Prince's Purple Rain

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4.3 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It’s been 40 years since Prince released his psychedelic pop masterpiece, Purple Rain. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot revisit their classic album dissection of Purple Rain for its anniversary.

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Featured Songs:

Prince And The Revolution, "Purple Rain," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "Let's Go Crazy," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "Take Me With U," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince, "Head," Dirty Mind, Warner Bros, 1980

Prince, "Controversy," Controversy, Warner Bros, 1981

Prince, "Soft And Wet," For You, Warner Bros, 1978

Prince And The Revolution, "The Beautiful Ones," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "I Would Die 4 U," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "Darling Nikki," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "Computer Blue," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "Baby I'm a Star," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince And The Revolution, "When Doves Cry," Purple Rain, Warner Bros, 1984

Prince, "Can't Stop This Feeling," Graffiti Bridge, Warner Bros, 1990

Prince, "You're My Love," Originals, Warner Bros, 2019

Sprints, "Heavy," Letter To Self, City Slang, 2024

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0:00.0	You're listening to sound opinions and this week we revisit our classic album
0:07.8	Dissection of Purple Rain by Prince. I'm Jim De Regatis and I'm Greg Cott. Let's get right into it.
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0:45.0	Purple rain.
0:47.0	Purple rain.
0:48.0	Purple rain.
0:51.0	Purple rain, You're listening to sound opinions and that of course is a bit of purple.
0:57.0	You're listening to sound opinions and that of course is a bit of purple rain the iconic title track from Prince's sixth album released 40 years ago.
1:12.0	Man 40 years Greg in July of 84 do you remember where you were when this album and film
1:18.1	came out I do this anniversary gives us the perfect reason to revisit our classic album
1:24.3	dissection, figure out why it works, why it's a masterpiece, and why all these years
1:29.4	later people are still listening to it and still talking about it.
1:33.8	Purple Rain was the record that more than any other release in Prince's career
1:38.0	made him a superstar, a worldwide phenomenon.
1:41.2	No small feat, considering that in 1982 he had released 1999 an
1:46.7	album that established the sound of Minneapolis. He had come out of Minneapolis as an
1:52.2	artist associated with R&B. He was a guy who posed in
1:55.2	women's lingerie on his third album cover, Dirty Mind in 1980, and got a lot of critical acclaim.
2:02.4	But it wasn't really until those twin blockbusters, 1999 and
2:06.5	Little Red Corvette in 1982 that he became a pop star.
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