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DISCID=680a4809
DTITLE=Prince and The Revolution / Music from the Motion Picture "Purp
DTITLE=le Rain" (West German ''Target'' Pressing)
DYEAR=1984
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Let's Go Crazy
TTITLE1=Take Me With U
TTITLE2=The Beautiful Ones
TTITLE3=Computer Blue
TTITLE4=Darling Nikki
TTITLE5=When Doves Cry
TTITLE6=I Would Die 4 U
TTITLE7=Baby I'm A Star
TTITLE8=Purple Rain
EXTD=Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain" (West German ''Target
EXTD='' Pressing)\nPrince and The Revolution\n\nOriginally Released Au
EXTD=gust 6, 1984\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Prince designed Purple Rain as
EXTD= the project that would make him a superstar, and, surprisingly, 
EXTD=that is exactly what happened. Simultaneously more focused and am
EXTD=bitious than any of his previous records, Purple Rain finds Princ
EXTD=e consolidating his funk and R&B roots while moving boldly into p
EXTD=op, rock, and heavy metal with nine superbly crafted songs. Even 
EXTD=its best-known songs don't tread conventional territory: the bass
EXTD=-less "When Doves Cry" is an eerie, spare neo-psychedelic masterp
EXTD=iece; "Let's Go Crazy" is a furious blend of metallic guitars, St
EXTD=onesy riffs, and a hard funk backbeat; the anthemic title track i
EXTD=s a majestic ballad filled with brilliant guitar flourishes. Alth
EXTD=ough Prince's songwriting is at a peak, the presence of the Revol
EXTD=ution pulls the music into sharper focus, giving it a tougher, mo
EXTD=re aggressive edge. And, with the guidance of Wendy and Lisa, Pri
EXTD=nce pushed heavily into psychedelia, adding swirling strings to t
EXTD=he dreamy "Take Me With U" and the hard rock of "Baby I'm a Star.
EXTD=" Even with all of his new, but uncompromising, forays into pop, 
EXTD=Prince hasn't abandoned funk, and the robotic jam of "Computer Bl
EXTD=ue" and the menacing grind of "Darling Nikki" are among his fines
EXTD=t songs. Taken together, all of the stylistic experiments add up 
EXTD=to a stunning statement of purpose that remains one of the most e
EXTD=xciting rock & roll albums ever recorded.  -- Stephen Thomas Erle
EXTD=wine\n\nAmazon.com essential recording\nMaybe this music by Princ
EXTD=e & the Revolution will never quite sound as, well, revolutionary
EXTD= as it did in 1984 (and nothing else has ever sounded like the ex
EXTD=traordinary cooing and fluttering of "When Doves Cry"), but it's 
EXTD=a pop landmark in Prince's Artist-ic career. The hit movie was re
EXTD=ally just a big-screen showcase for Prince to perform these songs
EXTD= (some of them in tear-the-roof-off "live" versions set in a Minn
EXTD=eapolis club). I don't know why that warped sermonette introduces
EXTD= "Let's Go Crazy" (one thing you've got to love about Prince: he'
EXTD=s always been weird), but somehow I'm glad it's there. Other high
EXTD=lights include the sexual scorcher "Darling Nikki" (with its craz
EXTD=y backwards coda) and that anthemic title tune. Don't you miss We
EXTD=ndy and Lisa, too? --Jim Emerson \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=The very best Prince album, September 12, 2006\nReviewer: C. Toll
EXTD=ey "Chris Tolley" (hampton, tn United States)\n\nThere is no unde
EXTD=rstating how huge this album was in 1984. All the various styles 
EXTD=and influences of Prince's career intersected in this one album. 
