Purple Rain
It's from 1984, before you were born.
- Artist
- Prince
- Genre
- Rock / pop / funk
- Released
- 1984
- Note
- soundtrack & career peak
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About
As of 2026, it's 42 years old.
Purple Rain is the rare album that's also a movie that's also a religious experience for its fans — Prince made the soundtrack to his own semi-autobiographical film and produced an absolute monster of a record, blending rock, funk, pop, and gospel into something nobody else could have made. The title track's slow-build guitar finale is one of the great moments in music.
'When Doves Cry,' 'Let's Go Crazy,' and the epic title song made it a cultural and commercial juggernaut and Prince's defining masterpiece.
Transcendent, genre-melting, and utterly his own, Purple Rain is the album that confirmed Prince as one of the most singular geniuses music has ever produced.
