Holy Rock
Track will feature on upcoming compilation of all previously unreleased material, Timeless
Prince could make even a stolid metaphor comparing a lover’s coldness to an inanimate rock sound funky, as he proved on “Stone,” an unreleased song that has been languishing in the Purple One’s vault until now.
“Take your icy hand and press it on this heart of stone,” he sings at one point, though listeners are likely more distracted by the song’s heavy beat and buoyant bass. Prince recorded the track, which was written by songwriters Sandra St. Victor, Tom Hammer, and Jules Van Even, in 1995, the same year he released The Gold Experience, but it’s set to get an official release on the upcoming all-unreleased-music compilation, Timeless, due Aug. 28.
The 10-song track list for the compilation plucks a song from every decade of Prince’s career, ending with a live performance of “How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?,” which he recorded in the year of his death, 2016. The album will be available to stream and for purchase on CD and vinyl. The Prince Estate is previewing the album this week during its “Prince Celebration” in Minneapolis.
