Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain ALBUM REVIEW 

I'm feeling a strong 10, weak 11 on this one

'I Would Die 4 U' doesn't get nearly enough love in my book.

It's a 10. I can't even describe how much of a masterpiece Purple Rain is.

Prince is one of the greatest guitar players ever. The guitar solo in Purple Rain is magical.

Two reasons why I love this review: 1.) It's _Purple Rain,_ and 2.) Daft Punk's _Discovery_ is in the background. ^_^

Every time I look at the album cover to Purple Rain from a distance, I keep thinking those flowers in the borders are vegetables instead.

"Purple Rain, like pouring ten bottles of Soul Glo into a smoke machine, and out comes this purple glittery cloud of magic" This is the best review i've seen on here, bravo sir.

Rest in Peace Prince thank you for your this classic album, it'll be in our playlists forever

The Anthony Formerly Known As Fantano

Anthony my brother, I think it's about time you should do another Prince album review. Maybe "Sign 'O' The Times" since that is, arguably, Prince's best album ever.

Rest in purple

Commercially, Purple Rain was Prince's peak. Artistically, it was Sign O' The Times. SOTT is my favorite Prince record. I feel Prince's work credited with the NPG is very underrated, though.

Resthony InPeacePrincetano

"This track is just so pretty and slow and melodramatic that it sounds like pouring ten bottles of Soul Glo into a smoke machine and out comes a pink, glittery cloud of...magic." - Anthony Fantano 2014 Never change Anthony :)

This is the only album that can make me cry. R.I.P.

"The Beautiful Ones" is my favorite Prince song

One of the greatest albums of all time.

"When Doves Cry" begins with a GUITAR solo (or RIFF), not a synth line.

What if my favorite hip hop album is To Pimp A Butterfly tho?

daft punk in the back is a classic

Im actually not as big on this album as much as I am Sign o' The Times, but Prince is without question one of the best musicians and artists ever

Take Me With U is a crazily underrated track

Review Sign O The Times

I watched this when you first published this video, and had to watch it again. In my ever-changing Top 100 Songs Of All Time List, 'Purple Rain' is a Top 5 mainstay. One of the few songs that just hit me in the feelings. Great song! Great album! Great Review! R.I.P. Prince!

Around the World in a Day is my absolute favorite, because it was so much more psychedelic, but Purple Rain is an album that has been with me since birth. I know every word, note, and detail. Its impact on modern music and culture is an amazing thing to see.

Purple Rain was Prince's popularity apex and it's a great album, but for me 1999 is better, partly because it's longer. He's always been a curiously unique mixture of corny and cool, but you'd have to be there back in the 80's to fully comprehend just how cool he was.

This is a damn good critique! I like the way you went into each song, which in my opinion deserves an individual recognition. The album is beyond belief.

It's official boys, a canonical 10

This is the last thing I expected you to review, and I literally love it. Easily in my top five albums of all time. Thank you, Fantano.

This may very well be the best intro you ever did melon

Purple rain is an absolutely AMAZING LP. Each song tells a piece of a story that when assembled is complete genius! The movie, although is kinda comical in retrospect, helps complete the overall picture that Prince is trying to get across. In short, top to bottom one of the best albums ever made.

I'm so proud you and Cal have been getting along lately!!!

I wish you made this a couple months ago when I was writing an album review of this album for my history of rock and roll class. Would have came in handy.

First listened to this album when I was 8. Turned me into a big Prince fan. It has a little bit of everything, like you said and if ever the songs come up on iTunes or the radio, I never change it. So good!

Can't believe I've only just now caught this review of an artist who couldn't get closer to my heart to be honest. You said it all Anthony, you said what my brainsoul feels listening to this incredible LP. Anyone who's reading this and is getting in to the genius of P, the next album you can listen to can be either the one before (1999), or the one after (Parade) - you can't lose.

The B-Sides for the Purple Rain singles are just as good if not better than the record! 17 Days, Erotic City, God (Instrumental Version) are all purple classics and worth checking out too!

You should do another video for prince

I personally prefer Sign o' the Times, I have to say. This album is a classic, and it's brilliant, but as you say it's not flawless. Sign o' the Times, on the other hand, is flawless. There's not a single bad thing to say about any of the songs, and has to be, for me, pretty much the best album of the 80s, and one of the best albums of all time.

Definitely my favourite Prince album, edging out Parade and the much underrated Love Symbol album. I'd love to see you do a Prince top 10 maybe?

