Two new Prince releases will celebrate the iconic artist’s music with hits and previously unreleased material from his legendary vault. The albums, from NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records, mark the first Prince recordings released since his passing on April 21, 2016.
The first, the 40-track Prince 4Ever, will bring together most of Prince’s biggest hits including “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “Kiss,” “Little Red Corvette,” “Purple Rain,” “Raspberry Beret,” “Sign O’ The Times,” “1999,” “Controversy” and “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Prince 4Ever will be released on November 22 in the U.S. and November 25 around the world.
Prince 4Ever also includes “Moonbeam Levels,” a previously unreleased song recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions and later considered for the never-released Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album.
Prince 4Ever will also include a 12-page booklet of never-before-seen photos by acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts.
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In addition, early next year will see the release of the remastered, deluxe edition of Purple Rain, plans for which were agreed with Prince before he passed away. The remaster of the classic will arrive with a second album of previously unreleased material. More details will be revealed closer to the release date.
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Watch Prince and the Revolution perform “Purple Rain” at the 1985 American Music Awards
Prince 4Ever Track Listing:
1. 1999
2. Little Red Corvette
3. When Doves Cry
4. Let’s Go Crazy
5. Raspberry Beret
6. I Wanna Be Your Lover
7. Soft and Wet
8. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
9. Uptown
10. When You Were Mine
11. Head
12. Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)
13. Controversy
14. Let’s Work
15. Delirious
16. I Would Die 4 U
17. Take Me With U
18. Paisley Park
19. Pop Life
20. Purple Rain
21. Kiss
22. Sign ‘O’ The Times
23. Alphabet Street
24. Batdance
25. Thieves In The Temple
26. Cream
27. Mountains
28. Girls & Boys
29. If I Was Your Girlfriend
30. U Got The Look
31. I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man
32. Glam Slam
33. Moonbeam Levels
34. Diamonds and Pearls
35. Gett Off
36. Sexy MF
37. My Name Is Prince
38. 7
39. Peach
40. Nothing Compares 2 U
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