4Ever (album)

This article is about the Prince album. For other albums, see Forever § Albums.
4Ever
Greatest hits album by
Prince
ReleasedNovember 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)
RecordedDecember 1976 – May 1993
Genre
Length155:06
Label
ProducerPrince
Prince chronology
Hit n Run Phase Two
(2015) 		4Ever
(2016) 		Anthology: 1995–2010
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

4Ever, also known as Prince 4Ever, is a greatest hits album by American recording artist Prince, released on November 22, 2016, by NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records.[2][3][4][5] It is the first Prince release following the musician's death on April 21, 2016.

The two-disc set features 40 songs from Prince's tenure with Warner Bros. Records and features recordings from all of his albums between 1978's For You and 1993's The Hits/The B-Sides. It is the first Prince collection to include his number-one hit single "Batdance" from the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Batman.[6]

4Ever features the first official release of the song "Moonbeam Levels", which had previously circulated on bootlegs of Prince's unreleased material in a low-quality form.[7] The song had been recorded in 1982 during the sessions for 1999 and was subsequently considered for the unreleased 1988–89 album Rave unto the Joy Fantastic.[8]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review: 4Ever AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-03-22
  2. ^ Aswad, Jem (October 21, 2016). "Prince Greatest-Hits Collection, '4Ever,' Due Nov. 22; 'Purple Rain' Deluxe Edition – With Unreleased Songs – Coming in 2017". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Deerwester, Jayme (October 21, 2016). "Two new Prince albums coming; 'Prince4Ever' arrives Nov. 22". USA Today. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 21, 2016). "Unreleased Prince Songs Prepped for Greatest Hits, 'Purple Rain' Reissue". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Yoo, Noah (October 21, 2016). "Prince Purple Rain Reissue, Greatest Hits Album Announced". pitchfork.com. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "Prince's Unreleased Songs To Feature In 2 New Albums". International Business Times. October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 21, 2016). "Unreleased Prince Songs Prepped for Greatest Hits, 'Purple Rain' Reissue". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Tufayel (October 21, 2016). "Two new Prince albums are coming—including a 'Purple Rain' reissue". Newsweek. Retrieved October 21, 2016.