Controversy (Prince album)

Controversy
Controversy
Studio album by Prince
Released	October 14, 1981
Recorded	August 14–23, 1981
Studio	Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, Minnesota; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop; new wave; funk; rock; R&B;
Length	37:15
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Prince
Prince chronology
Singles from Controversy
	"Controversy"; Released: September 2, 1981; "Sexuality"; Released: October 1981 (non-US single); "Let's Work"; Released: January 6, 1982; "Do Me, Baby"; Released: July 16, 1982;

Controversy is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and musician Prince, released on October 14, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Prince, written (with the exception of one track) by him, and he also performed most of the instruments on its recording.

Controversy reached number three on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was voted the eighth best album of the year in the 1981 Pazz & Jop, an annual critics poll run by The Village Voice.^[5]

This was the first of his albums to associate Prince with the color purple as well as the first to use sensational spelling in his song titles.

^ "Prince - Discography for USA". www.discog.info. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Album: Controversy - Prince Vault". www.princevault.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Eddy, Chuck (September 2010). "Essentials". Spin. 26 (8): 84.
^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Prince - Discography for USA". www.discog.info. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2] "Album: Controversy - Prince Vault". www.princevault.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2021.

[AM-3] Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Eddy, Chuck (September 2010). "Essentials". Spin. 26 (8): 84.

[:0-5] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]