Prince’s estate has announced Timeless, a new posthumous rarities album arriving on August 28, 2026 through a partnership with Legacy Recordings. The 10-track release is being presented as the first Prince project ever curated to span every major era of his career, pulling recordings from 1977 through 2016 and framing them as a sweeping look back at one of pop music’s most inventive artists.
The announcement was paired with the release of “Stone,” a previously unreleased track recorded in spring 1995. The song was written by Sandra St. Victor, Tom Hammer, and Jules Van Even, and Far Out notes that it had reportedly been sitting in Paisley Park’s vaults for more than 30 years before finally being unveiled. The estate’s release says the track was one of the first previews of the upcoming album.
The collection is designed to show the full sweep of Prince’s creative life, from his earliest sessions as a teen prodigy in Minneapolis to one of his final recorded performances. The estate says the album is meant to highlight the consistency, curiosity, and ambition that defined Prince’s career, while giving fans access to songs that had never previously been heard in public.
The album will be available on streaming platforms and in multiple physical formats, including D2C-exclusive limited-edition Purple Marble Vinyl, standard black vinyl, and CD. The estate also said it is offering exclusive Timeless merchandise through Paisley Park and Prince’s official retail channels.
The release is tied to Prince Celebration 2026, the annual gathering taking place June 3–7 across Paisley Park and downtown Minneapolis. The estate says the event will include listening sessions, archival presentations, and conversations with Prince collaborators, with a special event at The Armory in Minneapolis on June 5 featuring NPG, The Revolution’s Bobby Z, Lisa Coleman, and others. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also declared June 1–7, 2026 as Prince Celebration Week, with the city’s skyline set to glow purple in Prince’s honor on June 6.
The Far Out article also notes that Paul McCartney recently reflected on Prince’s death, saying, “He was a special guy, it’s so sad these people y’know, suddenly he’s not here. It always makes me wish that I’d known him better, and I could say, ‘Hey man, what’s going on?’ It’s such a shame, there’s such talents.” McCartney also revealed he has been given a recording of Prince covering “The Long and Winding Road,” which he hopes may still be released.
As for the tracklist, Timeless moves through nearly four decades of material, beginning with “I Am You” (1977) and ending with “How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?” (Live) (2016). The full digital and CD sequence is: “I Am You,” “Tick Tick Bang,” “Heaven,” “I Wonder,” “With This Tear,” “Stone,” “Calabama,” “The Guilty Ones,” “Bestest Friend,” and “How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?” (Live). The 1LP version splits those songs across two sides, with “Stone” opening Side B.
The tracklist makes the project feel less like a simple vault dump and more like a deliberate career survey. With material from the late 1970s, the 1980s, the early 1990s, the 2000s, and the 2010s all included, Timeless is shaping up as both a retrospective and a reminder that Prince’s archive is still capable of surprising fans years after his death.
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