Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain [Rhino 180g LP, mastered by Kevin Gray] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-format; New Rip!!!

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Taken together, all of the stylistic experiments add up to a stunning statement of purpose that remains one of the most exciting rock & roll albums ever recorded. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine/AMG (5/5 Stars)

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Purple Rain is the sixth album by Prince (the first to officially be credited to Prince & The Revolution), and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Purple Rain.

Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in pop music history. 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 72nd 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. Finally, 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.

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. The RIAA lists it as having gone platinum 13 times over.

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Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Prince; except "Computer Blue", words by Prince music by Prince, John L. Nelson, Wendy & Lisa, and Dr. Fink.

Side one

"Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
"Take Me with U" – 3:54
"The Beautiful Ones" – 5:13
"Computer Blue" – 3:59
"Darling Nikki" – 4:14

Side two

"When Doves Cry" – 5:54
"I Would Die 4 U" – 2:49
"Baby I'm a Star" – 4:24
"Purple Rain" – 8:41

Personnel

Prince: Guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums, drum programming, lead and background vocals
Brown Mark: Bass guitar, vocals
Lisa Coleman: Keyboards, piano, sitar, vocals
Wendy Melvoin: Guitars, vocals
Dr. Fink: Keyboards, organ, vocals
Bobby Z.: Drums, percussion
Apollonia Kotero: Vocals on "Take Me with U"
David Coleman: Violin
Suzie Katayama: Violin, viola
Novi Novog: Violin, viola
Andy Zaltzman - Prince's Charades partner