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"I said to myself, ‘If I could put my blood stream on vinyl, then this is what it would be.’" —Prince, Ebony, 1986
Dirty Mind is the sound of Prince’s musical vision being fully realized. After toiling away in the studio for three years attempting to concoct the perfect genre-defying mix of rock, synth pop, funk and new wave, his third album for Warner Bros. Records finally unleashed the pent-up energy that had been simmering at Prince’s live shows. The recordings heard on Dirty Mind were originally intended to be demos, but Prince found the material to be so powerfully honest and of-the-moment that he wanted it released urgently. After a brief back and forth with Warner Bros. — the label was concerned that the sexually explicit and controversial lyrics on songs like “Head” and “Sister” would make radio airplay impossible — Prince prevailed, and Dirty Mind was released on October 8, 1980.
Prince Dirty Mind LP 150g
Dirty Mind is the sound of Prince’s musical vision being fully realized. After toiling away in the studio for three years attempting to concoct the perfect genre-defying mix of rock, synth pop, funk and new wave, his third album for Warner Bros. Records finally unleashed the pent-up energy that had been simmering at Prince’s live shows. The recordings heard on Dirty Mind were originally intended to be demos, but Prince found the material to be so powerfully honest and of-the-moment that he wanted it released urgently. After a brief back and forth with Warner Bros. — the label was concerned that the sexually explicit and controversial lyrics on songs like “Head” and “Sister” would make radio airplay impossible — Prince prevailed, and Dirty Mind was released on October 8, 1980.
Prince Dirty Mind LP 150g
Track List
Side One:
1. Dirty Mind
2. When You Were Mine
3. Do It All Night
4. Gotta Broken Heart Again
Side Two:
1. Uptown
2. Head
3. Sister
4. Partyup
Side One:
1. Dirty Mind
2. When You Were Mine
3. Do It All Night
4. Gotta Broken Heart Again
Side Two:
1. Uptown
2. Head
3. Sister
4. Partyup
Customer Reviews
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jMOBLey'August 3, 2022The album that defined my senior year in high school, The soundtrack to my adolescent break through. I owned the cassette and wore it out twice...I recall Dirty Mind being played on ESPN as background music. Yeah it happened. I remember when a local radio DJ fell asleep and Head was coming over the airwaves, we had rotary phones but folks were calling each other like WOW did you hear Head on the radio! The growth and change of direction was awesome with this album. The concerts was incredible! too! The stanky base lines, the organ riffs, the guitars sounding like a futuristic Rock. Dude put together an amalgamation of genres that left scathing their heads and the suits wondered what is this? It's some of the best creative music ever that's what it is. This was the point when true Prince folk knew this dude ain't ordinary and he's here to stay.
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ManuJuly 7, 2022Beauty Album!!! Great hits, but the whole album reaonates of the artist in a unique time in his career. Sensual, rythmic, poppy, well.... PRINCE!
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NickFebruary 23, 2022Hands down my favorite album from his early work! It's got a great build to it and once it starts it don't let go. I love that When You Were Mine is just a fun and innocent funk/pop heartbreak jam and by the time you get to Sister, it seems Prince has forgot all about that other chick and he's totally cool with it. I feel that as the album progresses it doubles up in confidence and what started out a little coy and cautious sounding is fully fleshed out and sounding brash and cocky and hedonistic. It's punk rock in funks clothing!
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