Prince – Dirty Mind (LP Vinyl)
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Recorded almost entirely by Prince alone in his home studio in Minneapolis, *Dirty Mind* arrived in 1980 and blindsided the music world with its stripped-down, one-man-band audacity. Where his earlier records chased commercial polish, this one leaned into the rawness, setting the template for the hypersexual, boundary-pushing persona that would carry him all the way to *Purple Rain* and beyond. The Minneapolis sound starts here.
"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.
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UPC: 194398636917
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 2.4.22
Format: LP Vinyl