Proposée par le label britannique Cherry Red Records, la compilation 3-CD Dearly Beloved: The Prince Songbook rassemble 52 titres composés par le multi-instrumentiste/songwriter/producteur minnéapolitain et offerts à des artistes tiers.
Entre évidences – « Love… Thy Will Be Done » de Martika, « Manic Monday » des Bangles, « The Sex of It » de Kid Creole & the Coconuts -, relectures de proches collaborateurs (Andre Cymone, Shelby J., Maceo Parker, Rosie Gaines, Brownmark) et apparitions diverses, d’Herbie Hancock au groupe alt-country Lambchop, cette sélection accompagnée d’un livret de 32 pages vient combler l’interruption subite de rééditions officielles Princières.
Dearly Beloved: The Prince Songbook sera disponible le 15 novembre (informations).
Tracklisting
CD1
1 Martika – Love… Thy Will Be Done (Single Version)
2 Sheena Easton – Sugar Walls
3 The Bangles – Manic Monday (Extended Version)
4 André Cymone – The Dance Electric (Single Version)
5 Patti LaBelle – Yo Mister (Single Version)
6 Elisa Fiorillo – Oooh This I Need
7 Kid Creole & The Coconuts – The Sex Of It
8 Monie Love – In A Word Or 2 (Paisley Park Mix)
9 Rosie Gaines – I Want U (Purple Version)
10 Kenny Rogers – You’re My Love
11 Mica Paris – If I Love U 2 Nite (Nellee’s Club U 2 Nite Edit)
12 Loïs Lane – Sex
13 Nona Hendryx – Baby Go- Go (7″ Alge Mix)
14 Paula Abdul – U
15 Brownmark – Shall We Dance?
16 Van Gogh – Van Gogh
17 Ana Moura feat Herbie Hancock – Dream Of Fire
18 Shelby J feat Anthony Hamilton – North Carolina †
CD2
1 Corinne Bailey Rae – I Wanna Be Your Lover
2 Stephanie Mills – How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
3 Jonny Lang – I Am
4 Pointer Sisters – I Feel For You
5 Meli’sa Morgan – Do Me Baby (Single Edit)
6 Crystal Waters – Uptown
7 Valerie Carter – Crazy You
8 Traces Gospel Choir – Walk Don’t Walk
9 Tuesday Knight – Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
10 Joe Roberts – Adore (Radio Version)
11 Debra Hurd – Gotta Broken Heart Again †
12 Passion – Gigolos Get Lonely Too (1996 Players Version)
13 N’Dambi – Soft And Wet
14 Mellow Man Ace feat Geo – Irresistible Bitch
15 Workshy – Damn U
16 Jordan Knight – I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
17 Princess & Starbreeze – It’s Gonna Be Lonely
18 Bobby Sparks II feat Lizz Wright – Sometimes It Snows In April
CD3
1 7 Hurtz feat Peaches & Bitch Lap Lap – Sexy Dancer
2 Sharon Jones & The Dap- Kings – Take Me With U
3 Hue & Cry – Sign O’ The Times
4 Lambchop – When You Were Mine †
5 Dead Or Alive – Pop Life
6 Robyn – Jack U Off
7 The Dirty Monroes – Vibrator †
8 Dayna Kurtz – Joy In Repetition
9 Michelle Mailhot – Love 2 The 9’s
10 Bilal – How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
11 Surferosa – Controversy
12 Morgan James – Call My Name
13 Joe Stilgoe – Partyman
14 Maceo Parker – Other Side Of The Mirror
15 Anne Marie Almedal – Paisley Park
16 Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff – Purple Rain †
† first time available on CD
