Dirty Mind

Dirty Mind is the third album by Prince, released October 1980. It is number 204 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. With this album, Prince makes a decisive departure from his preceding commercial album Prince. He seems keen to distance himself from the light soul of "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and experiments with a New Wave, 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" (incest capers). "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 musical styles in a seamless fashion and showed that Prince was not afraid to push boundaries.

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Album - Prince - 1980 - List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover - New Wave - Rock and roll - Oral sex - Uptown - Utopian - Paradise - Age - Gender - Skin color - 1980s - Black - White

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