Purple Rain
| Prince
Purple Rain
Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince, the second to feature his band the Revolution, and is the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. It was released on June 25, 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. The first two singles from the album, "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 album was certified 13-times platinum (diamond) by the RIAA. As of 2008, it has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, making it the third-best-selling soundtrack album of all time. Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in music history and is widely regarded as Prince's magnum opus along with his 1987 double album Sign o' the Times. -wikipedia
Critic Reviews
Show All-
Pitchfork
With Purple Rain, Prince bursts forth from the ghetto created by mainstream radio and launches himself directly onto the Mt. Rushmore of American music.
-
BBC
No amount of subsequent weirdness could detract from this achievement.
-
Rolling Stone
A crisp remaster and discs of bonus material will make you miss the pop auteur even more
-
Spill Magazine
As an album, nine out of ten, but this reissue, due to the issues noted above, drops it down to a seven. Now, I am off to listen to disc one again.
-
All Music
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.
-
The Line of Best Fit
These songs are all brilliant revelations of pain, pleasure, hope, loneliness, and love that came directly from the hearts and minds of Prince and his faithful creative cohorts The Revolution.
-
The Quietus
Purple Rain is the art created by someone who knows that they have a following, that there are people waiting to listen, and they will listen.
-
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Enormously successful soundtrack to the extremely successful motion picture, making Prince a household name.
-
New Music Ear
This album was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry, sound recordings that were "culturally, historically or aesthetically important".
-
Spectrum Culture
his music remains so innovative that even old material sounds more advanced than anything currently on the market
-
Pop Matters
Purple Rain will always stand as his signature triumph, a monument to his boundless talent and ambition
-
Consequence of Sound
Ambition and genre-bending weirdness aside, Purple Rain is also memorable for its infectious hooks and riffs that represent pop music at its most delightful.
-
TWTHS
The nine songs themselves became the mountain top that Prince created the public quickly dubbed it as the Minneapolis sound.
-
Bourbon And Vintl
It’s one of the most brilliant albums ever. Everyone should own this album.
-
City Pages
a terrific Prince album
-
Exciting Stuff
Highly recommended.
-
Anti Music
a culmination of disparate musical ideals that coalesced into a coherent vision
-
JB Hi-Fi
The DNA of 'Purple Rain' can be felt throughout pop culture at large. It is a timeless body of work with an immortal resonance
-
Off the Tracks
it remains an extraordinary album
-
Hooks and Harmony
one of those seminal albums of the 1980s – records you stood in line for, expected something special, and was not disappointed
-
We Plug Good Music
The album’s key attributes are marrying all the influences to which Prince holds dear.
-
Ultimate Guitar
From catchy arena rock style songs, to synth driven songs, to some of the most beautiful slow songs ever recorded in pop music.
-
Treblezine
Purple Rain changed everything, for the idea of the musical film, the music video, the music industry
-
Stoop
Purple Rain will forever remain as the album that will allow Prince to eternally reign on.
-
Snippets
There’s not a single song you’ll want to skip, and the music is so varied- from poppy dance tracks and sultry numbers, to power ballads- that there’s something for any kind.
-
Head Stuff
Throughout the album there’s a core consisting of both R&B and funk, tempered with rock and polished with electronica but Purple Rain is actually dirty, rotten pop. And I mean that as a compliment.
-
IGN
one of those albums that belongs in everybody's record collection. It's really that simple.
-
One Room With A View
masterpiece, one of the greatest albums of all time
Rate This Album and Leave Your Comments