Double Vinyl LP pressed on Limited Clear Vinyl
Prince's 24th studio album, The Rainbow Children was initially sold on Prince's trailblazing website the NPG Music Club and was commercially released on November 20, 2001 on NPG Records. It was the first album (outside of the works he distributed through his NPG Music Club) to be released under the name Prince since he had changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, and it was his first fully independent release to be issued without any major label backing.
The Rainbow Children is a concept album intertwining Prince's recurring themes of spirituality and sexuality, love and social consciousness, set in a metaphoric utopian narrative. Musically, the album showcased a new jazz-influenced direction for Prince, with live drums and expansive horn charts. The album's original cover artwork – the Cbabi Bayoc painting "The Reine Keis Quintet" – holds a place of honour at Prince's Paisley Park to this day and is displayed in his NPG Music Club Room.
This new double LP vinyl edition comes on limited edition crystal clear vinyl packaged in gatefold packaging along with an exclusive Prince rainbow slipmat.
Track List:
- Rainbow Children
- Muse 2 The Pharaoh
- Digital Garden
- The Work Pt. 1
- Everywhere
- The Sensual Everafter
- Mellow
- 1+1+1 Is 3
- Deconstruction
- Wedding Feast
- She Loves Me 4 Me
- Family Name
- The Everlasting Now
- Last December
- Last December (Reprise) **(CD Only)**