Purple Rain - Prince - Soundtrack

This is my favourite album from my favourite artist all of all time. Prince is a true musical genius and has survived the music business for over 30 years now. Purple Rain was the 1st time that his star truly started to shine, coming from the motion picture of the same name. This album is a fusion of pop,soul,electro,rock,funk and rnb. Each song full of personal lyrics and heart felt vocals Such classics as When doves cry, Darlin Nikki and lets go crazy all feature on this soundtrack. And of course the best song of all time in my opinion "Purple Rain" This album is worth getting for this track alone in its ...  Read the complete review

On a sunny day in June, 1958, Minneapolis saw the birth of just another black kid amongst a struggling community. Prince Rogers Nelson , in adult life, became a singer, songwriter, producer, record label owner, multi talented instrumentalist and a studio owner, not to mention one of the most exuberant, exciting and outstanding performers of the twentieth century. His first UK release came in the form of a single called ‘I wanna be your lover.’ It entered the charts in January 1980 and failed to even make the top 40. This didn’t deter the young singer and dreamt of greater heights. In all honesty, this didn’t come along for another 4 years. Not until July ...  Read the complete review

Your most likely wondering why I choose to write an opinion about an album relesaed 17 years ago, well theres one easy answer to that... Its undoubtedley one of my most favourite albums of all time, containing some of Prince's most classic hits that propelled him into stardom at a phenomenal rate. Almost unheard of in the U.K. until the release of this album Prince had been busy producing, writing, and even playing all the instruments on the albums previous to this one, so obvious there was a huge talent waiting to be released upon the world. Then in 1984 he teamed up with 'The revolution' consisting of all his band and backing ...  Read the complete review

For my money, this is probably the second best album ever, after the incredible double album "Sign O The Times", coincidentally (not!) also by Prince, although I find it very hard to split them! After breaking the black market with his first 3 albums, Prince achieved massive crossover success with Purple Rain, the soundtrack to the semi-autobiographical film of the same name. And what an album this is. Every single tracks has been crafted to perfection; Prince wrote a vast number of songs for the project and only the very very best made the final album, and they were polished till they shone as bright as Prince’s own outfits. The album ...  Read the complete review

This album is so good and the pop songs it contains are so on the money it allows you to get through the film of the same title without wanting to smash your TV to pieces. The film is poor, but its soundtrack is pop perfection. From the opening sermon of Let's Go Crazy to the final bars of the title track, every tune is a winner. Standouts apart from the aforementioned two, are a haunting number called 'The Beautiful Ones', 'Take Me With You' and the brilliant 'When Doves Cry'. Only Prince would dream of recording a dance track which does not contain a bass line at all. This was Prince at his peak but it would be unfair to ...  Read the complete review