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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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