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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Kiss, 1999, Doves Cry, Purple Rain. All heavily produced, slick, pop sounds.
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FWIW, the track Purple Rain on the album was recorded live at a benefit concert. There are some overdubs and it was cut from over 11 minutes to 8:45 for the album and down to 4:05 for the radio, but by and large the mix you hear is the mix on the soundboard in 1983.
Prince was an amazing pop writer (Raspberry Beret, for example, is a great pop song), but I'd say that Purple Rain is a combo of rock, gospel, R&B and pop, and sort of defies single genre.
And the guitar intro for Doves Cry doesn't have a genre other than inhuman.
