Black Rain - Original Soundtrack

Advantages: prince at his most dazzling, accessible and enjoyable
Disadvantages: Only 9 songs...17 Days (B-side of When Doves Cry) should have been included for a start

...1984, and throughout 1985, the overwhelming response was in the affirmative when it came to Prince and Purple Rain. So to the closing track, an 8-minute lighter-waving epic with autobiographical origins. Older listeners reared on Jimi Hendrix probably had mixed feelings at seeing a young black man wielding an electric guitar and singing about a Purple Rain - it must've seemed rather more second-hand to them than it did to a 13-year old. Regardless, the song caps a mightily impressive and compelling album in fine style, although it lacked the thrill of earlier tracks such as Let's Go Crazy and When Doves Cry. Of all his albums, Purple Rain stands out as the must-have for any CD collection, marginally ahead of 1987's Sign O' The Times. It's Prince before he got too weird and self-indulgent for his own good. The four monster hit singles... Read review

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Advantages: prince at his best
Disadvantages: only 9 songs!

...Purple Rain is an amazing cd. Its so uniqe and original, i have never heard anything like it! Its a mixture of 80s pop and rock, with princes unique sound. Every song on 'Purple Rain' has something different about it, like the emotional title track, amazing guitar solo on 'Computer blue', 'I Would Die 4 u' is a great sing along kind of song and then theres the daring 'Darling Nikki'. I have had 'Purple Rain' for quite a while and every time i listen to it i hear it in a different way, it never gets boring. The fact that there is only 9 songs on this album could actually be a good point, as every one of the songs are excellent and have a different quality and emotion to them. I think anyone could enjoy 'Purple Rain', i cant think of any bad points about it it is definitly Prince at his best.... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent swashbuckling soundtrack, strong themes, exciting to listen to
Disadvantages: None as such

...When watching a movie at the cinema, the visual spectacle often outweighs the soundtrack to the point that the music itself becomes insignificant: not so with the music from "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." This soundtrack is a perfect accompanyment to the movie itself, and remains as memorable - its one of the few movies of recent years where I've left the cinema and commented at how good the music was, and how well it fitted. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is a good old fashioned pirate movie - an action-romance full of swashbuckling high-seas adventure, humour and epic Caribbean land and seascapes: all of which is reflected in the sountrack. Composed by Klaus Badelt (also composer of scores from films such as Catwoman and Constantine), the "Pirates" soundtrack was also... Read review

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