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''Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain '' (also called just '''''Purple Rain''''') is a Soundtrack Album by Prince and The Revolution . It was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 25 , 1984 and was Prince's sixth album. 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. STYLE ''Purple Rain'' was the first Prince album recorded with and credited to his backing group The Revolution . The resultant album was denser musically than Prince's previous one-man albums, emphasized full band performances and multiple layers of guitars, keyboards, icy electronic Synthesizer effects, Drum Machines , and other instruments. Musically, ''Purple Rain'' remained grounded in the Electro-funk and R&B elements of Prince's previous work while demonstrating a more pronounced rock feel in its grooves and emphasis on Guitar Showmanship . As a soundtrack record, much of the music had a grandiose, synthesized, and even--by some evaluations--a vaguely 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 elements point towards the more experimental pop/psychedelic records Prince would record after ''Purple Rain''. As with many massive crossover albums, ''Purple Rain'''s consolidation of a myriad of styles, from Pop/rock to Urban R&B to Dance , is generally acknowledged to account in part for its enormous popularity. In addition to the record's breakthrough sales, music critics noted the innovative and experimental aspects of the soundtrack's music, most famously on the spare, bass-less ". SONGS " stickers and imprints on album covers by ways of Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center . AWARDS Prince won three 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" (the song) also won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score in 1985. "Purple Rain", ''Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences'', at AwardsDatabase.Oscars.org ; last accessed September 9 , 2006 . CRITICS' PRAISE In 1998 ''Q'' Magazine readers voted ''Purple Rain'' the 73rd greatest album of all time; in 2001 the TV Network VH1 placed it at number 18. In 1989, it was rated #2 on '' Rolling Stone '' magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s . SALES AND CHART POSITIONS ''Purple Rain'' 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 24 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard album charts ( August 4 , 1984 to January 18 , 1985 ) - the longest consecutive run at the top of any album during the 1980s - becoming one of the top Soundtrack s ever. ''Purple Rain'' traded the #1 Album Chart position with Bruce Springsteen 's '' Born In The U.S.A. '' twice, during 1984 and 1985. Two songs from ''Purple Rain'', " When Doves Cry " and " Let's Go Crazy ", would top the U.S. singles charts and were hits around the world, while the Title Track would go to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 . The album has sold 19.88 million copies world wide. CHARTS TRACK LISTING #" Let's Go Crazy " – 4:39 #" Take Me With U " – 3:58 #"The Beautiful Ones" – 5:17 #" Computer Blue " – 3:56 #" Darling Nikki " – 4:13 #" When Doves Cry " – 5:52 #" I Would Die 4 U " – 2:56 #" Baby I'm A Star " – 4:24 #" Purple Rain " – 8:42 All songs written by Prince , except "Computer Blue", words by Prince, Wendy and Lisa , music by John L. Nelson , Wendy, Lisa and Prince. SINGLES AND HOT 100 CHART PLACINGS
#"When Doves Cry" #" 17 Days "
#"Let's Go Crazy" #" Erotic City "
#"Purple Rain" #"God" (vocal) #"God" (instrumental) — ''UK version only''
#"I Would Die 4 U" #"Another Lonely Christmas"
#"Take Me with U" #"Baby I'm a Star" PERSONNEL
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