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3''Prince'' is the second album by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 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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5!!Tracklist
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7[[AC:Side One]]
8# "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (5:47)
9# "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" (3:49)
10# "Sexy Dancer" (4:18)
11# "When We're Dancing Close And Slow" (5:18)
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13[[AC:Side Two]]
14# "With You" (3:59)
15# "Bambi" (4:22)
16# "Still Waiting" (4:24)
17# "I Feel For You" (3:24)
18# "It's Gonna Be Lonely" (5:30)
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21!! ''Why You Wanna Trope Me So Bad?''
22* BreakUpSong: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
23--> ''There's some talk going 'round town''
24--> ''That you really don't give a damn''
25--> ''They say you really put me down''
26--> ''When I'm doing the best I can''
27--> ''I gave you all of my love''
28--> ''I even gave you my body''
29--> ''Tell me, baby, ain't that enough?''
30--> ''What more do you want me to do?''
31--> ''I play the fool when we're together''
32--> ''But I cry when we're apart, yeah''
33--> ''I couldn't do you no better''
34--> ''Don't break what left of my broken heart, baby''
35* BrotherSisterIncest: "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
36--> ''I wanna be your brother''
37--> ''I wanna be your mother and your sister, too''
38--> ''There ain't no other that can do the things that I'll do to you''
39--> ''But I get discouraged 'cause you treat me just like a child''
40* CradleOfLoneliness: "Still Waiting"
41--> ''All my friends tell me about the loves they've had''
42--> ''Can't they see what they're doing to me?''
43--> ''It makes me feel so bad''
44--> ''I'm so alone and broken hearted''
45--> ''It ain't like my life is ended''
46--> ''But more like it never started''
47* CureYourGays: "Bambi", in which the protagonist tries to convince his former female partner, who left him for a woman, to come back to him:
48--> ''Bambi, can't you understand?''
49--> ''Bambi, it's better with a man''
50--> ''All your lovers - they just look like you''
51--> ''But they can only do the things that you do''
52--> ''Come on, baby, and take me by the hand''
53--> ''I'm gonna show you what it's like to be loved by a man''
54* DancingIsSeriousBusiness:
55** "Sexy Dancer"
56--> ''Sexy dancer, sexy dancer''
57--> ''Sexy dancer, you got my body screamin' ''
58--> ''Sexy dancer, you got me just-a-creamin'''
59** "When We're Dancing Close And Slow"
60--> ''When we're dancing close and slow''
61--> ''I never want to let you go, no, no''
62* FaceOnTheCover: Prince shown up until his torso.
63* 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.
64* TheImmodestOrgasm: Prince's moaning all throughout "Sexy Dancer".
65* IntercourseWithYou:
66** "Sexy Dancer" has Prince sing that the girl "has him creamin'" and has a lot of suggestive moaning all throughout the song.
67** "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
68--> ''I wanna be the only one you come for.''
69** "When We're Dancing Close And Slow"
70--> ''Sex-related fantasy is all that my mind can see''
71--> ''Baby, that's honestly the way I feel''
72--> ''When we're dancing close and slow''
73--> ''I'm not afraid to let my feelings show''
74--> ''I wanna come inside of you''
75* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be Your Lover".
76* OneWomanSong: "Bambi".
77* {{Pegasus}}: Prince is riding a winged horse on one of the photos within the sleeve.
78* QuestioningTitle: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
79* RecordProducer: Prince.
80* ShoutOut: "Bambi" is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''.
81* SelfTitledAlbum: The album carries his mononym as a title.
82* WalkingShirtlessScene: Prince is shown in bare breast on the cover.

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