Purple Rain (ultimate collector’s edition)

~ Release by Prince and The Revolution (see all versions of this release, 53 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Complete Album (2015 Paisley Park remaster)
2▶CD: From the Vault & Previously Unreleased
3▶CD: Single Edits & B‐Sides
4▼DVD-Video: Live at The Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY, March 30, 1985)
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1Let’s Go Crazy
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Let’s Go Crazy (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:20
2Delirious
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Delirious (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
2:51
31999
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
1999 (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2)
5:50
4Little Red Corvette
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Little Red Corvette (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
3:38
5Take Me With U
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (from 1985-03-30 to present, on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Take Me With U (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:56
6[interlude]
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Yankee Doodle (on 1985-03-30)
anthem of:
Connecticut, United States
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4501)
6:46
7Do Me, Baby
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Do Me, Baby (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
composer:
André Cymone
publisher:
Controversy Music
2:00
8Irresistible Bitch
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Irresistible Bitch (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
1:53
9Possessed
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
saxophone:
Eric Leeds (saxophonist) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Possessed (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
dedicated to:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
4:24
10How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
electric grand piano:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (from 1985-02-03 until 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince Rogers Nelson (Prince, “The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music Publishing and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
5:10
11Let’s Pretend We’re Married
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric grand piano and lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
4:19
12International Lover
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
International Lover (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
1:49
13God
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric grand piano and lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
God (on 1985-03-30)
writer and arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music, NPG Publishing, Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
7:43
14Computer Blue
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
spoken vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Computer Blue (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
composer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer), Dr. Fink, Wendy Melvoin, John L. Nelson (father of Prince) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:27
15Darling Nikki
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Darling Nikki (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music and Warner Brothers Inc. (not for release label use!)
part of:
“The Filthy Fifteen” (PMRC’s list of songs with “offensive lyrical content”) (number: 1)
5:01
16The Beautiful Ones
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
The Beautiful Ones (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
5:17
17When Doves Cry
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
When Doves Cry (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Because Éditions and Controversy Music
9:29
18I Would Die 4 U
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
I Would Die 4 U (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
3:26
19Baby I’m a Star
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985, in 2022) and The Prince Estate (in 1985, in 2022)
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Baby I’m a Star (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
10:56
20Purple Rain
drum machine and drums (drum set):
Bobby Z. (on 1985-03-30)
electric bass guitar:
Brownmark (on 1985-03-30)
electric guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
synthesizer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Dr. Fink (on 1985-03-30)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (on 1985-03-30) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1985-03-30)
lead vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Purple Rain (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Because Éditions, Controversy Music and Island Music Ltd.
16:29
21[credits]
3:32

Credits

Release group

mash-ups:The Purple Album by K-12
associated singles/EPs:I Would Die 4 U
Let’s Go Crazy
Purple Rain
Take Me With U
When Doves Cry
covers:Spin Presents: Purplish Rain by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
live performances:Live
included in:Original Album Series by Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
part of:Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 1) (order: 1)
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time (2019-02-19) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: The 25 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time (2013-08-29) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 4) (order: 4)
Fifteen Albums to Play the First Time You Have Sex With a Woman, Assuming You Know Nothing Except Her First Name (SPIN magazine, 2003-04) (number: 4-Heather) (order: 4)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 8) (order: 8)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 8) (order: 8)
Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: Honorable Mention) (order: 16)
Billboard 200 Decade-End Chart 1980s (number: 22) (order: 22)
Absolute Radio’s The 100 Collection (number: 71) (order: 71)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 72) (order: 72)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 76) (order: 76)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1985) (order: 113)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 139)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 536) (order: 537)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/16245 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/Prince/Purple-rain [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6qxm [info]
https://www.laut.de/Prince/Alben/Purple-Rain-35174 [info]
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/45577/Prince-Purple-Rain/ [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/prince_and_the_revolution/purple_rain/ [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/65084/ [info]
IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087957/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000382324 [info]
Wikidata:Q253004 [info]