PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION PURPLE RAIN</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Featuring the debut of <b>Prince's</b> first band -the Revolution?? PURPLE RAIN was a concerted  effort to court rock audiences. The results were overwhelmingly positive?? spawning two number-1 hits <i>When Doves Cry</i> and <i>Let's Go Crazy</i>.  The critics raved over the album while its music dominated the airwaves during 1983 and 1984.<p>Certified at 13 million units by the RIAA. (2/01)</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>Maybe this music by Prince & the Revolution will never quite sound as??  well?? revolutionary as it did in 1984 (and nothing else has ever sounded like the extraordinary cooing and fluttering of " Doves  Cry")?? but it's a pop landmark in Prince's Artist-ic career. The hit movie  was really just a big-screen showcase for Prince to perform these songs (some of  them in tear-the-roof-off "ive" versions set in a Minneapolis club).   I don't know why that warped sermonette introduces "Let's Go Crazy"  (one thing you've got to love about Prince: he's always been weird)?? but somehow  I'm glad it's there. Other highlights include the sexual scorcher "arling  Nikki" (with its crazy backwards coda) and that anthemic title tune. Don't  you miss Wendy and Lisa?? too? <I>--Jim Emerson</I></br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002L688u are