Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain (Vinyl)
“Dearly Beloved….” With these two words, a new era of pop funk was ushered in. Prince might as well be saying, “We are gathered here today to shift the cultural landscape,” for with Purple Rain, Prince’s sixth studio album (and soundtrack to the film Purple Rain), originally released June 25, 1984, Prince well and truly took the crown of funk royalty.
Anyone paying attention to the grooves laid out in his two preceding albums (1981’s Controversy and 1982’s 1999), knew that Prince’s ascendancy into the stratosphere was pre-destined. We were all too aware of the purple funk bubbling beneath the surface.
For many, the album and movie go hand in hand, a set of audio and visual conjoined twins never to be separated. The music of Purple Rain is paired with the energetic live performance pieces permanently etched into our minds by the film and pushed along by the music videos for “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” and the eternally wonderful title track “Purple Rain”. (Albumism)
Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered 180 gram
Tracklist:
A1 Let's Go Crazy 4:38
A2 Take Me With U 3:53
A3 The Beautiful Ones 5:13
A4 Computer Blue 3:58
A5 Darling Nikki 4:15
B1 When Doves Cry 5:53
B2 I Would Die 4 U 2:49
B3 Baby I'm a Star 4:22
B4 Purple Rain 8:44
“Dearly Beloved….” With these two words, a new era of pop funk was ushered in. Prince might as well be saying, “We are gathered here today to shift the cultural landscape,” for with Purple Rain, Prince’s sixth studio album (and soundtrack to the film Purple Rain), originally released June 25, 1984, Prince well and truly took the crown of funk royalty.
Anyone paying attention to the grooves laid out in his two preceding albums (1981’s Controversy and 1982’s 1999), knew that Prince’s ascendancy into the stratosphere was pre-destined. We were all too aware of the purple funk bubbling beneath the surface.
For many, the album and movie go hand in hand, a set of audio and visual conjoined twins never to be separated. The music of Purple Rain is paired with the energetic live performance pieces permanently etched into our minds by the film and pushed along by the music videos for “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” and the eternally wonderful title track “Purple Rain”. (Albumism)
Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered 180 gram
Tracklist:
A1 Let's Go Crazy 4:38
A2 Take Me With U 3:53
A3 The Beautiful Ones 5:13
A4 Computer Blue 3:58
A5 Darling Nikki 4:15
B1 When Doves Cry 5:53
B2 I Would Die 4 U 2:49
B3 Baby I'm a Star 4:22
B4 Purple Rain 8:44
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