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No. 8Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums1984
Purple Rain album coverNo. 8

Purple Rain

Prince and the Revolution

Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution is No. 8 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 1984, has 9 tracks and runs 44 minutes. It sits between Blood on the Tracks (No. 9) and Rumours (No. 7).

1984 · 9 tracks · No. 8 of 500

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Track list

  1. Let's Go Crazy
  2. Take Me with U
  3. The Beautiful Ones
  4. Computer Blue
  5. Darling Nikki
  6. When Doves Cry
  7. I Would Die 4 U
  8. Baby I'm a Star
  9. Purple Rain

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