Today is a great day for any Prince fan. As many as 23 albums from the late legend are now available on all streaming services for the very first time.
This batch of albums include rare out of print recordings as well as other releases like The Gold Experience (from 1995), Emancipation (1996), The Rainbow Children (2001), Musicology (2004), Planet Earth (2007), 20Ten (2010) and more. It adds more than 300 songs to the Purple One’s online discography on streaming services for the first time. This is a result of a new deal struck between SME and The Prince Estate.
Apart from the 23 original albums, a collection called Prince Anthology: 1995-2010 containing 37 essential tracks from Prince’s prime era has also been released, which you can stream below via Spotify.
The good news is that other titles from 1978-2015 will be re-issued as well in years to come. For now, here’s a list of albums that have just become available:
1. The Gold Experience (1995) (“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” greyed out, partial album streaming only; album unavailable for download)
2. Chaos and Disorder (1996)
3. Emancipation (1996)
4. Crystal Ball (1998)
5. The Truth (1998)
6. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (1999)
7. Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2001)
8. The Rainbow Children (2001)
9. One Nite Alone… (2002)
10. One Nite Alone…Live! (2002)
11. One Nite Alone…Live – The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over (Up Late with Prince & The NPG) (2002)
12. Xpectation (2003)
13. N.E.W.S. (2003)
14. C-Note (2004)
15. Musicology (2004)
16. The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club: Volume 1) (2004)
17. The Slaughterhouse (Trax from the NPG Music Club: Volume 2) (2004)
18. 3121 (2006)
19. Planet Earth (2007)
20. Indigo Nights (2008)
21. LOtUSFLOW3R (2009)
22. MPLSoUND (2009)
23. 20Ten (2010)
24. Prince Anthology: 1995-2010