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4th January 2010, 02:10 PM
http://www.thedawnexperience.co.uk/databank/images/dirtymin.jpgDirty Mind Poll... Vote and discuss
Dirty Mind is the third studio album by Prince, released October 8, 1980 on Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Produced, arranged, and composed primarily by Prince, it contains prominantly sexual lyrics and incorporates musical elements of funk, dance, and rock music. The album debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and it earned widespread acclaim from music critics.
According to The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), "Dirty Mind remains one of the most radical 180-degree turns in pop history." With this album, Prince makes a decisive change from his preceding more commercial album Prince. He seems keen to change his style from the disco-ish light soul of "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and experiments with a New Wave-influenced, rock and roll sound. The title track, complete with a demo-like organ, is rich with punk sensibilities. The track "When You Were Mine" has many guitar tunes. 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" (a hyperdriven, punk-ish ode to incest clocking in at just 90 seconds). "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. Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times described the music from the album as "confident and higly danceable blend of post-disco funk and tasty, hard-line rock
Vote for your favourite Dirty Mind track in our poll and tell us your thoughts and experiences on what this album/songs means to you.
*references courtesy of wikipedia.com
Dirty Mind is the third studio album by Prince, released October 8, 1980 on Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Produced, arranged, and composed primarily by Prince, it contains prominantly sexual lyrics and incorporates musical elements of funk, dance, and rock music. The album debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and it earned widespread acclaim from music critics.
According to The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), "Dirty Mind remains one of the most radical 180-degree turns in pop history." With this album, Prince makes a decisive change from his preceding more commercial album Prince. He seems keen to change his style from the disco-ish light soul of "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and experiments with a New Wave-influenced, rock and roll sound. The title track, complete with a demo-like organ, is rich with punk sensibilities. The track "When You Were Mine" has many guitar tunes. 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" (a hyperdriven, punk-ish ode to incest clocking in at just 90 seconds). "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. Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times described the music from the album as "confident and higly danceable blend of post-disco funk and tasty, hard-line rock
Vote for your favourite Dirty Mind track in our poll and tell us your thoughts and experiences on what this album/songs means to you.
*references courtesy of wikipedia.com