{"id":2116730,"date":"2026-08-28T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2116730"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:34:32","slug":"prince-estate-releases-funky-career-spanning-timeless-vault-album-commemorating-10th-anniversary-of-singers-death-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2116730","title":{"rendered":"Prince Estate Releases Funky, Career-Spanning \u2018Timeless\u2019 Vault Album Commemorating 10th Anniversary of Singer\u2019s Death: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThe Prince estate released the 10-song vault collection Timeless<\/em> on Friday (Aug. 28), a funky collection of rare and previously unreleased songs from the late pop icon\u2019s infamously stacked vault as part of a year-long commemoration of the 10th anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Estate \u2014\u00a0which released the set in partnership with Legacy Recordings \u2014\u00a0said it represents the first-ever Prince release to cover every major era of the singer\u2019s career, spanning recordings tracked when he was a Minneapolis teenager in 1977 through ones cut in 2016; Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose on April 21, 2016 at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe set opens with the horn-spiked funk jam \u201cI Am You,\u201d which, like most of the songs on the collection was written arranged, performed and produced almost entirely by Prince as a yearning plea for a lover\u2019s return. It was recorded at Minneapolis\u2019 Sound 89 studio in 1977 when he was just 19 years old.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s followed-up by the blitzing, punky lust bomb of 1981\u2019s \u201cTick Tick Bang,\u201d which was released on the Graffiti Bridge<\/em> album nine years later with a more funk-forward feel. \u201cHeaven,\u201d a spare pop jam from 1985, features backing vocals from Prince\u2019s former girlfriend and Revolution band member singer Susannah Melvoin, while 1989\u2019s \u201cI Wonder\u201d has a loping, gospel-country vibe. The emotional, lush piano ballad \u201cWith This Tear\u201d (1991) was tracked before Prince gave the song to Celine Dion, who recorded it for her self-titled 1992 LP.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe latter was previously released as a single from the collection alongside \u201cStone,\u201d a previously unreleased slow-burn R&B tune from 1995. The set is rounded out by the 2003 hand-clapping soul jam \u201cCalabama,\u201d 2007\u2019s rock burner \u201cThe Guilty Ones\u201d and 2012\u2019s majestic \u201cBestest Friend.\u201d The final track is a live version of the fan-favorite non-album 1999<\/em> B-side \u201cHow Come U Don\u2019t Call Me Anymore?,\u201d recorded live at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. on March, 4, 2015, a month before Prince\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe set was mixed and mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer\/producer Chris James (Plectrumelectrum<\/em>) and produced for compilation by estate co-manager L. Londell McMillan, who said in a statement, \u201cTimeless<\/em> describes Prince in many ways, even beyond his musical genius. Prince was indeed one of only one, a legendary artist and master musician with unprecedented style, faith, courage, dignity and brilliance. His overall essence and spirit remains timeless. This current album covers 5 decades of Prince\u2019s music from 1977 through 2016 with unreleased music from the Prince Vault, all on one album. Enjoy this music project along with his legendary catalog of released music, as it all is TIMELESS and more to come this year and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to the album, the estate dropped an official video for \u201cThe Guilty Ones,\u201d featuring a compilation of live and music video footage spanning the singer\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

\n\tListen to Timeless<\/em> and watch \u201cThe Guilty Ones\u201d video below.<\/p>\n

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