Today, NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records announced two new Prince releases that will celebrate the iconic artist’s music and introduce fans to previously unreleased material from his legendary vault. This will mark the first Prince recordings released since his passing on April 21st of this year.
Released on November 22nd in the U.S. and November 25th around the world, Prince 4Ever will bring together 40 of Prince’s best-loved songs, including the blockbuster hits “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “Kiss,” “Little Red Corvette,” “Purple Rain,” “Raspberry Beret,” “Sign O’ The Times,” “Alphabet Street,” “Batdance,” “Cream,” and “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.”Prince 4Ever includes “Moonbeam Levels” – a previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions and later considered for the never released Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album.Prince 4Ever will also arrive with a 12-page booklet of never-before-seen photos by acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts. In addition, early next year will see the release of the much-anticipated remastered, deluxe version of Purple Rain, plans for which were agreed with Prince before he passed away. The remaster of the classic Purple Rain will arrive with a second album of previously unreleased material.
More details will be revealed closer to the release date. The track-listing for Prince 4Ever is as follows:
1999
Little Red Corvette
When Doves Cry
Let’s Go Crazy
Raspberry Beret
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Soft and Wet
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
Uptown
When You Were Mine
Head
Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)Controversy
Let’s Work
Delirious
I Would Die 4 U
Take Me With U
Paisley Park
Pop Life
Purple Rain
Kiss
Sign ‘O’ The Times
Alphabet Street
Bat
dance
Thieves In The Temple
Cream
Mountains
Girls & Boys
If I Was Your Girlfriend
U Got The Look
I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man
Glam Slam
Moonbeam Levels
Diamonds and Pearls
Gett Off
Sexy MF
My Name Is Prince
7
Peach
Nothing Compares 2 U