Purple Rain [Deluxe Expanded Edition]
by Prince and the Revolution
  • Record Label: Rhino
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2017
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 80
  3. Negative: 14 out of 80
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  1. BHADD
    Jun 27, 2022
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    Interesting that back in 2017, a year after his passing, they put this set out but called it 'Deluxe' and not 'Super Deluxe'. This is interesting because, in the years following, the Estate put out Super Deluxe 1999 and Super Deluxe Sign O' The Times which are both absolutely amazing and thorough sets of those time periods. So, I can only conclude that the Estate knew back in 2017 thatInteresting that back in 2017, a year after his passing, they put this set out but called it 'Deluxe' and not 'Super Deluxe'. This is interesting because, in the years following, the Estate put out Super Deluxe 1999 and Super Deluxe Sign O' The Times which are both absolutely amazing and thorough sets of those time periods. So, I can only conclude that the Estate knew back in 2017 that they were NOT giving us the Super Deluxe treatment and by calling it 'Deluxe' (only, it was acknowledgement that they were not giving us the full out, thorough, release of the era. The other hint was their tagging of the Purple Rain remaster as the 'Paisley Park remaster'. That also signified that the remaster was not going to be reflective of their work...instead, Prince's work which very likely amounted to him turning the volume up :)… Expand

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Metascore
100

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Wire
    Aug 9, 2017
    90
    The meat of the set almost certainly wouldn’t have been released if Prince were still with us. ... They add up to arguably the strongest new set of Prince recordings since Lovesexy. [Aug 2017, p.70]
  2. Record Collector
    Jul 21, 2017
    80
    While this release fails to be definitive, at least it’s a start for a discography that had been long neglected by its creator.
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  3. Uncut
    Jul 20, 2017
    90
    Purple Rain sounds incrementally more alive. [Sep 2017, p.51]
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