Purple Rain (album) by Prince And The Revolution
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 30 hours ago | StevieB1 | | 72/100 |
90/100 | 46 hours ago | SD100852 | | 73/100 |
95/100 | 5 days ago | 2nd-Impressions | | 74/100 |
100/100 | 05/28/2020 21:35 |  Timestarter | | 88/100 |
95/100 | 05/28/2020 19:11 | PurplePiePete | | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a mean average rating of 82.0/100. The trimmed mean (excluding outliers) is 83.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Timestarter 05/29/2020 21:27
Fav. Track: Purple Rain.
llibnanoon 05/09/2020 00:36
The Purple One's Masterpiece!
Favorite Tracks: Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, Purple Rain
Boltzmann 01/05/2020 22:32
Because this one is often cited as his best, it took me a while to acknowledge Prince's genius. This album marked the point he definitely went into pop territory. It was only after listening to Dirty Mind and Controversy and then going back to this one I could see the genius in this project too. But this one is in my opinion not the one you should start with; it doesn't present his legacy as good as his earlier albums. When you realize your focus should be on the percussion, it becomes clear, but Purple Rain has too much distractions to notice that. Sure, a lot of people are already sold when they hear a rich instrumentation, extremely convoluted song structures, or an intelligent concept throughout the album. But if you're amongst the few beautiful ones that still listen to music for the music, then start with Dirty Mind first and maybe listen 1999 and then come back here before you make up your mind about Prince.
Favorite Tracks:The Beautiful Ones, Computer Blue, Baby I'm A Star
Very good album!
Favorite tracks: Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry
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Awesome album. Every song feels like a full-on pop song at the beginning, then layers of pop are peeled to reveal a more rock feel towards the end.
TerryTezza 06/19/2019 03:21
This album has some of Prince's best work like When Doves Cry. However I am not into the slower ballads, but overall it is a great album.
Overall: 9.3
Best Tracks: "Let's Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry", "Purple Rain"
Simply put, the greatest artist of the 1980s at the arguable height of his pop powers. Sign O the Times might be more of a profound artistic statement, but in terms of pure pop artistry, only Thriller comes close to matching this.
Montpejo 05/10/2019 18:38
Highlights:
Purple Rain
Baby I'm A Star
The Beautiful Ones
I Would Die 4 U
When Doves Cry
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