Prince - Dirty Mind (1979)
Prince’s third album. The first one featuring other musicians on the album. Only thirty minutes long but this has some bangers. Sparse production.
Tracklist:
- “Dirty Mind” ⭐️
- “When You Were Mine”
- “Do It All Night”
- “Gotta Broken Heart Again”
- “Uptown” ⭐️
- “Head” ⭐️
- “Sister”
- “Partyup”
Comments
“Dirty Mind” ⭐️
A good catchy intro track. One of his earlier music videos</a>.
“When You Were Mine”
Never been one of my favourites but it is not a bad tune. Covered by Cindy Lauper later.
“Do It All Night”
Synthy intro. Good song but unremarkable for Prince.
“Gotta Broken Heart Again”
The one slow song on the album. Unmemorable.
“Uptown” ⭐️
Tied with “Head” for my favourite track. 123bpm so totally works with a four on the floor house beat. Crystal Water’s 1997 cover goes hard.
White, Black, Puerto Rican,
everybody just a-freakin
“Head” ⭐️
A funk classic. Slower at 110bpm. As far as I can recall the first song of his featuring someone else’s voice.
“Sister”
I don’t think I was aware Prince had a song about incest. Ew.
“Partyup”
Solid Prince/Morris Day funk tune. Ends on a chant of “You’re Gonna Have to Fight Your Own Damn War, Cuz We Don’t Wanna Fight No More.” Which… 1980, I’m not sure what war he’d be talking about, I suspect it is just a general statement of sticking it to The Man.