This is the best album ever made, here's my ranking of this masterpiece: 9. Take Me With U 8. Purple Rain 7. Let's Go Crazy 6. Baby, I'm A Star 5. Computer Blue 4. When Doves Cry 3. I Would Die 4 U 2. Darling Nikki 1. The Beautiful Ones

I'm glad you finally reviewed a prince album. Its honestly one of the best albums I have ever heard along with Sign O the Times.

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Thanks Dude, nice review. I hope your going to continue to add in a classic or two in the new year. This LP (Cassette on this one for me) got lots of play during my time in Hawaii in the Air Force.

Anthony it would be awesome if you Reviewed Sign O’ the times, no album has been so ambitious but executed so well like it. It would be awesome to see you review the greatest album ever or at least shine some light on it in a tier list

Great intro! Probely one of the best albums ever recorded, and the album I played most in my life.

Well, that introduction was hilarious

Both movie and album make me nostalgic. The album because my mom pretty much raised me on Prince but the movie holds a special place in my heart, I stayed up till 3am watching the movie with my mom back when I was like 15... So glad you did this review.

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Loved the intro, great record, great review. Really articulated the many great traits of this record. I agree that the production was a bit thin, but that's a pretty common trait of the era. I think "I Would Die 4 U" would be a hit today with some fuller production and icy synths.

RIP Prince I hope your spirit is happy in the land of Diamonds and Pearls.

There is actually at least one missing song on the Purple Rain album which was in the movie. On album Hits and B Sides there is a song titled "God" which is from Purple Rain. In it prince does the most insane high pitched singing.

Purple Rain > Thriller

You had me at Purple! Excellent review for a thirty year old album, you my have friend in me.

Fantastic album. From the blood pumping solo in let's go crazy, the ultimatum in the beautiful ones, singing about God in I would die for you, and the righteous finality that finishes the journey off in the title track Purple Rain. Spiritually fulfilling. Not sure if you'll review the album, but you should listen to the gold experience from when Prince was the love symbol, or just the track The Morning Papers from the love sign album is amazing. Have you ever considered reviewing classic soul and R&B albums? Teddy Pendergrass, Parliament, Funkadelic, the Isley Brothers, Jamiroquai even?

Congratulations on this magnificent review. You are really good at what you do.

"you have to purify yourself in the water of Lake Minnetonka..." *beautiful Apollonia gets butt naked and jumps in random lake* .... "that aint Lake Minnetonka" #classic

Your spot on with this review. The one problem I've always had with this album is production quality sound especially on "Purple Rain" which was recorded live.

As a huge Prince fan, I find your view very good, I like your panegyrics and your metaphors (10 bottles of soul glow). It is a good album. You need to really listen to sign o the times if you can. It is the quintessential Prince album. There are more sides to Prince there than even on this album.

RIP Prince thank you for some of the best music of the 20th century

Just saw the movie for the 100th time, i must say prince as an artist is very captivating, he is very emotional when it comes to performance, very soulful artist.

With this album, never start in the middle. You start on track 1 okay and listen and you listen to all. Or even watch the movie that is somewhat cheesy but its so 80s you just want to go back and youll hear the album in full.

I hope to see more "classic week"s in the future, this was an amazing review. But Ill take what ever you can throw at me dude, I love your vids! You remind me of my oldest and bestest friend who I cant talk to or see every day cuz he lives halfway across the country. Keep up the great work Ill be looking forward to seeing your content in 2014!

Great review anthony! May I recommend you review an album by Alice Cooper for Classics week? "Love It To Death" and "Billion Dollar Babies" were his most popular during his band days, and "Welcome To My Nightmare" was his most popular in his solo career. Love the videos and would love to see you review my suggestion! Thanks!

I believe I requested you to do this review when I first started watching your videos. Thanks for listening to my request :) even though it took you a few years

Feed the rap fans: Illmatic

That was the greatest intro you've done hands down

whats wrong with prince being vulnerable on the beautiful ones? a grown man that can sing and show his emotions is real, drake does the same thing and he gets crucified for it... I think your nitpicking a lil bit. this album is a classic. and for only nine songs at that. how many artists in any genre can drop a classic nine song lp?.. this album stands on its own with or without the movie, but for me its hard to mention the album without mentioning the movie, I think prince doing a movie for the first time, he was a natural, similar to when Eminem did 8 mile. . no there weren't any a-list actors in it except for Clarence Williams the 3rd. but the story was real and the emotions in it played by the different characters were real. and that's why its a classic. im from the ol skool and remember when it came out when I was little. I listened to the album hundreds of times, but was too young to see the movie.

Anthony, the intro was AWESOME

Loved the intro.

Marquee Moon by Television!!!!

None of the albums reviewed for classics week have surprised me all that much, except this one, this one surprised me. Well played ND, well played.

