Difference between revisions of "Album: Controversy"
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|album name = Controversy | |album name = Controversy | ||
|album image = [[File:Controversy.jpg]] | |album image = [[File:Controversy.jpg]] | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_14|14 October | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_14|14 October 1981]] (USA)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_13|13 November 1981]] (UK) |
|length = 37:18 | |length = 37:18 | ||
|label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] | |label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] | ||
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|previous album link = [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] | |previous album link = [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]] | ||
|next album link = [[Album: 1999|1999]] | |next album link = [[Album: 1999|1999]] | ||
− | |introduction = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] is the fourth full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was released worldwide in October | + | |introduction = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] is the fourth full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was released worldwide in October 1981 (twelve months after his previous album, [[Album: Dirty Mind|Dirty Mind]]). |
<b>Recording process</b> | <b>Recording process</b> | ||
− | Specific recording dates for most of the album's tracks are not known. The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August | + | Specific recording dates for most of the album's tracks are not known. The album was completed at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, between [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_23|23 August 1981]]. |
− | [[Do Me, Baby]] was initially recorded in February | + | [[Do Me, Baby]] was initially recorded in February 1979, and was written by [[André Cymone]] (although it was credited to [[Prince]] on the album). The version included on the album is a re-recording from the album sessions, however, which took place in Spring and Summer 1981, at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA and [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]], Los Angeles, CA, USA. |
[[Let's Work]] had initially been recorded in Spring or Summer 1981 as [[Let's Work|Let's Rock]], named after a dance [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1981, and [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined, and while [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released to avoid it seeming dated. | [[Let's Work]] had initially been recorded in Spring or Summer 1981 as [[Let's Work|Let's Rock]], named after a dance [[Prince]] had seen in clubs during the summer of 1981, and [[Prince]] wanted to release it as a single immediately after recording. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] declined, and while [[Prince]] liked the track, he felt it needed to be renamed when released to avoid it seeming dated. | ||
− | [[Private Joy]] was the last song recorded, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August | + | [[Private Joy]] was the last song recorded, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1981]] at [[Sunset Sound]], during a week of final work on the album, following some equipment problems at nearby [[Hollywood Sound Recorders]] (marking the first [[Prince]] track recorded at [[Sunset Sound]], where [[Prince]] would continue to work throughout the 1980s, and return again in 2008). |
[[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] was largely a solo recording project by [[Prince]], although [[Bobby Z.]] (drums), [[Lisa Coleman]] (keyboards and background vocals) and [[Dr. Fink]] (keyboards) all appear on the final track, [[Jack U Off]]. Additionally, [[Lisa Coleman]] also sings background vocals on [[Controversy]] and [[Ronnie Talk To Russia]]. | [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] was largely a solo recording project by [[Prince]], although [[Bobby Z.]] (drums), [[Lisa Coleman]] (keyboards and background vocals) and [[Dr. Fink]] (keyboards) all appear on the final track, [[Jack U Off]]. Additionally, [[Lisa Coleman]] also sings background vocals on [[Controversy]] and [[Ronnie Talk To Russia]]. | ||
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The album reached number 21 on the US [[The_Billboard_200|Billboard Top LP's & Tapes]] Chart and number 3 for 8 consecutive weeks on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Soul LPs]] Chart. | The album reached number 21 on the US [[The_Billboard_200|Billboard Top LP's & Tapes]] Chart and number 3 for 8 consecutive weeks on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Soul LPs]] Chart. | ||
− | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_14|14 January | + | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_14|14 January 1982]] '''Controversy''' was certified gold by the RIAA, indicating 500,000 copies shipped in the USA. Most probably boosted by the success of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] album and film, it was certified platinum on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_11|11 January 1985]], indicating 1,000,000 copies shipped in the USA. |
|tracklisting = <small>The compact disc version is a reissue from the LP.</small> | |tracklisting = <small>The compact disc version is a reissue from the LP.</small> | ||
# <b>[[Controversy]]</b> (7:14) | # <b>[[Controversy]]</b> (7:14) |
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