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Purple Rain (album)

Album information
NamePurple Rain
TypeSoundtrack
ArtistPrince and The Revolution
ReleasedJune 25, 1984
RecordedAugust 1983 � March 1984
First Avenue
St. Louis Park warehouse
Sunset Sound
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
GenrePop, rock, R&B, funk, New Wave
Length43:51
LabelWarner Bros.
25110
ProducerPrince and The Revolution
Previous album1999
(1982)
Next albumAround the World in a Day
(1985)

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'Purple Rain' is the sixth album by Prince and The Revolution, the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Purple Rain.

Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in rock music history. Time magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time in 1993, and it placed 18th on VH1's Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time countdown. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the second-best album of the 1980s and 72nd on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Zounds magazine ranked it the 18th greatest album of all time. Furthermore, the album placed 4th in Plásticos y Decibelios' list of The Greatest Albums of All Time. Finally, in 2007, the editors of Vanity Fair labeled it the best soundtrack of all time and Tempo magazine named it the greatest album of the 1980s.

The 1000th issue of Entertainment Weekly dated July 4, 2008 listed Purple Rain at number one on their list of the top 100 best albums of the past 25 years. The RIAA lists it as having gone platinum 13 times over.

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Singles from Purple Rain
SinglesReleased date
When Doves CryMay 9, 1984
Let's Go CrazyAugust 11, 1984
Purple RainSeptember 26, 1984
I Would Die 4 UNovember 28, 1984
Take Me with UJanuary 25, 1985

Preceded by
Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen		Billboard 200 number-one album
August 4, 1984 - January 18, 1985		Succeeded by
Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Preceded by
Breaking Hearts by Elton John		Austrlian Kent Music Report number-one album
August 13 - 19, 1984		Succeeded by
Rodney Rude by Rodney Rude

Test pressing :
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report 1
UK Albums Chart 7
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums 1

Test pressing :
Certification U.S. shipments Total
Gold & Platinum on August 29, 1984 1,000,000 1,000,000
8x platinum on November 13, 1984 7,000,000 8,000,000
9x platinum on January 16, 1985 1,000,000 9,000,000
10x platinum on February 22, 1989 1,000,000 10,000,000
11x platinum on July 11, 1994 1,000,000 11,000,000
13x platinum on May 16, 1996 2,000,000 13,000,000

Prince

Studio albumsFor You * Prince * Dirty Mind * Controversy * 1999 * Purple Rain * Around the World in a Day * Parade * Sign "o" the Times * Lovesexy * Batman * Graffiti Bridge * Diamonds and Pearls * O(+> (Love Symbol Album) * Come * The Black Album * The Gold Experience * Chaos and Disorder * Emancipation * The Truth * Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic * The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale * The Rainbow Children * One Nite Alone... * Xpectation * N.E.W.S * The Chocolate Invasion * The Slaughterhouse * Musicology * 3121 * Planet Earth * Lotusflow3r / MPLSound * 20Ten
OtherCrystal Ball * Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic * C-Note * One Nite Alone... Live! * Indigo Nights
CompilationsThe Hits/The B-Sides * Girl 6 * The Very Best of Prince * Ultimate Prince
EPsThe Scandalous Sex Suite * The Beautiful Experience * 1999: The New Master
FilmsPurple Rain * Under the Cherry Moon * Sign ☮' the Times * Graffiti Bridge * 3 Chains o' Gold * The Sacrifice of Victor * The Undertaker
ToursPrince Tour * Dirty Mind Tour * Controversy Tour * 1999 Tour * Purple Rain Tour * Hit N Run - Parade Tour * Sign ☮' the Times Tour * Lovesexy World Tour * Nude Tour * Diamonds and Pearls Tour * Act I * Act II * The Ultimate Live Experience * Gold Tour * Jam of the Year Tour * Love 4 One Another Charities Tour * Newpower Soul Tour/Festival * Hit + Run Tour * A Celebration * One Nite Alone...Tour * 2003-2004 World Tour * Musicology Tour * Earth Tour
Related artistsThe Revolution * The New Power Generation * The Time * Vanity 6 * Apollonia 6 * Sheila E. * The Family * Madhouse * Mazarati * Prince associates
See alsoDiscography * Unreleased projects * Paisley Park Records * NPG Records * NPG Music Club * Prince Interactive * Glam Slam Ulysses * Billboards * Minneapolis sound



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