Side 1:

1. Let's Go Crazy  4:39

2. Take Me with U  3:54

3. The Beautiful Ones  5:13

4. Computer Blue  3:59

5. Darling Nikki  4:14

Side 2:

1. When Doves Cry  5:54

2. I Would Die 4 U  2:49

3. Baby I'm a Star  4:24

4. Purple Rain  8:41

Released: June 25, 1984

Recorded: August 1983 – March 1984
First Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota), The Warehouse (St. Louis Park, Minnesota), Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) and Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California)

Length: 43:51

Label: Warner Bros.

Producer: Prince and The Revolution

Personnel

• Prince - all other vocals and instruments

• Wendy Melvoin - guitar and vocals (Side 1: Tracks 1, 2 and 4 / Side 2: Tracks 2, 3 and 4)

• Lisa Coleman - keyboards and vocals (Side 1: Tracks 1, 2 and 4 / Side 2: Tracks 2, 3 and 4)

• Matt Fink - keyboards (Side 1: Tracks 1, 2 and 4 / Side 2: Tracks 2, 3 and 4)

• Brown Mark - bass (Side 1: Tracks 1, 2 and 4 / Side 2: Tracks 2, 3 and 4)

• Bobby Z. - drums and percussion (Side 1: Tracks 1, 2 and 4 / Side 2: Tracks 2, 3 and 4)

• Novi Novog - violin and viola (Side 1: Track 2 / Side 2: Tracks 2 and 3)

• Suzie Katayama, David Coleman - cello (Side 1: Track 2 / Side 2: Tracks 2 and 3)

• Apollonia - co-lead vocals (Side 1: Track 2)

• Jill Jones - background vocals (Side 1: Track 2)

Singles

• "When Doves Cry" (US #1, US R&B #1, UK #4, Australia #1) B Side: "17 Days"

• "Let's Go Crazy" (US #1, UK #7, Australia #10) B Side: "Erotic City"

• "Purple Rain" (US #2, UK #8, Australia #41) B Side: "God" (vocal) / "God" (instrumental) — UK version only

• "I Would Die 4 U" (US #8, UK #58, Australia #96) B Side: "Another Lonely Christmas"

• "Take Me with U" (US #25, UK #7) B Side: "Baby I'm a Star"

• "Let's Go Crazy" and "Take Me with U" were released as a double A-side single in the UK in 1985.

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