Collider's Top 80s Album: Prince's Purple Rain

0:00It's April 20th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. Collider just dropped their top 10 best albums from the 1980s, crowning Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain from 1984. As number one, they say it's flawless, no weak tracks, just pure fire from start to finish, tying right into Prince's big movie of the same name. The list shouts out other heavy hitters, too, like Metallica's Master of Puppets and Michael Jackson's Thriller from 1982, The Smiths. The Queen is dead, the Cure's disintegration, and Kate Bush's Hounds of Love All defining that decade sound. Bammates from the Revolution spilled the tea in a 2017 interview about crafting that album and starring in the film. Prince wrote the whole record for the movie script by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn, with the crew, Dr. Fink, Lisa Coleman, Bobby Z. Wendy, Melvoine, and Browmark, right in the mix.

1:00Drummer Bobby Z. revealed Prince went all in, having filmed crew join their 1982 tour and putting everyone through acting and ballet, classes to nail their roles as fictional rockers. He prepped Purple Rain harder than ever, way more than for dirty mind, controversy, or 1999, that extra grind shows why it's still rain supreme time was vibes that keep us spinning at decades later.