Prince, Purple Rain, {Cover still in shrink}, ( NM ) * Poster * Original
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Cover is EX -Still in shrink, < Original record plays EX to NM. Original inner sleeve is VG+. } ++++ Bonus--- Promotional display card for The LoveSexy Album -1988.
Purple Rain (album)
Purple Rain Soundtrack album / Studio album byPrince and The Revolution Released June 25, 1984 Recorded August 1983 – March 1984 Studio First Avenue(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
The Warehouse
(St. Louis Park, Minnesota)
Record Plant
(Los Angeles, California)
Sunset Sound
(Hollywood, California) Genre
- R&B
- rock
- funk
- pop
- new wave
- soul
25110 Producer Prince and The Revolution Prince
Purple Rain
(1984)
Singles from Purple Rain
- "When Doves Cry"
Released: May 9, 1984 - "Let's Go Crazy"
Released: July 18,1984 - "Purple Rain"
Released: September 26, 1984 - "I Would Die 4 U"
Released: November 28, 1984 - "Take Me with U"
Released: January 25, 1985
Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in music history and is widely regarded as Prince's magnum opus. Time magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time in 1993, and it placed 18th on VH1's Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time countdown. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the second-best album of the 1980s and 76th on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Zounds magazine ranked it the 18th greatest album of all time. Furthermore, the album placed 4th in Plásticos y Decibelios' list of The Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2007, the editors of Vanity Fair labeled it the best soundtrack of all time and Tempo magazine named it the greatest album of the 1980s.In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #2 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller. That same year, the album was added to the Library of Congress'sNational Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important".Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince, the first to feature his backing band The Revolution, and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. It was released on June 25, 1984 by Warner Bros. Records.
The two main songs from Purple Rain, "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy", topped the US singles charts and were hits around the world, while the title track went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
The 1000th issue of Entertainment Weekly dated July 4, 2008 listed Purple Rain at number one on their list of the top 100 best albums of the past 25 years. In 2013, the magazine also listed the album at number two on their list of the 100 Greatest Albums ever. The RIAA lists it as having gone platinum 13 times over] To date, it has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, becoming the sixth best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Prince except "Computer Blue" by Prince, John L. Nelson, Wendy & Lisa and Dr. Fink.
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Let's Go Crazy" 4:39 2. "Take Me with U" 3:54 3. "The Beautiful Ones" 5:13 4. "Computer Blue" 3:59 5. "Darling Nikki" 4:14 Side two No. Title Length 6. "When Doves Cry" 5:54 7. "I Would Die 4 U" 2:49 8. "Baby I'm a Star" 4:24 9. "Purple Rain" 8:41Personnel
- Prince – all other vocals and instruments
- Wendy Melvoin – guitar and vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9)
- Lisa Coleman – keyboards and vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9)
- Matt Fink – keyboards (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
- Brown Mark – bass (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
- Bobby Z. – drums and percussion (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
- Novi Novog – violin and viola (2, 8, 9)
- David Coleman – cello (2, 8, 9)
- Suzie Katayama – cello (2, 8, 9)
- Apollonia – co-lead vocals (2)
- Jill Jones – background vocals (2)
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