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Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was released on June 25, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records as the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Purple Rain was musically denser than Prince's previous albums, emphasizing full band performances, and ...
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"Purple Rain" is a song by the American musician Prince and his backing band the Revolution. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name starring Prince, and was released as the third single from the album.
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- "Let's Go Crazy" For the first half-decade of Prince's recording career, the singles that had crossed over to the pop chart hadn't properly showcased all of his skills as a guitarist.
- "Take Me With U" Prince had originally fashioned "Take Me With U" as a duet with Apollonia Kotero for Apollonia 6's debut. But there were a couple of issues.
- "The Beautiful Ones" Although it has been widely believed that "The Beautiful Ones" was written about girlfriend Susannah Melvoin, Prince said in 2015 that it was about Denise "Vanity" Matthews, who had been slated to be in Purple Rain, but left before production started.
- "Computer Blue" At one point, "Computer Blue" was 14 minutes long, but when "Take Me With U" was added to the soundtrack, Prince had to edit it down, eventually taking 10 minutes out of it, including a spoken-word section, although a 12-minute take was included on the 2017 expanded reissue of the soundtrack.
The iconic GRAMMY-winning artist released Purple Rain, his sixth studio album, and the first one to feature his band The Revolution, on June 25, 1984. While the Prince created an astonishing amount of music in his lifetime, Purple Rain is often regarded as one of biggest classics.
Purple Rain, Prince’s sixth album, was released on June 25, 1984, and doubles as the soundtrack to his debut film released one month later on July 27th. Although 1982’s 1999 was the first to...
Jun 25, 2024 · Road-tested at the legendary 3 August 1983 concert at First Avenue, Minneapolis, where Prince debuted The Revolution for the first time, the song is a churning funk-rock monster based on a synth bass riff worked up by Dr Fink and extrapolated into a showcase for Prince’s guitar work.
Apr 21, 2023 · Purple Rain, an album that spent a staggering 24 weeks at No.1 and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, remains not only Prince’s zeitgeist moment, but the most thrilling and cohesive artistic statement he ever made. This is the story of how it happened.
