Dirty Mind 19804 Dirty Mind 1980 ★★★★★ Incorporating the sharp minimalist sensibility of the New Wave into his own sex-funk agenda, the album with which Prince really found his direction. 5 1999 1982 ★★★★★ Bold double album on which Prince and his Revolution fully embrace synthesizers, while making a blatant grab for pop glory with that “1999”/ “Little Red Corvette” one-two. 6 Around The World In
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