{"id":34387,"date":"2021-10-08T17:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/posthumous-albums-to-honor-the-greats\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T22:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T22:30:56","slug":"posthumous-albums-to-honor-the-greats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/posthumous-albums-to-honor-the-greats\/","title":{"rendered":"Posthumous Albums To Honor The Greats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sadly, the music industry has lost many of its greatest artists far too soon. However, while these artists may no longer be with us, their families and record companies honor them by releasing posthumous albums of their unreleased albums, or projects they were working on before their untimely death. These albums often connect with us in deeper ways and open us as listeners up to the struggles of the artists before they passed. Here are three posthumous albums to honor the greats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5sY6UIQ32GqwMLAfSNEaXb?si=5rDW9n8oSEuXEUzM0o0oNw&amp;dl_branch=1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Circles <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Mac Miller\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/mac-miller-legacy-loss-756802\/\">Mac Miller\u2019s death in 2018<\/a> rocked not just the music industry, but the world. Mac was known to be a positive light and a genuinely good person. His spirit is shown through his music constantly, and while he was fighting his demons, he gave his listeners the courage to face theirs. Shortly after his death, his family and record label decided to release <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Circles,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a beautiful album in which Miller bares himself to his listeners. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Circles <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is different than any other project he has put out, but that does not mean it is any less special. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Circles <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is an album of love and loss, pain and heartbreak, and of verbalizing feelings that are often stigmatized. Mac Miller\u2019s memory is forever ingrained into every note and every lyric, and for that, I am forever grateful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;28250&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2IevUWpkZ9KUcr6ZhtklE0?si=cg_iWJXQQHOzsf4I4iefYA&amp;dl_branch=1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dreaming of You &#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selena<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another amazing talent gone too soon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myimperfectlife.com\/features\/who-killed-selena-quintanilla-perez\">Selena\u2019s life was cut short in 1995<\/a>, but her legacy lives on through her music. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dreaming of You <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a wonderful album, with a brilliant title track. Selena sings<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cWonder if you ever see me \/ And I wonder if you know I\u2019m there \/ If you looked in my eyes \/ Would you see what\u2019s inside? Would you even care?\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not only are these lyrics heartbreaking, but they are a testament to Selena\u2019s beautiful and romantic songwriting: her ability to make the listener feel like the only person in the room, and that they have a personal relationship with her. Selena is now known as the queen of Tejano music, and if the billboards and murals painted across Texas aren\u2019t a great enough reminder of her legacy, we have an amazing discography to remember her by.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;28251&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4xdRjOhY9NHmMpI7U3e2c3?si=g-fiJSEZQWinVtV7msjDEw&amp;dl_branch=1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lioness: Hidden Treasures &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy Winehouse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/news\/amy-winehouse-death\">Amy Winehouse passed away tragically in 2011<\/a>, but her immense talent will never be forgotten. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lioness: Hidden Treasures, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was a project released posthumously that culminated in many of her greatest works, including a beautiful cover of Donny Hathaway\u2019s \u201cA Song For You.\u201d Winehouse\u2019s raspy and bluesy voice is a unique gem, and I am grateful we have a large catalog of albums and amazing hits to remember her by.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;28252&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are just a few albums released posthumously. What is your favorite album released after an artist\u2019s death? How does it honor their legacy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sadly, the music industry has lost many of its greatest artists far too soon. However, while these artists may no longer be with us, their families and record companies honor them by releasing posthumous albums of their unreleased albums, or projects they were working on before their untimely death. 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