Line #33 Music/DirtyMind


1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dirtymind.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:''Set your mind free.'']]
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5	->''"I know, I know, that you're going with another guy\
6	Don't care, don't care, 'cause I love you baby that's no lie\
7	I love you even more than I did when you were mine"''
8	-->- "When You Were Mine"
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10	''Dirty Mind'', released in 1980 through Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, is the third album by American musician Music/{{Prince}}.
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12	Shifting away from the straightforward {{funk}} and {{disco}} sounds of his first two records, this album marks a shift to a funk-driven NewWaveMusic sound that would serve as the basis for his proceeding output throughout the remainder of the decade. The album also sees the first vestiges of his later backing band the Revolution form, with Dez Dickerson, Andre Cymone, Bobby Z, Gayle Chapman, and Matt Fink serving as backing musicians on this album; while Chapman and Cymone would leave shortly after this album, the remaining musicians would end up becoming principal members of the Revolution throughout its brief lifetime and [[RevolvingDoorBand constantly rotating lineup]].
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14	Most significantly, the album marks Prince's first dive into the raunchy, sexually-driven lyricism that would become a hallmark of his work, covering taboo topics such as oral sex, group sex, ejaculation, and BrotherSisterIncest. This shift would wind up setting a precedent that would result in sexually explicit lyrics becoming more mainstream in popular music, though at the cost of generating enough controversy to generate a Congressional hearing about the subject, spurned on by Prince's own [[Music/PurpleRainAlbum "Darling Nikki"]] in 1984. The album's commercial performance was modest, peaking at only No. 56 on the Billboard 200, though it would eventually be certified gold in the US.
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16	''Dirty Mind'' was supported by three singles: "Uptown", "Dirty Mind", and "Do It All Night".
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18	!!Tracklist:
19	[[AC:Side One]]
20	# "Dirty Mind" (4:14)
21	# "When You Were Mine" (3:47)
22	# "Do It All Night" (3:42)
23	# "Gotta Broken Heart Again" (2:16)
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25	[[AC:Side Two]]
26	# "Uptown" (5:32)
27	# "Head" (4:44)
28	# "Sister" (1:31)
29	# "Partyup" (4:24)
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32	!!"I trope you even more than I did when you were mine"
33	* BrotherSisterIncest: "Sister", which is, mercifully, [[MinisculeRocking the shortest song on the album]].
34	* FaceOnTheCover: A black and white shot of Prince in an overcoat, ascot, and thong against a backdrop of stage lights.
35	* FranchiseCodifier: After the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of ''For You'' and ''Music/{{Prince\|Album}}'', which were straight {{disco}} records, ''Dirty Mind'' sees Prince adopt his signature mix of {{funk}} and NewWaveMusic as well as his penchant for sexually explicit lyricism.
36	* IntercourseWithYou: The album's central concept, with nearly every track being about sex and sexual relations.
37	* MinisculeRocking: "Sister" clocks in at only a minute and a half.
38	* NewSoundAlbum: Mixes up {{Funk}} and NewWave.
39	* AThreesomeIsHot: "When You Were Mine"
40	-->"I never was the kind to make a fuss\
41	When he was there\
42	Lying between the two of us"
43	* UnusualEuphemism: "Party in Uptown"

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