'' (also called just '''''Purple Rain''''') was a
1984 album by
Prince and
The Revolution . It was released by
Warner Brothers Records and was Prince's sixth album. It sold 13 million units in the United States, earning a Diamond Award from the
Recording Industry Association Of America . According to ''
Billboard '' magazine, the album spent an incredible 24 consecutive weeks at #1, becoming one of the top
Soundtrack s ever. According to one source, the album sold more than a million copies on the day of its release.
In
1998 ''Q'' Magazine readers voted ''Purple Rain'' the 73rd greatest album of all time; in
2003 the
TV Network VH1 placed it at number 18. ''
Rolling Stone '' named it the number 2 album of the
1980s .
As was often the case, Prince wrote all of the songs on the album. Some of the tracks had portions recorded live when Prince performed on
August 3 ,
1983 at the
First Avenue club in
Minneapolis . This show was a
Benefit Concert for the Minnesota Dance Theater. It was also the first appearance in Prince's band "The Revolution" by
Wendy Melvoin , his guitarist in the ''Purple Rain'' film and for a few years afterwards.
Prince won 3
Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special (Purple Rain) and Best
R&B Song (songwriter) (Chaka Khan's "
I Feel For You ") and was nominated for Album of the Year (Purple Rain). Purple Rain also won an
Oscar for Best Original Score in
1985 .
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The song "Darling Nikki" is notable for its
lyrical content , which eventually led to the use of "
Parental Advisory " stickers and imprints on album covers by ways of
Tipper Gore and the
Parents Music Resource Center .
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Let's Go Crazy "
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Take Me With U "
#"The Beautiful Ones"
#"Computer Blue"
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Darling Nikki "
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When Doves Cry "
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I Would Die 4 U "
#"Baby I'm a Star"
#"
Purple Rain "
- " When Doves Cry " (US #1, R&B #1, UK #6, Australia #1)
#"When Doves Cry"
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17 Days (the Rain Will Come Down, Then U Will Have 2 Choose. If U Believe, Look 2 The Dawn And U Shall Never Lose.) "
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Erotic City ("make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive") "
#"God" (vocal)
#"God" (instrumental) — ''UK version only''
#"Another Lonely Christmas"
#"Baby I'm a Star"
