| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/warner Bros. | | UPC: 00075992511025 | | Release Date: 3/25/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 60145977 | | Item#: MUJNAJ | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24793 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Let's Go Crazy ~ Prince & The Revolution |  | | 2. Take Me With U ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 3. Beautiful Ones, The ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 4. Computer Blue ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 5. Darling Nikki ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 6. When Doves Cry ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 7. I Would Die 4 U ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 8. Baby I'm A Star ~ Prince & The Revolution | | | 9. Purple Rain ~ Prince & The Revolution | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Prince & The Revolution: Prince (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Wendy Melvoin (vocals, guitar); Lisa Coleman, Matt "Dr." Fink (vocals, keyboards); Brown Mark (vocals, bass); Bobby Z (percussion). | | Additional personnel: Apollonia (vocals); Novi Novog (violin, viola); David Coleman, Suzie Katayama (cello). | | Engineers include: Susan Rogers, Peggy Mac, David Riukin. | | A soundtrack to a movie so appalling that it is infinitely wiser to let the record stand on its own merits. While Prince cavorted in purple kitchen foil and rode his Harley in high heels, the real star of the film, the music, was doing all the talking. A knit of funk and rock, a heavily stylized Hendrix guitar lick here and there, and a wilfully danceable backbeat all made for a huge commercial smash, and the first real international introduction for many people to a star-in-waiting. 'Darling Nikki' accidentally set the PMRC ball rolling, but the heady lilt of the title track and the crushing 'When Doves Cry' can pardon him that. |
Producer: Prince & The Revolution |
Musical Guests | | Apollonia |
| | Artist Overview | | The word "genius" may be used a little too freely when describing pop musicians, but many would have to agree that Prince is deserving of such an accolade. Since his 1978 debut album, the Minneapolis-based multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/singer has scored numerous hits with his sexually charged, original funk/pop/dance/rock style, penned big hits for other artists, and has even tried his hand at acting as well. In the early 1990s, Prince's name-changing antics and his messy break with Warner Brothers overshadowed his music, but his extensive back catalog of amazing songs has secured his place in musical history. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/07/1987 | | Original Release Date : 1984 | | Catalog ID : 25110 | | Label : Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 43m : 54s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00075992511025 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.114)
- Ranked #72 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...[The album] showcases Prince's abilities as a guitarist..."Rolling Stone (11/89)
- Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey. Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.29)
- Ranked #9 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...A genre-bending smorgasbord...a monument to mad ambition..." CMJ (1/5/04, p.14)
- Ranked #15 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1984" Vibe (12/99, p.162)
- Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century |
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