Any word on this yet? Any rumours?

RNR Love Affair has grown on me quite considerably. I'd really welcome a new Prince record right about now....

[Edited 10/15/12 12:39pm]

I want one too, but as we've seen with Prince, the answer to your question is "Yes. No. Maybe".

Considering something he said in an interview last month, most signs point to no. But who the hell really knows?

"Remember Betamax?" Prince says with a grin, referring to the outmoded video cassette format. "That's the system we've got now in the music business. We're in a singles market again. It's crazy for me to walk into that with a new album. Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that's fine with me as long as it doesn't bother them that they're not hearing 90 percent of the music that way. But I don't have to record to eat or to get out of debt or to pay my taxes. I looked forward to the day I could do this. Freedom is an interesting thing. You have to work really hard to get free."

-"A Peek Inside Prince's Mind" article from the Chicago Tribune

Did a new album follow "Extralovable" last fall? Or "F.U.N.K" in 2007?

TwiliteKid said:

Did a new album follow "Extralovable" last fall? Or "F.U.N.K" in 2007?

Those singles were not released on a physical format, though.

Not that that means there's a new album on the horizon, but let's think about it. Why would Prince bother spending the money on manufacturing CDs and (if what I hear is true) Vinyls on a one-off "throwaway" song?

Again, not saying this definitely means there's a new album, but I don't think he's doing this all for nothing!

ElectricSugar said:

ElectricSugar said:

TwiliteKid said:

Did a new album follow "Extralovable" last fall? Or "F.U.N.K" in 2007?

Those singles were not released on a physical format, though.

Not that that means there's a new album on the horizon, but let's think about it. Why would Prince bother spending the money on manufacturing CDs and (if what I hear is true) Vinyls on a one-off "throwaway" song?

The album was dead and buried when this came out, so it's the very definition of a throwaway single.

Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it... That's what it is to be a slave.

NouveauDance said:

ElectricSugar said:

Those singles were not released on a physical format, though.

Not that that means there's a new album on the horizon, but let's think about it. Why would Prince bother spending the money on manufacturing CDs and (if what I hear is true) Vinyls on a one-off "throwaway" song?

The album was dead and buried when this came out, so it's the very definition of a throwaway single.

I wouldn't exactly call this throwaway, was this not released to promote the actual remixes themselves? I can understand paying for manufacturing/distribution if the single has remixes or something new to offer, but I don't see why Prince would do all that for the sake of ONE song

And, yes, the album was old news by the time this single/ep came out, but the song was still on an album. No matter how poor the timing, surely it still would have given Lotusflow3r some promotional boost? Or do the liner notes of the single not tell you what album the song is from?