Purple Rain is, for many people, his greatest album. It is one of the best in the past 40 years, but Sign O the Times remains, for me, his masterpiece. Still, there is not a weak second, much less a weak moment on Purple Rain. Entertainment Weekly definitely got something right when they named PR the best New Classic of the past 25 years (hard to believe that this is the same company that publishes People Magazine), if for the artist if not for the album.
Purple Rain remains as close to my heart as anything from my youth, since it moved me from the music that I listened to as a child (AM country and Easy Listening, the Percy Faith sort on the old FM 100) to the glories of pop/rock. Sure, Michael Jackson, The Police and the Eurthymics caught my ear first, but the Kid made me not only a rock fan, but a music fan. He led me (and many others) to the Dawn, which I am forever grateful. Too bad he gets mad if people want to share him with others; I've already bought most of his work in 2 or 3 different mediums (LP, tape, CD), so I don't feel so bad as to share it with you.
Welcome to the Dawn, ya'll...
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This is a remix/remaster by DJ Foefur, my savior of the Kid. It is he/she who rescued the audio mess that was the early CD pressing of Sign O the Times and restored it to its true majesty.
Different from the 84 release is this...
"Let's Go Crazy" is the 12" vers. from the movie
"Beautiful Ones", "Computer Blue" and "Darlin Nikki" are all extended.
Included are remastered tracks of "17 Days", "Another Lonely Xmas", "Erotic City" (12"), and the sultry "God" instrumental that plays during the Kid's and Appolonia's first love scene.
Enjoy!
this is so cool. thak you
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