Just got the CD and have been listening to it for the past three hours. I love Dirty Mind the song, but the rest is kind of boring. I know that this is the kind of statement that gets people lynched, but if anyone else feels this way, please come forward. I'd like to know if I'm not the only fan who feels this way.
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if you just got the cd and have only been listening to it for only 3 hours, you probably haven't let it truly sink in. don't be so quick to write an album off. stuff takes time, y'know.

it is one of his BEST...give it time...It's NO Controversy...but it's still a great CD....

Oohh, I love Controversy!!!

I can't really pick a fav Prince cd...they are like kids...I like em 4 different reasons but love em the same...

but.. Controversy IS special 2 me...

Actually Dirty Mind/Controversy are kind of like the same album 2 me...I had them on one of those back 2 back cassettes from the 80's ..u know.. 1 side Controversy..1 side Dirty Mind...so... they are like the twins...
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Controversy's next on my buy list. I guess I'll give it some more time to sink in. I'm kinda pissed off it's only 30 min.

Dirty Mind is P's worst pre 1999 work; it's too contrived. Controversy shits on it. The self-titled album is also way better.

Dirty Mind IS a great album...just try 2 remember the album came out in what?

1980? 1981?...it's like NOTHING anyone else was doing at the time...so, it should get some points 4 that...

lilgish said:

The self-titled one is awesome. I guess I really need to get Controversy.

doctamario said:

get a grip man
tis truly a kick ass funky album

plus i like your sister too.

MidnightFunk said:

You're probably right. I'm so young, I couldn't appreciate how revolutionary it might have been 25 years ago.

doctamario said:

Annie Christian, Annie Christ, until u're crucified, I'll live my life in taxicabs

That song is so awesome..
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lilgish said:

how?

lilgish said:

imo Dirty Mind is as important Prince album as 1999,Purple Rain,SOTT, and lovesexy.
u might not realise it but Dirty Mind made alot of artists at the time "get back in the studio".
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

P is consciously raising the sexual ante in this album. The sexual innuendo is completely ott in some spots and it doesn’t seem as effervescent and natural as the prior albums. The production value is also not as crisp as the self-titled album. When You Were Mine is the only great cut on there. Uptown is another classic. Do it all night is an inferior I Feel For You. Sister is a throw away IMO. The rest are good funky songs without great hooks.

Did anything get any radio play? Was Uptown really a hit?

Handsclapsfingasnapz: I think you mentioned in a thread yesterday(that one where people were volunteering to review his CDs(but only one review has been posted)) that you'd do another review of Dirty Mind. Since this is the era you love the most and you had such an excellent review of Prince, I'm really interested in reading this review. Please post it soon.

lilgish said:

LOL. I was thinking the same thing about Do It All Night. The lyrics throughout the album are interesting, especially on Uptown, but the music just isn't grabbing me and seems kind of bland.

muirdo said:

yea, I heard a few of my favorites went running back. Where does Controversy stack up then if you consider Dirty Mind such a classic?

Have you people lost your minds?





Dirty Mind is one of "the perfect albums"

You need to give "Dirty Mind" some more time. Then, if you like it, you like it, and if you don't, you just don't. I love it.

Yes, you definately need to get "Controversy".

lilgish said:

you gotta remember that:

a) he was barely legal during the first two joints, so of course they weren't gonna be as strung-out as dm ended up being...that, and he was still pretty wet behind the ears.

b) this was more or less his coming-of-age album. when you realize somethin, you gonna make sure that everybody else knows it too; whether it be that you're not a wallflower, have half a brain, or that you're not the nice bastard that folks have thought all along...which was the very intention of the album.

holy flaming hohners...good thing that i just got to work on my album review. you'll see exactly what this album's all about, once i'm finished with it and post it up. i'm workin on it in another tab on my browser (i love mozilla and its tabs, man ).

gimme about an hour/hour and a half, tops.

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doctamario said:

The following songs received massive airplay on R&B stations in my area at the time:

Uptown
Head
Dirty Mind
Partyup

"When You Were Mine" got no airplay on R&B radio. In fact, it was released as the B Side to "Controversy" the following year. The year after that, when the pop crowd first discovered Prince with "Little Red Corvette", a lot of them went back and discovered "When You Were Mine". Cyndi Lauper even remade it.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Can't wait. You give better reviews than most others I've seen.

This album, defined the sound of the 80's...
If I'm not mistaken, I think it was the one of the first
albums, to display a parental sticker on it....
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I'm beginning to come around on Uptown. I think I might like it.

I like "Uptown"

When You Were Mine and Uptown are among my favorite songs ever and then you also have Partyup and Gotta Broken Heart Again on this great album, and don´t forget Dr.Fink on Head ...
This one is definitely a classic, a must have. In my opinion this one and the Gold Experience are typical examples of albums that were so much rawer and better performed live.

MidnightFunk said:

I had the same cassette, was really mad when the tape broke back then.
Dirty Mind and Controversy are in my top 5 favorite Prince albums.
Favorite songs on Dirty Mind are Head, Uptown, and Partyup
Favorite songs on Controversy are Let's Work, Sexuality and Controversy