Next, we're polling DIRTY MIND.

I don't get this at all. How did Dirty Mind not "experiment within the pop form"?? Before it came out, "Bambi" or no "Bambi", Prince was just this disco kid who had a good Top 40 hit; it was a totally outlandish move, both musically and conceptually. There were probably precedents as far as punk-funk went (in fact, I think Rick James had invented the phrase), but Dirty Mind really didn't sound much like them, or like anybody else. It really seemed like a whole new thing at the time.

Okay, when Dirty Mind came out I was 1 year old, so obviously I can't tell what sort of an impact the album had when it came out, I can only look it in retrospect. But from that that point of view it doesn't feel that different from the sort of bare-bones guitar-and-keyboard-driven funk that was around the time (Rick James, like you mention) or before (Funkadelic, The Meters). Sure, the extreme stripped-down nature of the funk on DM can be seen as sorta innovative, but besides that the songs pretty much follow the basic structures of stereotypical funk/rock/pop tunes, and experiment little within those boundaries. Whereas on his later albums Prince often deconstructs both the sound and form of funk/rock/pop in ways that no other popular artist has done before or since.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Wow, Uptown @ #2! At least there were votes for every song except the one I always skip.

I can say i'm quite surprised by that...

Jordan, U crazy! "Gotta Broken Heart Again" deserved better than this.

I guess "Gotta Broken Heart Again" might gotten some votes in a weighed poll, where you could've voted it for the second or third best, but no one thinks it's the best tune on the album.

had no idea cyndi lauper covered 'when you were mine' !

cristina did too!

tuomas itt o_O

dirty mind sounds like the meters??

I like Controversy more, if only for Do Me Baby. Still his best slow-jam.

that is pretty fantastic! xxp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3pIxfGEhM0

This is the best Prince album.

This is the best Prince album.

This is the best Prince album cover.

That too.

prefer the cover of the self-titled i think

this was one of the first Prince albums I bought. the first three tracks = godly. I like them all really.

http://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/9731-do-it-all-night-the-story-of-princes-dirty-mind/

Nice! Great article, great album.

This is the best Prince album.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:09 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is the best Prince album.

― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:54 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is the best Prince album cover.

― Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:25 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTMFM

Huh i had never noticed that WYWM's verses all get progressively shorter, that's p clever

And yeah Controversy is better.

It was "Dirty Mind" I had in my head all day when I found out he'd died, for some reason.

That Matos article is very good. Never knew about Mitch Ryder version of "When You Were Mine."

The almost thrash punk lovesexy tour version of sister is one ofhis alltime great rock moments

the title track got jobbed in this poll. that synth riff alone rules.

Y’all are on crack. This album is incredibly disappointing, especially considering how many rave reviews it has on Wikipedia. The rinky-dink ‘80s keyboards are sooooo dated!

and sooooo tite

No votes for "Gotta Broken Heart Again" kinda breaks my heart

Good point.

Nothing wrong with it but competition was too strong. "When You Were Mine" alone is a contender for Prince's greatest track.

grammatical error iirc

bird otm

It's pretty much designed to be the dark horse on the album, I would bet that Prince would be amazed at anyone considering it the best song.

On a practical level, Prince was, literally, invaluable. His huge catalogue of danceable songs helped create a lot of stripper wealth — first as a thrilling new thing that got the boys grooving in their seats, then as a feel-good nostalgia trip. He even offered short cuts: If you wanted to get your stage set over with so you could get back into the audience and make money doing table dances, “Got a Broken Heart Again,” barely over two minutes long, was an exquisite choice.

from https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/why-prince-was-a-hero-to-strippers.html

I gotta broken heart, I just GOTTA

It's pretty much designed to be the dark horse on the album, I would bet that Prince would be amazed at anyone considering it the best song.

nah! he loved it and played it up until the end!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbpE4uP5rr4

Been meaning for months to post how much love I have for ‘Gotta Broken Heart Again’…so easy to overlook but contains his absolute essence…kill me every time

Beautiful guitar sound