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.
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