Dirty Mind

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Dirty Mind
Studio album by Prince
Released	October 8, 1980
Recorded	Mpls., May–June, 1980
Genre	New Wave, Pop, Rock, Funk
Length	29:57
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Prince
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone link
Prince chronology
Prince (1979)	Dirty Mind (1980)	Controversy (1981)

Dirty Mind is the third album by Prince, released October 8, 1980. With this album, Prince makes a decisive departure from his preceding more commercial album Prince. He seems keen to distance himself from the discoish light soul of "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and experiments with a New Wave-influenced, rock and roll sound. The title track, complete with a demo-like organ, is rich with punk sensibilities. The track "When You Were Mine" is full of bouncy guitar licks. However, it is the LP's second side (tracks 5-8) which gives the album its unique fusion sound and contains the tracks which were most controversial at the time, namely "Head" (a bawdy tale of Prince seducing a bride-to-be with oral sex) and "Sister" (a hyperdriven, punk-ish ode to incest clocking in at just 90 seconds). "Uptown" is the album's high point, with Prince singing about a utopian paradise where everyone is free to express themselves regardless of age, gender and skin color. This album was to set the scene emphatically for Prince's chart domination later in the 1980s. It fused black and White American musical styles in a seamless fashion and showed that Prince was not afraid to push boundaries. In 2003, the album was ranked number 204 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1]

[edit] Track listing

(all tracks written by Prince except where noted)

1. "Dirty Mind" (with Doctor Fink) – 4:11
2. "When U Were Mine" – 3:44
3. "Do It All Night" – 3:42
4. "Gotta Broken Heart Again" – 2:13
5. "Uptown" – 5:30
6. "Head" – 4:40
7. "Sister" – 1:33
8. "Partyup" (Morris Day) – 4:24

[edit] Singles and Hot 100 chart placings

• "Dirty Mind" (U.S.) (#65 R&B)

1. "Dirty Mind"
2. "When We're Dancing Close and Slow"

• "Do It All Night" (UK)

1. "Do It All Night"
2. "Head"

• "Uptown" (U.S.) (#5 R&B and #101 Pop)

1. "Uptown"
2. "Crazy You"

[edit] External links

Dirty Mind lyrics.

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