Strange to think now that Dirty Mind was Prince's third album. He took a while to break. For Prince himself and his record company to martial his almost uncontainable talent into a viable, commercial proposition.
This is such a dynamic album right from the off. It almost sounds like a New Wave record. The obsessive, almost consuming fixation with sex is already in place. As is his songwriting genius. Some of these songs are beyond belief.
Listening to it this morning, it felt most of all like a Pop album showcase for a prodigy who could easily have done everything himself should he have chosen to. One off.
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