 2 Night".
- ^ a b Allmusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "Very Best of Prince CD Album".
- ^ "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 20, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2017.