Looking back, Controversy really doesn't seem to fit as the album realised before 1999. You really wonder where 1999 came from after this. But why should we be surprised? Prince has been doing this all his career.
Controversy is a good album but not one of Prince's best.(In my opinion). ... Read review
Advantages: Do Me Baby, great love song Disadvantages: Too many fillers
Looking back, Controversy really doesn't seem to fit as the album realised before 1999. You really wonder where 1999 came from after this. But why should we be surprised? Prince has been doing this all his career.
Controversy is a good album but not one of Prince's best.(In my opinion). Some of the tunes are absolute belters, some are nothing more than funky fillers.
The title track is a good one and I still enjpy listening ... ...fairly kind to this.
The track of the album,as far as I'm concerned, is the beautiful kinky love song, 'Do me Baby'. It is a wonderful song to listen to and even better to be romantic too. Prince thumps out a heavy beat and repeats how he wants his baby to do him over and over. It is Prince's equivalent to Madonna's 'Justify my love'.
'Private Joy' is a song about Prince masturbating and is enjoyed for it's funny undertones. more
Looking back, Controversy really doesn't seem to fit as the album realised before 1999. You really wonder where 1999 came from after this. But why should we be surprised? Prince has been doing this all his career.
Controversy is a good album but not one of Prince's best.(In my opinion). Some of the tunes are absolute belters, some are nothing more than funky fillers.
The title track is a good one and I still enjpy listening to it today. The sands of time have been fairly kind to this.
The track of the album,as far as I'm concerned, is the beautiful kinky love song, 'Do me Baby'. It is a wonderful song to listen to and even better to be romantic too. Prince thumps out a heavy beat and repeats how he wants his baby to do him over and over. It is Prince's equivalent to Madonna's 'Justify my love'.
'Private Joy' is a song about Prince masturbating and is enjoyed for it's funny undertones.
The rest of the album has it's merits but also doesn't set the world alight.
Good try Prince, but as we see later, you can do much better.
Advantages: Um...the title track? Disadvantages: 6 out of 8 tracks are pretty poor
Before those of you who read my reviews start to think I'm totally biased when it comes to Prince, here's a little surprise. I do not like the album Controversy.
The title track is a good song, although perhaps a little dated now, and at over seven minutes, a bit long.
"Do Me Baby" is also worth a listen - it's a nice ballad.
That's where my positive comments stop, I'm afraid. I keep this CD purely because it's part of the collection. It doesn't ...
KTDouthwaite 02.12.2004
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Product details
Title
Controversy
Performer
Prince
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Contemporary R&B
Release Date
24/08/1984
Recomended Retail Price
12.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1981
Label / Distributor
WEA / Cinram Logistics
Producer
Prince
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
75992360128
Catalogue Number
7599236012
SPAR code
AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Prince (vocals, various instruments); Lisa Coleman (keyboards, background vocals); Dr. Fink (keyboards); Bobby Z (drums). Engineers: Mic Guzanski, Ross Pallone, Bob Mockler. CONTROVERSY is the fourth release from Prince, and it continues in the tradition of his debut DIRTY MIND, with funky rhythms, throbbing electronic accents and titillating lyrics. Featuring the successful title cut and the club hit "Private Joy," CONTROVERSY works off Prince's infamous juxtaposition of sex and religion. This is explicitly depicted in songs such as "Annie Christian" and the sultry ballad "Do Me, Baby" where during a long instrumental sequence, his sighs blatantly indicate carnal activity. As with many of his recordings, Prince maintains complete creative control here by handling all the writing, playing and production himself.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Private Joy
2.
Ronnie Talk To Russia
3.
Let's Work
4.
Annie Christian
5.
Jack U Off
6.
Sexuality
7.
Controversy
8.
Do Me Baby
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