The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
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| Studio album by Prince | ||||
| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January 23, 1985 – June 18, 1994 | |||
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| Length | 39:17 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Prince | |||
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| Singles from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | (unfavorable) |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Mojo | (mixed) |
| NME |   |
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| Rhapsody | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone | |
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale is the twenty-second studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on August 24, 1999 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was submitted to Warner Bros. Records in 1996, complete with artwork at the same time as Chaos and Disorder, but released three years later, shortly before Prince's Arista album release Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. The album was recorded from 1985 through 1994. It was the last album to be released by Warner Bros. to fulfill his 1992 contract obligations.
Fans often complain that the songs have been overworked and watered down from the original versions that can be heard on various bootlegs, particularly "Old Friends 4 Sale". Not much promotion was done in the United States or United Kingdom to support the album. "Extraordinary" was occasionally performed during his 2002 One Nite Alone... Tour.
The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale was Prince's first release with Warner Bros. Records since his eighteenth studio album, Chaos and Disorder (1996). His previous three albums, Emancipation (1996), Crystal Ball (1998), and The Truth (1998), were all released independently by NPG Records.
Unlike his previous studio albums, Prince did not embark on a concert series or tour and did very little to promote the album. The lack of a proper tour would continue until the release of his twenty-fifth studio album, One Nite Alone... (2002). Prince's next tour wouldn't be until late 2000, when he began the Hit n Run Tour.
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