Prince - Prince

This is Prince’s second album, and it caused quite a stir when it was released. The cover shows Prince naked from the chest up, with a lot of hair both on his head and on his chest. But it was the songs, and more precisely the subject matter, that raised a few eyebrows. Titles like “I Wanna Be Your Lover”, “Sexy Dancer”, “Bambi” were all full of blatant sexual references, the latter being clearly about female masturbation (and not a cute little deer!). But the music was also somewhat of a revelation, being a fusion of rock pop and funk that would be the cornerstone of the so-called “Minneapolis Scene” for many years ...