№ 26 of 100
Purple Rain
Purple Rain by Prince (1984), № 26 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Soundtrack, concept album, live band document, and the Prince record everyone's heard. 'When Doves Cry' was written and tracked in one night after the film was already locked.
Read the full deep dive — pressing guide, session reconstruction and scoring data — on The Lead-In.