Purple Rain (soundtrack album) by Prince And The Revolution

This has aged better than most 80's albums. Surprised it isn't higher in the overall ranking

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Purple Rain considered as one of the greatest album of the 80s is kinda overrated.
Let’s Go Crazy is good opener but the guitar solo at the end is too much and sounds calculated, too loud.
Take Me With U is ok, nothing special except the intro, Beautiful Ones could’ve been a beautiful song but his screaming at the end spoils the song. Computer Blue sounds like a filler, Darling Nikki is a bad song there’s nothing great about it, When Doves Cry despite the weird intro is good, I Would Die 4 U is a good song too, Baby I’m a Star is the 3rd fillers of the album and Purple Rain is prince most popular hit. With 3 fillers + 2 ok songs out of 9 songs Purple Rain isn’t a masterpiece, it’s more from good to mediocre. 5/10

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Purple Rain makes me cry both happy and sad tears. Joy and Pain. I love Baby I'm a Star - the backwards/hidden message by Wendy is fantastic. Love Sheila E, too! Makes me wonder why she is not credited, even though she went on tour with them. And Glamorous life, which she recorded while on tour, is fantastic!

From planetneutral 10/28/2020 00:59

Possibly my favorite song of the decade, another in the top 100, and that doesn't even include the title track. But it doesn't all maintain that quality level.

it took me til my 30s before I learned of prince’s virtuosity, but the dude was absolutely electric and it feels like he’s sometimes overlooked on all-time lists for best guitarists/musicians/artists. Even As a lifelong rock music audiophile his music eluded me until i saw a super fun prince cover band, the purple ones, who woke me the F up to the man’s music. prince was enigmatic, prolific, musically eclectic and wildly talented, and it hurts to realize that it took his untimely death to fully appreciate the man’s musical and cultural contributions to this world. there’s something in his catalogue for everyone’s musical tastes, and this album is his magnum opus by most standards. but i kind of agree with other commenters that newcomers to prince’s music may be best served working their way up to this one. the evolution of his style, his taste, his artistic genius and his sensibilities in acoustic production are all pretty wild to behold in retrospect, and the way his career led up to and crescendoed with purple rain is a thing of beauty to behold. rest in power, purple one, for you were too good for this world.

This record has been growing on me over the years. I blame myself for didn't pay attention to Prince for so many years. Purple Rain is, probably, my favorite song of the 80's.

From llibnanoon 06/22/2020 17:52

Average Track Rating = 98.33

From Timestarter 05/29/2020 21:27

Fav. Track: Purple Rain.