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
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1The Dance Electric
engineer:
Susan Rogers (US sound engineer) (in 1983-07)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
instruments and vocals:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-07)
background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (in 1983-07) and Wendy Melvoin (in 1983-07)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States (in 1983-07)
11:30
2Love and Sex
engineer:
Peggy McCreary (in 1984-02) and Susan Rogers (US sound engineer) (in 1984-02)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1984-02)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1984-02)
5:01
3Computer Blue (“Hallway Speech” version)
engineer:
Peggy McCreary (in 1983-08)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
additional guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (in 1983-08)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (in 1983-08)
additional vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (in 1983-08) and Wendy Melvoin (in 1983-08)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-08)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-08)
recording of:
Computer Blue (in 1983-08)
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…”)
12:19
4Electric Intercourse (studio version)
engineer:
Peggy McCreary (in 1983-07)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-07)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-07)
recording of:
Electric Intercourse (in 1983-07)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
4:57
5Our Destiny / Roadhouse Garden
engineer:
Peggy McCreary and Susan Rogers (US sound engineer)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
additional cello:
David Coleman (American cellist & composer) and Suzie Katayama
additional double bass [stand-up bass]:
Annette Atkinson (double bassist) and Tim Barr
additional viola:
Denyse Buffum and Laury Woods (violinist)
additional violin:
Marcy Dicterow-Vaj and Sid Page
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) and The Revolution (founded by Prince)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (on 1984-06-07) and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1984-09)
6:25
6Possessed
engineer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-05)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-05)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Kiowa Trail Home Studio (Prince's Home Studio) in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States (in 1983-05)
recording of:
Possessed (in 1983-05)
writer and arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
dedicated to:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
7:56
7Wonderful Ass
engineer:
Peggy McCreary (in 1984-09) and Susan Rogers (US sound engineer) (in 1984-09)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
additional guitar:
Wendy Melvoin (in 1984-09)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (in 1984-09)
additional vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) (in 1984-09) and Wendy Melvoin (in 1984-09)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1984-09)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
engineered at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1984-09)
6:24
8Velvet Kitty Cat
engineer:
Peggy McCreary (in 1983-04)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-04)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983-04)
2:43
9Katrina’s Paper Dolls
engineer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-03)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-03)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1983-03)
3:30
10We Can F**k
engineer:
Peggy McCreary and Susan Rogers (US sound engineer)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
additional guitar:
Wendy Melvoin
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer)
additional background vocals:
Lisa Coleman (US pianist/keyboardist & composer) and Wendy Melvoin
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1983-12-31 until 1984-01-02)
recording of:
We Can Funk
writer:
George Clinton (US funk musician) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music, Exoskeletal Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
10:18
11Father’s Song
engineer:
Peggy McCreary (in 1983-11) and Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-11)
producer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
performer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”) (in 1983-11)
arranger:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
recorded at:
Kiowa Trail Home Studio (Prince's Home Studio) in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States (in 1983-11)
5:31
▶ CD 3: Single Edits & B‐Sides
▶ DVD-Video 4: Live at The Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY, March 30, 1985)

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]