One of the most celebrated albums ever recorded, Purple Rain is Prince's sixth studio album and the first to feature his iconic backing band, The Revolution. Originally released as the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name, Purple Rain is universally regarded as Prince's magnum opus and a landmark moment in music history.
The album's critical legacy is unmatched. Time magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time, VH1 placed it 18th on their Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time countdown, and Rolling Stone named it the second-best album of the 1980s and 76th on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Commercially, Purple Rain was equally dominant — "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" both topped the US singles charts, the title track reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album went on to earn RIAA Diamond certification: thirteen-times platinum.
This picture disc pressing is a visually striking artifact of one of the most important records ever made, and this copy has never been in open circulation.
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Limited to 10 individually numbered copies.
