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The album was certified gold by RIAA seven months after release, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_5|5 December 1988]]. '''Lovesexy''' was [[Prince]]’ lowest and weakest selling album in the United States since [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]. [[Prince]] was so disappointed in the less-than-stellar impact of the album in the U.S. that he decided to postpone the American tour that was planned. Instead, he opted to go to Europe before taking the show to the US, hoping that the momentum and anticipation would build. | The album was certified gold by RIAA seven months after release, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_5|5 December 1988]]. '''Lovesexy''' was [[Prince]]’ lowest and weakest selling album in the United States since [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]. [[Prince]] was so disappointed in the less-than-stellar impact of the album in the U.S. that he decided to postpone the American tour that was planned. Instead, he opted to go to Europe before taking the show to the US, hoping that the momentum and anticipation would build. | ||
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|trivia = Warner Bros. records shipped 750,000 units in advance of its street release, and logged in 30,000 reorders by 11 May 1988. | |trivia = Warner Bros. records shipped 750,000 units in advance of its street release, and logged in 30,000 reorders by 11 May 1988. | ||
* Department store giant Wal-Mart refused to carry the album or decided to stock it discreetly in their 1,100 stores across the USA because of the "provocative pose" of [[Prince]] on the cover that they thought was "too hot to handle". Interviewed by Billboard, a representative from the chain declared that their refusal of stocking the album was due to "the album cover itself", something that was "offensive" and that they didn’t want to carry anything in their stores containing "graphics of this nature". In a similar way, a Minneapolis based company, Musicland Group, advised the managers of their 616 stores to keep the LP behind the counter, while cassettes and CDs were being displayed routinely. Asked about the controversy, Warner VP Dennis said that the label had no intent in redesigning the cover as they "didn’t see anything wrong with it", pointing that Time Magazine printed the cover on the second week of may 1988. | * Department store giant Wal-Mart refused to carry the album or decided to stock it discreetly in their 1,100 stores across the USA because of the "provocative pose" of [[Prince]] on the cover that they thought was "too hot to handle". Interviewed by Billboard, a representative from the chain declared that their refusal of stocking the album was due to "the album cover itself", something that was "offensive" and that they didn’t want to carry anything in their stores containing "graphics of this nature". In a similar way, a Minneapolis based company, Musicland Group, advised the managers of their 616 stores to keep the LP behind the counter, while cassettes and CDs were being displayed routinely. Asked about the controversy, Warner VP Dennis said that the label had no intent in redesigning the cover as they "didn’t see anything wrong with it", pointing that Time Magazine printed the cover on the second week of may 1988. | ||
+ | * On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 28|28 July 2023]], [[The Prince Estate]] re-released the album with Sony’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Recordings Legacy Recordings]. | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
* '''"Lovesexy" Too Sexy For Some, Prince’s Album Art Meets Resistance''' ''by Chris Morris (LA) & Geoff Mayfield (NY)'' (Billboard Vol. 100 NO. 21: 21 may, 1988) | * '''"Lovesexy" Too Sexy For Some, Prince’s Album Art Meets Resistance''' ''by Chris Morris (LA) & Geoff Mayfield (NY)'' (Billboard Vol. 100 NO. 21: 21 may, 1988) |
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