EXTD=From beginning to end, this stands as Prince's most unified, cohe
EXTD=sive, accessible work. Many Prince classics are here, from "Let's
EXTD= Go Crazy", the ultimate party track, to "When Doves Cry", possib
EXTD=ly the most perfect song Prince ever did, to the title track. The
EXTD= other songs on the disc are not merely filler, either. "I Would 
EXTD=Die For U" was a hit song in its own right, and "Darling Nikki" i
EXTD=s perhaps the most notoriously famous song on the whole album. Ye
EXTD=s, "Darling Nikki" was the reason Tipper Gore got so hot and heav
EXTD=y into album ratings for children. Actually, it's not as erotic a
EXTD=s most of Prince's earlier work, it's just Mrs. Gore never notice
EXTD=d until this. Anyway, this album equaled the record for most cons
EXTD=ecutive weeks at #1 on the album chart, and had two #1 songs and 
EXTD=a couple more hit top ten. Of course, Prince has never equaled th
EXTD=e impact or achievement he got with this album, and really there'
EXTD=s no way he could. With the #1 soundtrack, movie, and single all 
EXTD=at the same time, Prince was everywhere in 1984. While the album 
EXTD=doesn't seem so ahead-of-its-time anymore, hardly a surprise 20 y
EXTD=ears later, the music is still incredible. I consider this Prince
EXTD='s finest work, and so very worth being in anyone's music collect
EXTD=ion.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNo praise is undue., Februa
EXTD=ry 7, 2006\nReviewer: Lucas W. Reynolds "doctor_mindbender" (VA U
EXTD=SA)\n\nPrince is an artist who polarizes most music fans. To some
EXTD=, he is an unparalleled genius and even his apparent mis-steps ar
EXTD=e merely "beyond our scope" to understand. Others are confused by
EXTD= his sexuality, vulgarity or general behavior and find it more co
EXTD=nvenient to dismiss him as a overhyped wierdo. I tend to think of
EXTD= him as a genius who sometimes makes bad music (and I don't toss 
EXTD=around the g-word lightly), but it doesn't really matter. Regardl
EXTD=ess of what you think of Prince personally, I can't imagine that 
EXTD=anyone wouldn't recognize the monumental talent required to write
EXTD= and perform the songs on Purple Rain. \n\nBarely a minute into "
EXTD=Let's Go Crazy", the tone is set. This is Rock. This is Funk. Thi
EXTD=s is Pop. This is something else entirely. This is music with the
EXTD= cockiness and strut of an artist who is in full command of his c
EXTD=onsiderable skills and knows it. What follows is a journey that i
EXTD=s more vibrant and dramatic than the movie that bears the same na
EXTD=me. Prince is demonstrating that he is beholden to no convention,
EXTD= but doesn't throw that fact in our faces. When he makes a decisi
EXTD=on on this album, there is no ulterior motive to show off or be c
EXTD=ontroversial. His only purpose is to advance the "musical narrati
EXTD=ve". The level with which he succeeds can only be matched, not su
EXTD=rpassed. \n\nMany people will point to Sign of the Times or 1999 
EXTD=as Prince's best effort, but neither of these albums boast a coll
EXTD=ection of songs that cling together so organically, or pulse with
EXTD= so much energy. This is a soundtrack that renders the movie unne
EXTD=cessary. Each new song unfolds like a fresh scene or chapter, evo
EXTD=lving out of the previous music. Check out the transitions betwee
EXTD=n "The Beautiful Ones" and "Computer Blue" and "Darling Nikki", o
EXTD=r the melding of "I Would Die 4 U" and "Baby I'm a Star". Whether
EXTD= its the squeal of the purple one's gutiar or his voice, the conv
EXTD=iction is clear. He has committed fully to his work, and so will 
EXTD=you. \n\nPurple Rain is the rare album that is perfect to throw o
EXTD=n at party, but also holds up through a pair of headphones with a
EXTD=ll of your focus on every note. One of the top ten albums of all 
EXTD=time.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n"The Revolution" will not 
EXTD=be televised........., April 29, 2004\nReviewer: hiphopforlife (D
EXTD=unnellon, FL)\nPrine is having a great 2004; inducted into the Ro
EXTD=ck and Roll Hall Of Fame, he has a new album coming out called "M
EXTD=usicology"(go check it out) and his 1984 masterpiece "Purple Rain
EXTD=" is being re-mastered. Speaking of that.....\nWhile it serves as
EXTD= the soundtrack of one of the WORST movies of all time, it's infl
EXTD=uence on modern popular music cannot be denied. This album has be
EXTD=en influenced people like The Neptunes(and their side project N.E
EXTD=.R.D), D'Angelo, Musiq, Bilal, Beyonce, Pink and TLC just to name
EXTD= a few. The music is so inventive, yet would not sound as good wi
EXTD=thout his long time backing band, comprised of Wendy and Lisa, De
EXTD=z, Fink and Bobby Z. This album rocks, and I don't mean it in the
EXTD= metaphorical sense; this album truly ROCKS! With its Hendrix-lik
EXTD=e guitar solos is "Let's Go Crazy', and "When Doves Cry" (which i
EXTD=s played without a bassline; UNSPEAKABLE for a black artist!) wil
EXTD=l apease any rock fan. This album is also revolutionary in anothe
EXTD=r way; "Darling Nikki"(which the Foo Fighters did a wonderful cov
EXTD=er of recently), got Tipper Gore in a tizzy, which would eventual
EXTD=ly lead to all record companies requiring warning labels for expl
EXTD=icit content. The title track ballad is one of the best title tra
EXTD=cks in music history; it's closes the album in resounding fashion
EXTD=. This album would make His Royal Badness into a mega-star, rival
EXTD=ing only Michael Jackson and Madonna is popularity. While he woul
EXTD=d hit his true accomplishment with "Sign O' The Times", this wort
EXTD=hy of anybody's music collection.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW
EXTD=\nI'VE GOT A SECRET!, July 31, 2000\nReviewer: Matt Cox (St Helen
EXTD=a, SC USA)\nThe weird backwards-sounding ending to "Darling Nikki
EXTD=" with the rain and chanting vocals is actually another "song"!\n
EXTD=If you play this part backwards (which I did back in the 80's on 
EXTD=my dad's turntable - remember those?), it says:\n\n"Hello. How ar
EXTD=e you? I'm fine, fine, 'cuz I know that the Lord is coming soon. 
