Prince Purple Rain CD

Description Amazon.co.uk Maybe this music by Prince & the Revolution will never quite sound as, well, revolutionary as it did in 1984 (and nothing else has ever sounded like the extraordinary cooing and fluttering of When Doves Cry), but its a pop landmark in Princes Artistic career. The hit movie was really just a big-screen showcase for Prince to perform these songs (some of them in tear-the-roof-off live versions set in a Minneapolis club). Its unclear why that warped sermonette introduces Lets Go Crazy (one thing youve got to love about Prince: hes always been weird), but somehow it works. Other highlights include the sexual scorcher Darling Nikki (with its crazy backwards coda) and that anthemic title tune. Dont you miss Wendy and Lisa, too –Jim Emerson
TRACK LISTING
1: Lets Go Crazy
2: Take Me With U
3: The Beautiful Ones
4: Computer Blue
5: Darling Nikki
6: When Doves Cry
7: I Would Die 4 U
8: Baby Im a Star
9: Purple Rain