Prince Revolution Purple Rain P-13021 1984 First Japanese Pressing Obi Poster NM

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Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain Label: Warner Bros. Records – P-13021 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Japan Released: Jul 25, 1984 Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Minneapolis Sound, Pop Rock, Funk A1 Let's Go Crazy Words By, Music By – Prince 4:39 A2 Take Me With U Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Lisa*, Prince Conductor [Strings Conducted By] – Lisa*, Wendy* Performer [Duet With] – Apollonia Strings, Cello – David Coleman (2), Suzie Katayama Strings, Violin, Viola – Novi Novog Words By, Music By – Prince 3:54 A3 The Beautiful Ones Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince 5:15 A4 Computer Blue Words By, Music By – John L. Nelson, Lisa*, Prince, Wendy* 3:59 A5 Darling Nikki Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince 4:15 B1 When Doves Cry Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince 5:52 B2 I Would Die 4 U Words By, Music By – Prince 2:51 B3 Baby I'm A Star Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Lisa*, Prince Conductor [Strings Conducted By] – Lisa*, Wendy* Strings, Cello – David Coleman (2), Suzie Katayama Strings, Violin, Viola – Novi Novog Words By, Music By – Prince 4:20 B4 Purple Rain Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Lisa*, Prince Conductor [Strings Conducted By] – Lisa*, Wendy* Strings, Cello – David Coleman (2), Suzie Katayama Strings, Violin, Viola – Novi Novog Words By, Music By – Prince 8:45 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc. Copyright © – WEA International Inc. Record Company – Warner Communications Published By – Controversy Music Recorded At – The Warehouse, St. Louis Park Recorded At – A Place Very Close 2 Where U Live Recorded At – First Avenue Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Recorded At – Sunset Sound Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Pressed By – Toshiba EMI Gotenba Plant Made By – Warner-Pioneer Corporation Licensed From – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Distributed By – Warner Bros. Art Direction – Prince Bass, Voice – Brownmark Costume Designer [Rags By] – Louis & Vaughn, Marie France (5), Prince Design – Laura LiPuma Guitar, Voice – Wendy Melvoin Hair [On The Hair Side] – Earl Jones (6) Keyboards, Voice – Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink Make-Up – Jayson Jefferys Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] – Bernie Grundman Overdubbed By [All Overdubs] – David Leonard, Peggy Mac* Painting [Dust Sleeve Painting], Sleeve [Dust Sleeve Painting] – Doug Handers* Percussion – Bobby Z. Photography By [Additional Photography] – Larry Williams (9) Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Ed Thrasher & Associates Photography By [Photos By] – Prince & The Revolution*, Ron Slenzak Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince & The Revolution* Recorded By [At The Warehouse In The Summer Of '83] – David Leonard (tracks: A1, A4), Susan Rogers (tracks: A1, A4) Recorded By [Live At 1st Avenue In The Summer Of '83 By] – David Leonard (tracks: B2, B3, B4), David Rivkin (tracks: B2, B3, B4) Recorded By [Record Plant, New York] – David Leonard (tracks: B2, B3, B4) Recorded By [Sunset Sound] – David Leonard (tracks: A2, A3, B1), Peggy Mac* (tracks: A2, A3, B1) Strings, Cello – David Coleman (2) (tracks: A2, B3, B4), Suzie Katayama (tracks: A2, B3, B4) Strings, Violin, Viola – Novi Novog (tracks: A2, B3, B4) Obi: Prince is the drug Cover: Music from the motion picture Purple Rain Dust sleeve with credits and lyrics Poster
Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was released on June 25, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records as the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Purple Rain was musically denser than Prince's previous albums, emphasizing full band performances, and multiple layers of guitars, keyboards, electronic synthesizer effects, drum machines, and other instruments. Much of the album had a grandiose, synthesized, and psychedelic sheen to the production and performances. The music on Purple Rain is generally regarded as the most pop-oriented of Prince's career, though a number of elements point towards the more experimental records Prince would release after Purple Rain. The music video for the album's lead single "When Doves Cry" sparked controversy among network executives, who thought its sexual nature was too explicit for television. The risqué lyrics of "Darling Nikki" raised complaints from Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center and contributed to the implementation of Parental Advisory stickers and imprints on album covers. Purple Rain became Prince's first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200. The album spent 24 consecutive weeks atop on the Billboard 200 and was present on the chart for a total of 167 weeks. "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Purple Rain" peaked at number two and "I Would Die 4 U" peaked at number eight. In May 1996, the album was certified 13× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is Prince's commercial peak, with total sales standing at 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Prince and the Revolution won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, while Prince also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for the film Purple Rain. Music critics noted the innovative and experimental aspects of the soundtrack's music, most famously on the spare, bass-less "When Doves Cry". Other aspects of the music, especially its synthesis of electronic elements with organic instrumentation and full-band performances along with its consolidation of rock and R&B, were identified by critics as distinguishing, even experimental factors. Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone ranked the album number 8 on its 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".