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All three were released in 1984. Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain (also called just Purple Rain) was a 1984 album by Prince and the Revolution. ... Purple Rain was the third US single (second UK) and title track from Prince and The Revolutions legendary 1984 album Purple Rain. ... Purple Rain is a 1984 movie directed by Albert Magnoli and written by Prince and William Blinn. ...
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In 1998 Q magazine readers voted PurpleRain the 73rd greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 18.
It was also the first appearance in Prince's band "The Revolution" by Wendy Melvoin, his guitarist in the PurpleRain film and for a few years afterwards.
PurpleRain also won an Oscar for Best Original Score in 1985.