The Prince Estate announce new album of unreleased demos
25 April 2019, 11:24
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
The Prince Estate has announced a new Prince album, Originals, full of recordings of hits that he wrote for other artists.
The 15-track album aims to reveal Prince's behind the scenes work, which included creating songs for other artists.
Selected by Troy Carter (on behalf of The Prince Estate) and Jay-Z, the Originals record reveals demos of his hits for other artists between 1981 and 1991.
The demos include Sheila E.’s "The Glamorous Life", Vanity 6’s "Make-Up", the original version of Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U", and many others.
Tracklist:
- Sex Shooter (1983)
- Jungle Love (1983)
- Manic Monday (1984)
- Noon Rendezvous (1984)
- Make-Up (1981)
- 100 MPH (1984)
- You’re My Love (1982)
- Holly Rock (1985)
- Baby, You’re a Trip (1982)
- The Glamorous Life (1983)
- Gigolos Get Lonely Too (1982)
- Love… Thy Will Be Done (1991)
- Dear Michelangelo (1985)
- Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me? (1981)
- Nothing Compares 2 U (1984)
Prince's Originals album will be released exclusively on Tidal from 7 June, arriving on other streaming platforms 21 June. The physcial release is scheduled for 19 July. Find out more.
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