Well the rumours were true (obviously). Prince is about to be honoured with a series of posthumous releases. First among them: a deluxe, expanded edition of Purple Rain — featuring previously unreleased material, no less — and a new, sprawling greatest-hits package called Prince 4Ever.
Due out via NPG Records/Warner Bros., the hits collection will arrive first on November 22 in the U.S. and November 25 elsewhere. It features many of Prince's biggest hits, including "1999," "When Doves Cry," "Nothing Compares 2 U," "Purple Rain" and, yes, "Batdance." There's also the previously unreleased (though much-bootlegged) "Moonbeam Levels," which was recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions.
Prince 4Ever contains a 12-page booklet with previously unpublished photos by Herb Ritts. That's its cover above.
As for the Purple Rain reissue, details have yet to be announced in full, but it is set for release early next year. A press release also promises "a second album of previously unreleased material." It also adds that plans for the release "were agreed with Prince before he passed away."
As we continue to wait on more details surrounding the Purple Rain reissue, you can see the tracklist to Prince 4Ever below.
Prince 4Ever:
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
Due out via NPG Records/Warner Bros., the hits collection will arrive first on November 22 in the U.S. and November 25 elsewhere. It features many of Prince's biggest hits, including "1999," "When Doves Cry," "Nothing Compares 2 U," "Purple Rain" and, yes, "Batdance." There's also the previously unreleased (though much-bootlegged) "Moonbeam Levels," which was recorded in 1982 during the 1999 sessions.
Prince 4Ever contains a 12-page booklet with previously unpublished photos by Herb Ritts. That's its cover above.
As for the Purple Rain reissue, details have yet to be announced in full, but it is set for release early next year. A press release also promises "a second album of previously unreleased material." It also adds that plans for the release "were agreed with Prince before he passed away."
As we continue to wait on more details surrounding the Purple Rain reissue, you can see the tracklist to Prince 4Ever below.
Prince 4Ever:
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