Dirty Mind - Prince

Dirty Mind is a very dirty album. Prince goes overboard singing about absolutely anything sexual he can think of. The title track is a corker and sets the album off nicely, sort of lulling you into a false sense of security before he hits you with the really disgusting stuff. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with the lyrical content of these songs, most of the time it seems to be with such humour that it really couldn't offend, but I think you should be aware before buying. The second song on the album, 'When you were mine', could be described as one of the greatest pop tunes ever written, and not just by Prince. It is absolutely ...

After making the breakthrough with “Prince”, he followed it up with a nice safe 3rd album, “Dirtymind”, featuring songs about sexual absession, incest, and oral sex. Oh, and love. Musically it isn’t much different from “Prince”. The trademark sound is still there, the lyrics still dirty, the falsetto in full flow. There are a few pretty standard Prince-by-numbers tracks like “Do It All Night” and “Partyup”, and the standout tracks are probably “Uptown”, a slice of party funk that still gets you moving, and “When You Were Mine”, a real up-tempo pop number. ...