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Prince's Dirty Mind album was released in 1980 and it is considered one of his best albums. The album has a mixture of lust and longing, synth pop combined with gut bucket rock and roll. The album's standout song is "When You Were Mine," which still ranks as one of Prince's best songs. The album was controversial for its gender and racebending and is still popular today.
On this 1980 tour de force, Prince produced the template for most of his '80s albums: a mixture of lust and longing, synth pop combined with gut bucket rock and roll. Although this was his third CD,
Dirty Mind was the one that truly established "When You Were Mine," which still ranks as one of his best songs, ever. The gender- and race-bending
Dirty Mind was nasty and freaky--and you could dance to it. Still can.
--Amy Linden