Significant longplayers from yesteryear
14 October 2026
The late genial PRINCE (1958-2016) released his 4th LP, named
CONTROVERSY on 14 October 1981, 45 years ago today.
He wrote and produced the entire album, except for one track,
and also performed most of the instruments on the recording.
It peaked at #3 in the US.
Rolling Stone said: “Prince’s first three records were so erotically self-absorbed
that they suggested the reveries of a licentious young libertine. On Controversy, that
libertine proclaims unfettered sexuality as the fundamental condition of a new, more
loving society than the bellicose, overtechnologized America of Ronald Reagan.”
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