So much love for that intro + the vinyl of Discovery.

This album will always be my favourite since it was the first one I bought when I was 13. Later on that day I wrecked on an ATC and spent the next week listening to it while my mom was at work.

lovin that intro and discovery in the back

When Doves Cry starts with a split second guitar solo and it's much better than any fast guitar solos in metal. True fact.

Do you regard Michael Jackson's ''Off the Wall'' as a classic?

I just gotta say seeing this featured in your 10/10s of the 80’s made me listen to the album again. I loved Prince so much, but over time I stopped listening to his music. None of my exes got his music and it was disappointing (… which makes it sound like I broke up with them over this 😂). That was immature of me. Came back to this album. Perfection. The emotion, the funk, the drama, the beauty, the SINGING and performance. It’s so fun and flashy and yet it touches my heart. That’s kind of what being in love feels like, that stupid happy feeling that still means so much and touches your heart. Tantric lust with all these emotions flowing through and this whole story and just how beautiful the record is. There’s nothing else really the same as this album, Purple Rain doesn’t miss. There’s nobody else like Prince. Best collection of love songs ever.

Purple rain was better than Thriller

Loved the Minneapolis music scene in the 80s. So much going on then - kind of a surprise at the time. If you weren't familiar with MPLS it was probably the last place you'd expect a music scene to explode.

Can you review art official age and plectrum electrum? I would like to get your opinion on these releases.

Please do one of Bowie's late 70's (or Scary Monsters) albums. TY.

One of my favorite albums - incredible LP great review

Another great review. Totally agree. No mention that there is no bass in "When Doves Cry" - which is genius, it doesn't need it. We need a more phat sounding fuller remaster of this LP ASAP.... Come on Prince, REMASTER YOUR RECORDS!!

Why havent you done Thriller for you Classics review yet?

I love the movie. Out of all the movies that is my favorite. I'm 14 and it is rated R and I first watched it when I was 7. But its not that bad. Imma say only 1 sex scene. Alot of violence. And a lot of swearing. But honestly that is an amazing movie and the songs are great. I love prince himself. He has a great voice. I recomend the movie.

theneedledrop When you spoke of the minimal bass presence in the production it reminded me of this quote from Miles: The Autobiography (which I don't know if I completely understand, but I think I do) "I decided to go electric all the way (Yamaha gave me some equipment in 1973). Before that I had bought a real cheap sound system that was all right for the clubs I was playing in at the time, but it wasn't good for the big halls, because nobody could hear each other. So the sound just kept getting higher because when it's higher you can make people feel things better. (But today, Prince might be bringing that low sound back, because he has that double bass. You don't hear a bass line in Prince's music because he takes keyboard bass and doubles it with regular bass just like Marcus Miller does.)" I'll have to revisit Purple Rain to see if that's what's going on, but that may go to explain.

PERFECT review once again my man !!

Hey Anthony, does your expectations of music increase over time, given increased production and wider base of talent?

I think you would like the remastered version of Purple Rain Prince remastered it himself The deluxe version of the album has a longer version of Computer Blue that’s really cool.

discovery vinyl on the background just perfected this review

You need to check out the side projects he started I:E, The Tyme , The Family, Mazarati, Wendy and Lisa, and Sheila E.

Don't make me waste my time, Don't make me looosssse my mind

Glorious, pithy analysis of a spectacular album. Well done!! ✌🏼♥️🎶

Perhaps you aren't aware but this was the first time he had his whole band playing on several songs although he did use band material on previous songs but just to add flavor as opposed to the band playing full on. When Doves Cry, Darling Nikki and The Beautiful Ones are the only tracks with JUST Prince on it. I Would Die 4 U, Baby I'm A Star and Purple Rain were all recorded live at First Avenue. Same club used in the movie

Grew up loving Prince! My mom told me she got to catch them live with the rolling stones and Prince was booed off stage, they threw bottles and shit at him... Someone from the rolling stones came out and said hey, "we're playing on this same stage & asked Prince to be here, show some respect"

Purple Rain is just divine .One of the 100 best albums ever made

man, i love that channel

Hey guy, I don't really know if you have reviewed or even listened to any HORSE the band albums but I would really love it if you could give your thoughts on either The Mechanical Hand or Desperate Living by them that would be really fantastic

great review! i freaking bloody fucking absolutely love this album

The melody for the song "Purple Rain" was inspired by Journey's song "Faithfully", which Prince sent a copy of the song "Purple Rain" to Neal Schon and Jonathon Cain to inform them of that and basically asked if it was alright to release the song, which they said it was.