Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain"

Artist: Prince & the Revolution
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992511025
EAN: 0075992511025
ASIN: B000002L68

Release Date: 1990-10-25

Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain"

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Tracks:

Let's Go Crazy
Take Me With U
The Beautiful Ones
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm A Star
Purple Rain

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Maybe this music by Prince & the Revolution will never quite sound as, well, revolutionary as it did in 1984 (and nothing else has ever sounded like the extraordinary cooing and fluttering of "When Doves Cry"), but it's a pop landmark in Prince's Artist-ic career. The hit movie was really just a big-screen showcase for Prince to perform these songs (some of them in tear-the-roof-off "live" versions set in a Minneapolis club). I don't know why that warped sermonette introduces "Let's Go Crazy" (one thing you've got to love about Prince: he's always been weird), but somehow I'm glad it's there. Other highlights include the sexual scorcher "Darling Nikki" (with its crazy backwards coda) and that anthemic title tune. Don't you miss Wendy and Lisa, too? <I>--Jim Emerson</I>

Customer Reviews:

Greatest Album!.......2007-04-12

I love Prince and the movie Purple Rain, so naturally I would get it. The cd is worth every penny, I love every song on the ablum. It's truly one of those albums where you can listen to the entire thing without having to skip over songs you don't like which is rare. I recommend this cd to all Prince fans and Purple Rain lovers.

Prince Reigns!.......2007-03-30

What a great soundtrack...brings me back to the age of 14, but who cares! The songs that were not overplayed on the radio are even better than the ones that were, but "When Doves Cry" will always be a fave no matter what - add it to your collection!

Start to finish one of the best albums of all time!.......2007-03-10

What can I say that the other 166 reviewers already haven't?

One thing, the greatest travesty in all of music... The title track "PURPLE RAIN" only hit #2 on the charts.

My wife of the past 10 wonderful years was my high school sweetheart at the time. She had a boyfriend and was seeing me on the side and couldn't quite break it off with him. Well we went to the Prince concert at the now "gone" Market Square Arena in Indianapolis (most famous as the site of Elvis Presley's last concert). The greatest moment was when Prince was singing "Do you want him, or do you want me, cause baby I want you" it was like he was just singing to us. I looked into her eyes and knew I would never love another like her and never have.

Buy the album, buy the Dvd, also (much harder) find the live concert VHS that has an almost 20 minute version of Purple Rain at the end of it.

Wasn't the purple "rain" at the Superbowl awesome?

Dig if you will a MASTERPIECE!!!.......2007-01-25

Before i heard this album i was already a huge Prince fan. This took it to another level. This is a brilliant mixture of dance, music, sex and a splash of romance. When dove's cry hit the dance floor in typical Prince fashion with a hard rock guitar mixed with my favorite key board solo ever. It's very interesting to note how this song hit it big with it's strong biblical convictions (as are a lot of Prince's songs). This album is Prince's ultimate effort. He went pop with I would die for you and baby i'm a star. A lil' diddy called "darling Nikki" caused Tipper Gore to start her crusade against explicit lyrics. Tipper actually walked in on her daughter listening to it and heard "I met her in a hotel lobby masterbating in a magazine"... Purple Rain is a groundbreaking tribute to GOD that will never stop getting play in the clubs, parties, or in my ride! Purple Rain is my favorite song of all time. This is one those of those albums that you may have to eventually buy twice as it will capture you and not let go. I did! One of my personal fav's "The Beautiful Ones" is easily one of Prince's more underappreciated ballads of them all. This song tugs at the heart and begs the Question "Do U want him ...or do u want me....cause i want u!!!"...The Rude Boy was at his crooning best there. This was Prince's time and he knew it! He was curing the foundation for what has now become one of the most successful individulist that music has ever spawned! He has garnered both respect and admiration for doing it his way and showing the world a view thru his eyes...artistry, sexuality, with no color barriers "Purple Rain" is a masterpiece that deserves to be mentioned with the greatest albums of all time. Prince Freak for life!!!

The best CD .......2007-01-11

Purple Rain is a classic and one of the best must-have CDs in your music collection!

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