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June 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1348

Prince, Controversy (1981) Prince’s fourth album, Controversy, has long been one of my favourites. In particular the first side – just three songs, a perfect snapshot of Prince at his best across funk and balladry. Side two gets weird, kinky, crazy – and I like it too. It even gets political. It’s odd and brilliant. […]

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June 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1358

Prince, Lovesexy (1988) The two things that killed this album – I’m guessing, here – were the cover and the fact that, prepared for the CD-age, it was all one track, one single 45-minute song-medley. If you had the tape or LP that didn’t matter so much. Also of course it followed an incredible run, […]