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Purple Rain (1984) Beta

All time rank:	16 of 1,000
1980s rank:	2 of 178
1984 rank:	1 of 21
Artist:	Prince
List appearances:	19 lists
Genres:	Rock Pop R&B Funk Contemporary R&B Minneapolis Sound Pop Rock Data provided by Discogs
Released:	25 June 1984
Label:	Warner Bros. Records
Wikipedia:	Purple Rain (album)
MusicBrainz:	Release group
Discogs:	Master release
Wikidata:	Q253004
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Source Lists (19)

All time 12

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2024	Apple Music	Apple Music 100 Best Albums	4
2024	Paste	The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time	19
2024	Treble	Treble 100: The Complete List	3
2024	Uncut	The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time…Ranked!	71
2023	Rolling Stone	The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	8
2022	Consequence	The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time	1
2021	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2021)	1
2016	Uncut	The 200 Greatest Albums of All Time	171
2013	NME	The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time	91
2012	Entertainment Weekly	Top 100 Albums	2
2012	Rolling Stone	500 Greatest Albums of All Time	76
2006	Time	The All-TIME 100 Albums	1

2024 Apple Music

2024 Paste

2024 Treble

2024 Uncut

The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time…Ranked! #71

2023 Rolling Stone

2022 Consequence

2021 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2021) #1

2016 Uncut

The 200 Greatest Albums of All Time #171

2013 NME

2012 Entertainment Weekly

2012 Rolling Stone

500 Greatest Albums of All Time #76

2006 Time

Decade 5

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2022	Treble	The 150 Best Albums of the 1980s	1
2018	Pitchfork	The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s	1
2012	Slant	The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s	2
2002	Pitchfork	The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s	12
1989	Rolling Stone	100 Best Albums of the Eighties	2