Purple Rain (expanded edition)

~ Release by Prince and The Revolution (see all versions of this release, 38 available)

Tracklist

CD 1: The Complete Album (2015 Paisley Park remaster)
CD 2: From the Vault & Previously Unreleased
CD 3: Single Edits & B‐Sides
DVD-Video 4: Live at The Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY, March 30, 1985)
#TitleRatingLength
1Let’s Go Crazy
live recording of:
Let’s Go Crazy (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
6:20
2Delirious
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
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 (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部
5:50
4Little Red Corvette
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
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]
6:46
7Do Me, Baby
live recording of:
Do Me, Baby (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
André Cymone
writer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
2:00
8Irresistible Bitch
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
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
Possessed (on 1985-03-30)
writer 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
live recording of:
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince Rogers Nelson (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music Publishing and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
5:10
11Let’s Pretend We’re Married
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
live recording of:
International Lover (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
1:49
13God
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
7:43
14Computer Blue
live recording of:
Computer Blue (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
composer:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer), Doctor Fink, Wendy Melvoin, John L. Nelson (father of Prince) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:27
15Darling Nikki
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!)
5:01
16The Beautiful Ones
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
live recording of:
When Doves Cry (on 1985-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
writer:
Alexander George Claire
publisher:
Because Éditions and Controversy Music
9:29
18I Would Die 4 U
recorded at:
Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, United States (on 1985-03-30)
live recording of:
I Would Die 4 U
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
3:26
19Baby I’m a Star
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
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 You
When Doves Cry / 17 Days
covers:Spin Presents: Purplish Rain by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
included in:Original Album Series by Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
part of: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)
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006) (number: 5) (order: 5)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 8) (order: 8)
Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: Honorable Mention) (order: 16)
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: 138)
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]
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]