It’s not an understatement when I tell you that Prince’s “Purple Rain” soundtrack changed my life after it came out 40 years ago on June 25, 1984. I wore that vinyl out after I scraped my coins ...

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For all he did during his magnificent career, much of Prince’s legend comes courtesy of Purple Rain, the album he and the Revolution released 40 years ago this month, and the movie of the same name ...

Jul. 9—MINNEAPOLIS — Forty years ago this summer, Minnesota royalty ascended to the top of pop charts around the world. Prince's hit album "Purple Rain" was released June 25, 1984. The movie of the ...

The list-loving Rolling Stone cultural arbiters love them some "Purple Rain," declaring that the 1984 Prince project is the greatest movie soundtrack album ever. In a list of the 101 Greatest ...

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name Prince? If we were gambling folk, we’d bet that it was “Purple Rain.” It is, for one, an amazing song. Second and thirdly, it’s the ...

Granted, musical careers, like nearly everything else, moved more gradually back then. But that’s also how Prince revealed himself. Launched as an R&B loverman with 1978’s “For You,” he began ...

Your copy of Purple Rain sounds terrible. That’s no knock against the music, that urgent neon bug-funk zeitgeist bomb Prince straddled and launched and screamed on as it blew up the world, kind of ...

A stage adaptation of Prince's film and album, Purple Rain, will make its World Premiere next year, but fans will have to wait a little bit longer for it than originally planned. The musical, ...

Good morning. I'm Noel King. A typical Yamaha DX7 synthesizer sells for less than $1,000. But this isn't any old DX7. It's the one Prince used on his 1984 album "Purple Rain." It's up for auction, and ...

The list-loving Rolling Stone cultural arbiters love them some “Purple Rain,” declaring that the 1984 Prince project is the greatest movie soundtrack album ever. In a list of the 101 Greatest ...