Anthology 4

Anthology 4
Compilation album by
Released21 November 2025
Recorded11 February 1963–16 July 1969 c. 1977, July 1980, 1994–1995, 2021–2022
Genre
Length118:44
LabelApple
Producer
The Beatles chronology
Beatles '64 (Music from the Disney+ Documentary)
(2024)
Anthology 4
(2025)
Anthology Collection
(2025)
Singles from Anthology 4
  1. "Free as a Bird (2025 Mix)"
    Released: 21 August 2025
  2. "Helter Skelter (Second Version: Take 17)"
    Released: 18 September 2025
  3. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version: Take 27)"
    Released: 3 October 2025
  4. "I've Just Seen a Face (Take 3)"
    Released: 24 October 2025
  5. "In My Life (Take 1)"
    Released: 15 November 2025
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
All About Jazz
Clash8/10
Classic Rock
Mojo
Rolling Stone
The Telegraph

Anthology 4 is a compilation album of mostly previously released songs by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 21 November 2025 by Apple Records. Part of the multimedia retrospective series The Beatles Anthology, it was conceived as an expansion of the series' 30th-anniversary remastered re-issue. Similarly to the three original volumes—Anthology 1 (1995), Anthology 2 (1996), and Anthology 3 (1996)—Anthology 4 features outtakes from the Beatles recording sessions between 1963 and 1969.

Notably, Anthology 4 introduces new remixes of "Free as a Bird" (1995) and "Real Love" (1996), with machine-learning-assisted audio restoration technology used to extract John Lennon's vocals from his demos, as it was utilised on "Now and Then" (2023), also featured on the album.

The physical edition was originally planned to be exclusive to Anthology Collection, a box set featuring all four volumes, but after fan backlash, it was released as a standalone 2-CD/3-LP release as well.