Prince, Controversy (1981)
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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. Controversy was one of the early album…
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