EXTD=Coming again soon."\n\nThese words are sung to a very strange tun
EXTD=e in an erie, almost unsettling harmony of voices. Haunting and u
EXTD=nforgettable!\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Apoll
EXTD=onia \nProducer: Prince & The Revolution \n\nAlbum Notes\nPrince 
EXTD=& The Revolution: Prince (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Wendy Melvo
EXTD=in (vocals, guitar); Lisa Coleman, Matt "Dr." Fink (vocals, keybo
EXTD=ards); Brown Mark (vocals, bass); Bobby Z (percussion).\n\nAdditi
EXTD=onal personnel: Apollonia (vocals); Novi Novog (violin, viola); D
EXTD=avid Coleman, Suzie Katayama (cello).\n\nEngineers include: Susan
EXTD= Rogers, Peggy Mac, David Riukin.\n\nA soundtrack to a movie so a
EXTD=ppalling that it is infinitely wiser to let the record stand on i
EXTD=ts own merits. While Prince cavorted in purple kitchen foil and r
EXTD=ode his Harley in high heels, the real star of the film, the musi
EXTD=c, was doing all the talking. A knit of funk and rock, a heavily 
EXTD=stylized Hendrix guitar lick here and there, and a wilfully dance
EXTD=able backbeat all made for a huge commercial smash, and the first
EXTD= real international introduction for many people to a star-in-wai
EXTD=ting. 'Darling Nikki' accidentally set the PMRC ball rolling, but
EXTD= the heady lilt of the title track and the crushing 'When Doves C
EXTD=ry' can pardon him that.\n\nIndustry Reviews\nRanked #2 in Rollin
EXTD=g Stone's 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties survey.\nRolling Stone 
EXTD=(11/01/1989)\n\nIncluded in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20
EXTD=th Century\nVibe (12/01/1999)\n\nRanked #9 in EW's 100 Best Movie
EXTD= Soundtracks - ...A genre-bending smorgasbord...a monument to mad
EXTD= ambition...\nEntertainment Weekly (10/12/2001)\n\nRanked #15 in 
EXTD=CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1984\nCMJ (01/05/2004)\n\nRank
EXTD=ed #72 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - ...[T
EXTD=he album] showcases Prince's abilities as a guitarist...\nRolling
EXTD= Stone (12/11/2003)\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nThe spirit of Jimi
EXTD= Hendrix must surely smile down on Prince Rogers Nelson. Like Hen
EXTD=drix, Prince seems to have tapped into some extraterrestrial musi
EXTD=cal dimension where black and white styles are merely different a
EXTD=spects of the same funky thing. Prince's rock & roll is as authen
EXTD=tic and compelling as his soul and his extremism is endearing in 
EXTD=a era of play-it-safe record production and formulaic hit mongeri
EXTD=ng. "Purple Rain" may not yield another smash like last year's "L
EXTD=ittle Red Corvette," but it's so loaded with life and invention a
EXTD=nd pure rock & roll thunder that such commercial considerations b
EXTD=ecome moot. When Prince sings "Baby I'm a Star," it's a simple st
EXTD=atement of fact.\n\nthe Hendrix connection is made overt here wit
EXTD=h the screaming guitar coda that ends "Let's Go Crazy," with the 
EXTD=manic burst that opens "When Doves Cry" and in the title song, a 
EXTD=space ballad that recalls "Angel" with its soaring guitar leads a
EXTD=nd a very Hendrixian lyrical tinge ("It's time we all reach out f
EXTD=or something new - that means you, too"). There are also constant
EXTD= reminders of Sly Stone in the ferocious bass lines and the hot, 
EXTD=dance-conscious mix. But like Jimi and Sly, Prince writes his own
EXTD= rules. Some of his effects are singularly striking - note that e
EXTD=erie, atonal synthesizer touches that creep in at the end of "The
EXTD= Beautiful Ones" and the otherworldly backward-vocal montage in t
EXTD=he frankly salacious "Darling Nikki" - and his vocals continue to
EXTD= be among the most adventurous and accomplished on the current sc
EXTD=ene. Prince also does wonderful things with string-section sounds
EXTD=, and his band - if it's not actually him playing all the parts -
EXTD= burns throughout.\n\n\nAnyone partial to great creators should o
EXTD=wn this record. Like Jimi and Sly, Prince is an original; but apa
EXTD=rt from that, he's like no one else. (RS 426/427 - Apr 13, 2000) 
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