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Mix Magazine 25 Years: Purple Rain Mix Magazine, which is a professional recording industry publication,
mentions Purple Rain in their list of most memorable engineered albums. There are a lot of albums listed. The list is based on sonic quality and impact on engineering at the time. http://mixonline.com/ar/a.../index.htm PRINCE: PURPLE RAIN (WARNER BROS.) Though 1999 established Prince as a serious contender in the rock/R&B crossover market, this was the big breakthrough for the Purple One, thanks in part to the popularity of the film of the same name. "When Doves Cry," the majestic title track and the rockin' "Let's Go Crazy" show three distinct sides of this musical chameleon, but there isn't a weak track in the bunch. For Prince, though, it was just a brief stopoff in a career that has gone in dozens of different, usually interesting, directions. Producer: Prince. Engineers: David Leonard, Susan Rogers, Peggy Mac, David Rivkin. Studios: The Warehouse (Minneapolis), Record Plant (NYC), Sunset Sound (L.A.). Mastering: Bernie Grundman. | |
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... but there isn't a weak track in
the bunch.    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Amil said: PRINCE: PURPLE RAIN (WARNER BROS.) For Prince, though, it was just a brief stopoff in a career that has gone in dozens of different, usually interesting, directions. Purple Rain "a brief stopoff" for Prince? I think I'd have to agree. Less than a year later he released Around the World in A Day and a year after that he released Parade, and a year after that... so on and so on. You ever wonder how our thinking of Prince would change if Purple Rain was just an album (not a movie) and if it didn't do any better than the 1999 album. It seems that just because Purple Rain "blew up" so big, many of us expect the same commercial success again for Prince. Many of our friends think Prince is some kind of failure because he hasn't ruled the charts like he did with Purple Rain (besides Lovesexy in parts of Europe and the UK). Why can't we accept that he's a musician doing what he loves, and that occasionally he has hit a nerve with the "average" (and I mean average) Top 40 radio listener. Yeah, a whole lot of his music is amazing and brilliant and we all love it, and maybe we can't understand why others aren't grabbing onto it as passionately as we are, and we wish they knew what they're missing... but what does Prince have to prove? He's just one man. (with or without the allusion) He REALLY hasn't changed at all. He continues year after year putting out songs and albums that are usually very different than the songs and albums he wrote a year or two previously. How can we say, "I wish Prince would go back to doing what he used to do?" Go back to doing which thing? He's doing what he's always done -- writing the music HE likes. We're only going along for the ride knowing that with Prince it will most likely take us somewhere fun and different. We should expect nothing more, nothing less. | |
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soulsplash said: Amil said: PRINCE: PURPLE RAIN (WARNER BROS.) For Prince, though, it was just a brief stopoff in a career that has gone in dozens of different, usually interesting, directions. Purple Rain "a brief stopoff" for Prince? I think I'd have to agree. Less than a year later he released Around the World in A Day and a year after that he released Parade, and a year after that... so on and so on. You ever wonder how our thinking of Prince would change if Purple Rain was just an album (not a movie) and if it didn't do any better than the 1999 album. It seems that just because Purple Rain "blew up" so big, many of us expect the same commercial success again for Prince. Many of our friends think Prince is some kind of failure because he hasn't ruled the charts like he did with Purple Rain (besides Lovesexy in parts of Europe and the UK). Why can't we accept that he's a musician doing what he loves, and that occasionally he has hit a nerve with the "average" (and I mean average) Top 40 radio listener. Yeah, a whole lot of his music is amazing and brilliant and we all love it, and maybe we can't understand why others aren't grabbing onto it as passionately as we are, and we wish they knew what they're missing... but what does Prince have to prove? He's just one man. (with or without the allusion) He REALLY hasn't changed at all. He continues year after year putting out songs and albums that are usually very different than the songs and albums he wrote a year or two previously. How can we say, "I wish Prince would go back to doing what he used to do?" Go back to doing which thing? He's doing what he's always done -- writing the music HE likes. We're only going along for the ride knowing that with Prince it will most likely take us somewhere fun and different. We should expect nothing more, nothing less. COMMENT OF THE YEAR! [This message was edited Tue Jul 16 4:30:53 PDT 2002 by calldapplwondery83] | |
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Beautiful statement, yes indeed
"Music Chameleon!" What better way to describe Prince. That exactly what he is. Blue Cashmere "Don't play me" Blue  | |
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To these wise words of soulsplash I can say only one thing: Amen... RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... |
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