Purple Rain
by Prince
- Type: Album
- Released: June 25, 1984
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 43:47
- Community rating: 4.43/5 from 26 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
As the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name, 'Purple Rain' captures Prince's artistic ambition by fusing pop accessibility with a musically denser and more grandiose sound. The album's production emphasizes the full-band energy of The Revolution, blending live recordings with studio wizardry to layer rock guitars, synthesizers, and drum machines in a seamless consolidation of R&B, funk, and psychedelic rock. Its innovative arrangements and immense commercial success not only made Prince a global superstar but also established the album as a defining cultural and sonic landmark of its decade.
Genres
Descriptors: synthesizers, guitar-driven, soaring-vocals, rain, funky, dance, rhythmic, soulful
Tracklist
- Let's Go Crazy (04:39)
- Take Me with U (03:54)
- The Beautiful Ones (05:13)
- Computer Blue (03:59)
- Darling Nikki (04:14)
- When Doves Cry (05:54)
- I Would Die 4 U (02:49)
- Baby I'm a Star (04:24)
- Purple Rain (08:41)
Credits
- Prince - lead vocals, background vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers, various instruments, producer, arranger, composer, string arrangement, art direction, costume designer
- Wendy Melvoin - guitar, vocals, string conductor
- Lisa Coleman - keyboards, piano, vocals, string arrangement, string conductor
- Matt Fink - keyboards, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, vocals
- Brown Mark - bass, voice
- Bobby Z. - drums, percussion, Simmons SDS-V, Linn LM-1, cymbals
- Apollonia - co-lead vocals
- Novi Novog - violin, viola
- David Coleman - cello
- Suzie Katayama - cello
- John L. Nelson - composition
- Jill Jones - additional background vocals
- Laura LiPuma - design
- Marie France - costume designer
- Louis & Vaughn - costume designer