Prince Archival Album ‘Timeless’ Arrives Aug. 28 With 10 Unreleased Tracks

The collection spans Prince's entire career and includes the new single ‘Stone,' available to hear now.

Prince's estate and Legacy Recordings have announced Timeless, a new compilation of previously unreleased material set for release on Aug. 28. The 10-track collection draws from across Prince's career, ranging from a 1978 rock track to a live recording of a fan-favorite B-side, and is accompanied by a new single, ‘Stone,' available to stream now.

First Archival Release Since 2021's Welcome 2 America

Timeless marks the first archival album released by Legacy Recordings and the Prince estate since Welcome 2 America in 2021. Where that record was drawn from a concentrated month-long recording session in the spring of 2010, Timeless casts a much wider net, pulling material from multiple eras of Prince's prolific output.

That distinction matters for longtime fans. Welcome 2 America offered a snapshot of Prince in a specific creative moment; Timeless functions more like a career-spanning excavation, giving listeners a sense of how consistently he was generating finished or near-finished work that never made it to official release.

What's on the Album: Highlights and Deep Cuts

The collection opens with ‘I Am You,' a rock track dating back to 1978, placing it among the earliest known recordings in Prince's vault. Also notable is his original 1981 recording of ‘Tick Tick Bang,' a song that would later be performed by the Time on the 1990 Graffiti Bridge soundtrack.

‘I Wonder,' a 1989 track that has circulated widely among collectors and bootleg traders for years, finally gets an official release here. The set also includes ‘With This Tear,' a gentle piano ballad originally written for Celine Dion that was released earlier this year to mark the 10th anniversary of Prince's death. A live version of ‘How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?,' the beloved B-side from the 1999 era, closes the album.

The lead single, ‘Stone,' is available to hear now ahead of the August release.

Full Tracklist: Prince's Timeless

The complete 10-track listing for Timeless is as follows:

• I Am You
• Tick Tick Bang
• Heaven
• I Wonder
• With This Tear
• Stone
• Calabama
• The Guilty Ones
• Bestest Friend
• How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (Live)

Where to Order Timeless

Timeless is available to pre-order through major online retailers via SuperDeluxeEdition.com.

What we know

• Timeless is scheduled for release on Aug. 28.
• The album is being released by Legacy Recordings in partnership with the Prince estate.
• It is the first archival Prince album from Legacy Recordings and the estate since Welcome 2 America in 2021.
• Welcome 2 America was recorded during a month-long session in the spring of 2010.
• ‘I Am You' is a rock track that dates back to 1978.
• Prince's original 1981 recording of ‘Tick Tick Bang' is included; the Time performed the song on the 1990 Graffiti Bridge album.
• ‘I Wonder' is a 1989 track that has been widely bootlegged over the years.
• ‘With This Tear' was originally written for Celine Dion and was released earlier this year on the 10th anniversary of Prince's death.

The take

Prince's vault is one of the most mythologized in rock history. He was famously prolific, recording constantly and releasing only a fraction of what he completed, which means the estate and Legacy Recordings are working with an unusually rich archive. The decision to sequence Timeless as a career-spanning collection rather than another single-session document suggests a deliberate shift in how the estate is approaching posthumous releases. Pulling from 1978 through the later years of his career gives the album a retrospective sweep that Welcome 2 America, focused as it was on a single creative window, could not provide. The inclusion of ‘I Wonder,' a track that has circulated in bootleg form for decades, is particularly significant. Officially releasing material that serious fans already know well is a calculated move; it legitimizes the recordings and brings them into the canon while also giving casual listeners access to music that was previously gated behind collector culture. The Graffiti Bridge connection on ‘Tick Tick Bang' is a nice thread for fans of that era, and the Celine Dion-linked ‘With This Tear' adds a songwriting dimension that underscores how broadly Prince's pen reached beyond his own recordings. For a legacy catalog this deep, the challenge is always curation. Timeless, at 10 tracks, keeps things focused.

Why it matters

For Prince fans, every vault release is an event, but Timeless carries extra weight because it spans his entire career rather than a single period. That scope makes it a more complete portrait of how he worked across decades. It also continues the estate's methodical approach to posthumous releases, keeping Prince's name active in the cultural conversation nearly a decade after his death. For the broader classic rock and pop landscape, it reinforces that the most enduring catalogs still have genuine surprises left to offer.

What's next

Timeless is set for release on Aug. 28 via Legacy Recordings. The lead single ‘Stone' is available to stream now, and pre-orders are live through SuperDeluxeEdition.com.

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