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''Prince'' is the second album by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1979. The album was the SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to his debut album "For You" (1978) and a much bigger commercial and critical success. It is best remembered for his first two hit singles "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"

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''Prince'' is the second album by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1979.1979 through Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. The album was the SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to his debut album "For You" (1978) and a much bigger commercial and critical success. It is best remembered for his first two hit singles "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
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* ContemptibleCover: Prince shown from the torso up.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Prince sings in a very effeminate voice all throughout the album, but most songs are undeniably heterosexual, with "Bambi" as a prime example. In this song he tries to convince his former lover to leave her lesbian lover, because "it's better with a man". Funny enough it could be interpreted as a gay song too.



* NonAppearingTitle: Prince's name isn't mentioned in any of the lyrics.



* RealMenWearPink: The name "Prince" on the cover is printed in a "feminine" looking font, colored pink.
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* ShoutOut: "Bambi" is a reference to ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.

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'''Prince''' is the second album by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1979. The album was the SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to his debut album "For You" (1978) and a much bigger commercial and critical success. It is best remembered for his first two hit singles "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"

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'''Prince''' ''Prince'' is the second album by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1979. The album was the SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to his debut album "For You" (1978) and a much bigger commercial and critical success. It is best remembered for his first two hit singles "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
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* SelfTitledAlbum: The album carries his pseudonym as a title.

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* SelfTitledAlbum: The album carries his pseudonym mononym as a title.
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* IAmTheBand: With the exception of "some vocal harmony" by André Cymone on "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?", everything on the album was written, composed, arranged and performed by Prince.
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'''Prince''' is the second album by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1979. The album was the SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to his debut album "For You" (1978) and a much bigger commercial and critical success. It is best remembered for his first two hit singles "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"

'''Tracklist'''

[[AC:Side One]]
# "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (5:47)
# "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" (3:49)
# "Sexy Dancer" (4:18)
# "When We're Dancing Close And Slow" (5:18)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "With You" (3:59)
# "Bambi" (4:22)
# "Still Waiting" (4:24)
# "I Feel For You" (3:24)
# "It's Gonna Be Lonely" (5:30)


!! ''Why You Wanna Trope Me So Bad?''
* AmbiguouslyBi: Prince sings in a very effeminate voice all throughout the album, but most songs are undeniably heterosexual, with "Bambi" as a prime example. In this song he tries to convince his former lover to leave her lesbian lover, because "it's better with a man". Funny enough it could be interpreted as a gay song too.
* BreakUpSong: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
--> ''There's some talk going 'round town''
--> ''That you really don't give a damn''
--> ''They say you really put me down''
--> ''When I'm doing the best I can''
--> ''I gave you all of my love''
--> ''I even gave you my body''
--> ''Tell me, baby, ain't that enough?''
--> ''What more do you want me to do?''
--> ''I play the fool when we're together''
--> ''But I cry when we're apart, yeah''
--> ''I couldn't do you no better''
--> ''Don't break what left of my broken heart, baby''
* BrotherSisterIncest: "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
--> ''I wanna be your brother''
--> ''I wanna be your mother and your sister, too''
--> ''There ain't no other that can do the things that I'll do to you''
--> ''But I get discouraged 'cause you treat me just like a child''
* ContemptibleCover: Prince shown from the torso up.
* CradleOfLoneliness: "Still Waiting"
--> ''All my friends tell me about the loves they've had''
--> ''Can't they see what they're doing to me?''
--> ''It makes me feel so bad''
--> ''I'm so alone and broken hearted''
--> ''It ain't like my life is ended''
--> ''But more like it never started''
* CureYourGays: "Bambi", in which the protagonist tries to convince his former female partner, who left him for a woman, to come back to him:
--> ''Bambi, can't you understand?''
--> ''Bambi, it's better with a man''
--> ''All your lovers - they just look like you''
--> ''But they can only do the things that you do''
--> ''Come on, baby, and take me by the hand''
--> ''I'm gonna show you what it's like to be loved by a man''
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness:
** "Sexy Dancer"
--> ''Sexy dancer, sexy dancer''
--> ''Sexy dancer, you got my body screamin' ''
--> ''Sexy dancer, you got me just-a-creamin'''
** "When We're Dancing Close And Slow"
--> ''When we're dancing close and slow''
--> ''I never want to let you go, no, no''
* FaceOnTheCover: Prince shown up until his torso.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Prince's moaning all throughout "Sexy Dancer".
* IntercourseWithYou:
** "Sexy Dancer" has Prince sing that the girl "has him creamin'" and has a lot of suggestive moaning all throughout the song.
** "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
--> ''I wanna be the only one you come for.''
** "When We're Dancing Close And Slow"
--> ''Sex-related fantasy is all that my mind can see''
--> ''Baby, that's honestly the way I feel''
--> ''When we're dancing close and slow''
--> ''I'm not afraid to let my feelings show''
--> ''I wanna come inside of you''
* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Your Lover".
* NonAppearingTitle: Prince's name isn't mentioned in any of the lyrics.
* OneWomanSong: "Bambi".
* {{Pegasus}}: Prince is riding a winged horse on one of the photos within the sleeve.
* QuestioningTitle: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
* RecordProducer: Prince.
* ShoutOut: "Bambi" is a reference to ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.
* SelfTitledAlbum: The album carries his pseudonym as a title.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Prince is shown in bare breast on the cover.
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