First Aired: Thursday, February 27th, 2014
Running Time: 1hr:19mins

http://peachandblack.podb...nd-review/

Where we come from, we don't give a damn ! We say whatever we please...

Time for some revolutionary rock n roll as we review the classic album from 1980 - Dirty Mind.

It's all about being free.

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Cool review guys, glad to see you reviewed this album now rather than waiting until October 2015 for the 35th anniversary.

You forget one thing though, giving it an actual mark out of 10, which is crucial for something this good. I think you missed some of the funnier sexual references, but the bits about whacking off and other sexual metaphors. I mean the main image I get of the album is Prince in the studio just blowing his top while writing this stuff, or dripping in sweat while sexing a girl as he wrote every steamy song.

The most overtly sexual and dirty album he ever made, and yet it is just so good, the rhythms are amazing, the songwriting is a huge leap up from Prince and its funny as hell. Rather than come across as sleazy and dirty, it comes across as clever. Prince was one sexy motherfucker.

Dirty Mind is a great opener track and it deserves a full 10/10, same with When you were mine, a near perfect pop song with the heartbreak theme. Do it all night is underrated, his singing and popping bass and funk keyboard lines really propel it. These are all 10/10 too and again its Dr Fink magic.

Gotta broken heart is less good, a pleading ballad with an average, backing its a the only song that really could have come off Prince rather than Dirty Mind. Uptown and Head are more instant classics, just great Minneapolis good time funk and roll. Sister is hilarious and probably quite silly. The Falsetto vocal makes it very camp along with the subject matter and narrator (16 and bisexual). Partyup is also just brilliant, with the very high quality lyrics and vocals.

Overall I would give it a full 9/10 here, it maybe lacks some of the pure pop punch and keyboard wizardry of later albums, but we must consider the period of the music. For individual songs, 10s to all but Gotta Broken Heart (7), Do it all night (9) and Sister (8) . There's just so much quality here and great songs, that just can't be ignored.


I loved all the sex metaphors at the end, about turning nobs and one eyed instruments like the skin flute and the one eyed piccolo, in Prince's case (An oboe in his dreams). A true triumph guys, but please give it a mark ( I am assuming, you would have said 9 or 9.5, maybe 8.5 - not as good as Sign o the Times, Lovesexy or Parade, but as good as Gold and Lotusflow3r).

JoeyCococo said:

For the Peach and black crew- what kind of equipment are you using to hear all that you hear in these albums? Caption- in the Lovesexy review you were pointing out some very subtle atuff on the title track. Actually, you do so very often. I want to know what you are listening with. Is it all via headphones with a high quality DAC? I bought some new NAD gear and heard the rhythm guitar on Erotic City become far more clear- I also heard Prince's 'I's at the start if the track very clearly - much more than before. I also heard backgrounds in Adore I had not heard before but I do not (yet) have an external DAC

Nothing that special, some old Marantz amplifier from the late 70's - still sounds amazing, old late 80's Denon cd player and my Audio Technica ATH-M50 headphones .. that's it..

For me personally,dirty mind is Prince setting a precedent for his future song writing and songs. He keeps it funky with a lot of edge to it and that edge is mostly in the form of rock. I think any fan at the time either went with album and loved it or they didnt get it at all and hated it,theres no fence sitting with this album. One of his best albums,raw,edgy and full of the unexpected which is what I as a obsessed fan of Prince likes the most about his work. Every album is different from the last and its all a natural progression when u look back on his albums on a whole.

Excellent work fellas and a great review. Excellent analysis as ever...and the last 5-10 minutes. Funny as owt and made the drive to and from work on my first day back after the Academy on 22nd so much more pleasant. Can't wait for your next review. Hopefully Plectrum Electrum will be out before too long and can't wait to hear you chat about that. U gets me? Take care you lot and keep up the good work!

thanks guys, today I sprayed....my water over someone when started laughin about the silly innuendo.

Its the podcast that made me do it

Great review guys. Feel like sticking up for Gotta Broken Heart Again though. I think it's a fantastic song because of, not in spite of, it's simple directness. It's not a massive prince seduction ballad with hours of screaming and vocal showcasing or massive high-concept ridiculousness. It's got a lightness he rarely has with his ballads and one that keeps me coming back rather than say, Do Me, Baby which, while brilliant, I can only listen to about 1 time in 10 when playing Controversy.

Excellent work chaps - another excellent review of an excellent album - Prince's gamechanger. For me, not a weak track on the album - I especially love the title track. I know it's not the best tune, but it's that descending synth line just hits me right in the gut EVERY time. Simple, but brilliant.

Being a postman, I'm definitely one of those people cracking up whilst listening to it on headphones - usually seems to happen when someone else is approaching in the opposite direction! When they look at me quizzically, I just point above their head, quicken my pace, give it 10 seconds, then have a sneaky look over the shoulder to see them messing around with their hair. Nice.

see 15-3-2014:

Is Head being played?

http://prince.org/msg/rep...8&pg=7

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[Edited 3/17/14 0:31am]

Just listening to this again today, still stands up .. amazing album !!

what ya'll think ?

FunkyStrange said:

Just listening to this again today, still stands up .. amazing album !!

what ya'll think ?

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Yeah - I agree. Punkfunktastic!!

[Edited 3/26/14 10:14am]

I love this album, and you fellas aren't too bad either. Great review that makes me want to pull out some old concert footage right now. So nasty but so good...

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