Difference between revisions of "Album: Nothing Compares 2 Him"
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|previous album link = [[Album: Stockholm 1988|Stockholm 1988]] | |previous album link = [[Album: Stockholm 1988|Stockholm 1988]] | ||
|next album link = [[Album: The Crown Jewels| The Crown Jewels]] | |next album link = [[Album: The Crown Jewels| The Crown Jewels]] | ||
− | |introduction = <b> Nothing Compares 2 Him </b> is the eighth promotional compilation album by [[Prince]], available in Summer | + | |introduction = <b> Nothing Compares 2 Him </b> is the eighth promotional compilation album by [[Prince]], available in Summer 1990 on cassette to be played in stores to promote the [[Nude Tour]] in the UK where [[Prince]] played no less than 21 shows (including setting a record-breaking of 16 performances at [[Wembley Arena]] in London that year). |
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A promotional VHS, also titled [[Home Video: Nothing Compares 2 Him|Nothing Compares 2 Him]], was also available for in-store play. | A promotional VHS, also titled [[Home Video: Nothing Compares 2 Him|Nothing Compares 2 Him]], was also available for in-store play. | ||
− | The cassette | + | The cassette contains twenty tracks which have all been previously released as singles. Most of them were also included on [[Album: Sounds O’ The Times|Sounds O’ The Times]] and [[file:Eye88.png|link=Album: Eye Love Prince]] [[Album: Eye Love Prince|Love Prince]] (only [[Dirty Mind]] and [[Girls & Boys]] were not kept from the previous selections). |
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+ | [[Prince]] had released eleven albums at that point, although neither [[Album: For You|For You]] nor [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] were represented on this collection. <b> Nothing Compares 2 Him </b> includes songs from [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] ([[When You Were Mine]]), [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] ([[Let’s Go Crazy]]), [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]] ([[Paisley Park]]), [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] ([[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]]) and [[Album: Batman|Batman]] ([[Batdance]] and [[Partyman]]). The version of [[Batdance]] included here is the album version shortened to make it start from the ''Vicky Vale'' part. The dialogues sampled from the film are kept, as is the intro for [[Partyman]]. The versions of [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Kiss]] are taken from their respective albums (unlike the versions included on [[Album: Sounds O’ The Times|Sounds O’ The Times]] and [[file:Eye88.png|link=Album: Eye Love Prince]] [[Album: Eye Love Prince|Love Prince]]). | ||
Despite its title, the tape doesn’t contain the song [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] which was a worldwide number one single (including in the UK) when covered by Irish singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinead_O%27Connor Sinead O’Connor]. | Despite its title, the tape doesn’t contain the song [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] which was a worldwide number one single (including in the UK) when covered by Irish singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinead_O%27Connor Sinead O’Connor]. |
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