Prince and Purple Rain (eBook)

40 Years

Andrea Swensson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
176 Seiten
Motorbooks (Verlag)
978-0-7603-8650-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Authoritatively written and including rare photography and memorabilia, this stunningly illustrated book explores every aspect of Prince's most iconic album and film, Purple Rain. In 1984, Prince, along with his band, The Revolution, released what would become his best-selling album and a touchstone of 1980s pop culture. Purple Rain has gone on to sell 25 million copies and counting. In Prince and Purple Rain, Andrea Swensson, a Minneapolis-based journalist and host/co-producer of The Official Prince Podcast, takes a deep dive into the legendary musician's most famous album on its 40th anniversary. Chapters cover: Prince's youth and early music career in Minneapolis, as well as each of the five studio albums that preceded Purple Rain Prince's backing band, The Revolution, and the backgrounds of each of its individual members, with an emphasis on the Purple Rain studio and touring members: keyboardist Bobby Z., bassist Brown Mark, guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboardist Lisa Coleman, keyboardist Matt Fink, and vocalist Apollonia Track-by-track analyses of each side A look at the groundbreaking film of the same name and its multiplatinum soundtrack Awards, accolades, and critical reception Prince's legacy postPurple Rain, up to his untimely death in 2016 Illustrated with performance and off-stage photography as well as memorabilia from top collectors, Prince and Purple Rain is an inspiring tribute to a legendary album from a legendary performer and artist.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2024
• Reihe/Serie: The Great Albums
• Vorwort: Maya Rudolph
• Zusatzinfo: color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• Schlagworte: 1980s • 1983 • 1984 • 1999 • 2024 • 40th anniversary • About • Album • All • Analysis • andre cymone • androgyny • Anniversary • Apollonia • apollonia 6 • Artist • baby im a star • BAG • basket • Before • Behind the Scenes • bio • Biography • Birthday • bobby z • books about • bookshelf wealth • Box • Career • CD • Celebration • Christmas • Clients • coffee table • Coffee Table Book • collectible • collector's item • Company • computer blue • Controversy • corporate gift • Criticism • Customer • Dance • darling nikki • Death • decor • dirty mind • doctor fink • dr fink • eighties • Electronic • Employee • Enthusiast • ERA • every track • exploration • Fan • Fans • fathers song • Film • first ave • First Avenue • flyte time • for display • Formerly known as • Funk • Gift • Gospel • graffiti bridge • guitar • guitarist • Hero • Holiday • Icon • Ideas • Illustrated • Influence • Interviews • items • i would die 4 u • jimmy jam • legacy • lets go crazy • Life • Lisa Coleman • Lover • matt fink • Memorabilia • Minneapolis Sound • Minnesota • morris day • Movie • musician • Name • New Hire • New Wave • Nostalgia • Paisley Park • Performer • photography • Picturing • Pop culture • Pop Music History • Portrait • Poster • present • Pride Month • Prince • Prince Rogers Nelson • private • Purple Rain • Quiz • R&B • Record • record plant • Retrospective • Review • Revolution • Rock • Rock and Roll • sheila e • sign o the times • Songbook • song list • Songs • Songwriter • Soul • Soundtrack • story behind • Studio Session • sunset sound • superfan • Swenson • TAFKAP • Terry Lewis • thank you • the beautiful ones • the time • tres belle • Tribute • Trivia • vanity • vanity 6 • Vinyl • Warner Bros • wednesday • Wendy Melvoin • When Doves Cry
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-8650-1 / 0760386501
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-8650-7 / 9780760386507