Purple Rain
Like Prince's previous albums, nearly all tracks on "Purple Rain" were written by him. "Purple Rain" was musically denser than Prince's previous albums, emphasizing full band performances, and multiple layers of guitars, keyboards, electronic synthesizer effects, drum machines, and other instruments. As a soundtrack record, much of the music had a grandiose, synthesized, and evenby some evaluationsa psychedelic sheen to the production and performances. The music on "Purple Rain" is generally regarded as the most pop-oriented of Prince's career, though a number of elements point towards the more experimental records Prince would release after "Purple Rain". Apollonia6 member Apollonia recalled that after watching the "Purple Rain" cinematographic takes, she told Prince, "You know you're going to get an Oscar for this movienot for the acting, but for the music."