The world became a little less colorful on April 21, 2016 when musical pioneer Prince died at age 57. Here, we reflect on his life and his music via some of his most unforgettable images

“I've never seen this poster for Purple Rain before, isn't it beautiful.”

In the summer of 1984 Prince hit theaters in his acting debut in Purple Rain, the semi-autobiographical, Albert Magnoli-directed musical that went on to make nearly $70 million and introduce the world to The Time and the singer's movie girlfriend, Apollonia Kotero.

If you've ever wanted to be more like Prince, now you have seven extremely good excuses.

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See the best photos of the Prince era that defined the future of music.

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Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing. Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by Prince, the first to feature his backing band The Revolution, and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in music history, and is widely regarded as Prince's magnum opus. Time magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time in 1993, and it placed 18th on VH1's Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time countdown. Rolling Stone ranked it…

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