Dirty Mind:Prince

Dirty Mind is the third studio album by American musician Prince, released October 8, 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. It was produced, arranged and composed primarily by Prince.[12]  The album debuted at number 63 on the US Billboard 200chart,[13]  and earned widespread acclaim from music critics.[14]  On June 6, 1984, it was certified gold in shipments by theRecording Industry Association of America.[15]  Pitchfork Media ranked Dirty Mind number 87 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.[16]  In 2003, the album was ranked number 204 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[17]  Slant Magazine listed the album at #53 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s".[18]



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[hide]  *1 Composition  ==Composition[ edit] == According to The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), "Dirty Mind remains one of the most radical 180-degree turns in pop history."[12]  Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times described the music from the album as "confident and highly danceable blend of post-disco funk and tasty, hard-line rock".[1]  Prince's songwriting contains prominently sexual lyrics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[19] Keith Harris of Blender characterizes its songs as "confessions of a sex junkie" with "new-wave funk".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Harris_2-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[2] ==Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">All songs written and composed by Prince, except where noted<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[20]. ==Personnel<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[21] ==Chart history<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 2 Track listing
 * 3 Personnel
 * 4 Chart history
 * 5 Notes
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links
 * Dr. Fink - synthesizer (on "Dirty Mind" and "Head")
 * Lisa Coleman - vocals ("Head")
 * All other vocals and instruments performed by Prince.