would you like Purple Rain as a cd, if there had been no movie to create a story connecting the songs?

I've never seen the movie and I dig the CD, so...

I bode on the DVD on e-bay though.
See if I win.

I almost hate the movie so....yes. The songs are very loosely related to the movie anyway IMO.

Now that's a question... if anything the movie takes away from the album. Of course it doesn't, because it's not THAT bad a movie, but the album surely is better than the movie.

Oh God Yes - I didnt see the movie till way after getting the album....

i heard the album well before i saw the movie, so yes.

I had the album B4 the movie came out also...But when I listen 2 the songs on the cd it's great 2 "Imagine" the Purple Rain movie and and what was "Going On" in the movie when the songs R playing...Kinda like an MTV video with BONUS
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Definitely. The album came out over a month before the movie was released, so
I heard it without knowing anything about the context of the songs within the
movie storyline. I only got into Prince a couple of years earlier with the
release of the 1999 album, and I bought Purple Rain the week it came out
(I didn't even know there was a movie before I saw the When Doves Cry video
on TV!). I remember listening to it and thinking 'this is gonna be huge'. It
was like Prince had honed every track to the maximum hit making potential, it
was one lean, no messing, killer album.

BorisFishpaw said:

agreed.

hell yes..

I liked the album before ever seeing the movie.

I knew and loved the album before I saw the film, so if anything the film detracts from it for me.

Oh yes! I was listening to the album like twice a day before I even saw the movie!

prolly not.

Definitely yes. I had the album before I had seen the film.
Obvious answer really when you think about it...have us fans only brought Purple Rain, Parade, Sign O The Times and Graffiti Bridge because they're the only ones with movies? Of course not, we get 'em all coz we love the music. The movies are just a bonus.

Same here,had the album way before I ever saw the film.I didn't like the film when I first saw it but I do now-it must be my nostalgia spectacles fogging my eyes! In any case the album stands alone as classic without the film.

yeah I had the tape years before I saw the movie... and i have watched the move maybe 5 times total.... i like the album better.

yes. i heard the album like, almost a year before i ever got my hands on the film. and what was great about it was i could make up the little stories in my head for what he was talking about in each song instead of having a plot line to follow, like for instance Darling Nikki. You can see the story unfold in your mind as you listen, instead of thinking of Prince writhing around ontop of an amp. or whatever you prefer. i almost like that aspect of it better because you can put ur own spin on it.
the movie is awesome though.

Most definitely! Don't know if you were around in '84 but radio play and the albums release were prior to the movie's release. I loved "When Doves Cry" instintly, went out and bought the cassette , and fell in love with the rest.

Hell yes. The movie's okay at best but the album is fantastic! I listen to the music fair regularly, but it's pretty rare I sit down to watch the movie.

Got the album some months before seeing the movie. The album stands alone perfectly fine.

Yes, wonderful album. I played it first day it came out on ROTATION....