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  • Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
  • By: Alan Light
  • Narrated by: Fred Berman
  • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)
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By: Alan Light
Narrated by: Fred Berman
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Summary

From the former senior editor of Rolling Stone and author of The Holy or the Broken, called "thoughtful and illuminating" by The New York Times, a new book on the unlikely coming to be of Prince's now legendary album.

Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film - each one a commercial success and cultural milestone. How did this semiautobiographical musical masterpiece that blurred R&B, pop, dance, and rock sounds come to alter the recording landscape and become an enduring touchstone for successive generations of fans?

Purple Rain is widely considered to be among the most important albums in music history and is often named the best soundtrack of all time. It sold over a million copies in its first week and blasted to number one on the charts, where it would remain for a full six months and eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. It spun off three huge hit singles, won Grammys and an Oscar, and took Prince from pop star to legend.

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary year of Purple Rain's release, acclaimed music journalist Alan Light takes a timely look at the making and incredible popularizing of this once seemingly impossible project. With impeccable research and in-depth interviews with people who witnessed Prince's audacious vision becoming a reality, Light reveals how a rising but not yet established artist from the Midwest was able not only to get Purple Rain made but deliver on his promise to conquer the world.

©2014 Alan Light (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

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An amazing book about a misunderstood genius that is Prince!!!!

I am a massive prince fan and have seen him 30 times the book shows u what it took to bring purple rain and prince to the mainstream. If you likePrince you will learn new facts and for those who are not familiar I'm sure you will have nothing but the greatest respect for one of the greatest and misunderstood genius around today!!!!!!

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Bland account of the life of the Purple one. Nothing outstanding in it. Needs review.

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A different perspective on Prince's career

I enjoyed this narrative, I'm a fan of prince and I learned a few things that I hadn't known before.

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Fred Berman Delivers Excellent Narrative Exercise

An extremely focused biography, dealing almost exclusively with just one of Prince’s works - the glorious Song, Album and Movie all named ‘Purple Rain’.
This is an extremely significant in-depth analysis of the works, analysing every single detail from its creators perception to its unbelievable reception into the world of entertainment.
You may wonder, how on earth can anyone keep your interest on just a single album for its seven-hour-plus duration - but ultra-knowledgable narrator Fred Burman delivers it superbly - amazingly managing to simply ooze the enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism of Prince.
Whist the earlier times and preceding five albums get a brief mention in order to quickly set the scene, it is the colossal, ground-braking sixth album released in 1984 that is the focus of this book and reflects the sheer determination of Prince to develop it into a movie that becomes an almost spellbinding Audible listen.

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Excellent insight in to the purple rain era.

As a Prince fan since the early 80’s I was expecting a generic account of his career but I was pleasantly surprised to learn so much about the purple rain film in particular and all of the characters involved. Well written, very interesting and well read. Recommended.

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