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''Purple Rain'' is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince and The Revolution and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. It was released on June 25, 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. ''Purple Rain'' is regularly ranked among the best albums in music history. ''Time'' magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time in 1993, and it placed 18th on VH1's ''Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time'' countdown. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked it the second-best album of the 1980s and 76th on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ''Zounds'' magazine ranked it the 18th greatest album of all time. Furthermore, the album placed 4th in Plásticos y Decibelios' list of ''The Greatest Albums of All Time''. In 2007, the editors of ''Vanity Fair'' labeled it the best soundtrack of all time and ''Tempo'' magazine named it the greatest album of the 1980s. In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #2 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" behind only Michael Jackson's ''Thriller''. That same year, the album was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" The two main songs from ''Purple Rain'', "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy", topped the US singles charts and were hits around the world, while the title track went to number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The 1000th issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' dated July 4, 2008 listed ''Purple Rain'' at number one on their list of the top 100 best albums of the past 25 years. In 2013, the magazine also listed the album at number two on their list of the 100 Greatest Albums ever. The RIAA lists it as having gone platinum 13 times over. To date, it has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, becoming the sixth-best-selling soundtrack album of all time.〔 ==Background== ''Purple Rain'' was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 25, 1984, and was Prince's sixth album. Prince wrote all of the songs on the album, some with the input of fellow band members. "I Would Die 4 U", "Baby I'm a Star" and "Purple Rain" were recorded live from a show on August 3, 1983, at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis, with overdubs and edits added later. This marked the first time Prince included live recordings on any release.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Album: Purple Rain - Prince Vault )〕 The show was a benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theater and featured the first appearance of guitarist Wendy Melvoin in Prince's band, The Revolution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purple Rain (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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