A mixed but intrigued review in The Boston Globe describing Prince’s Controversy as funky, punky, and obsessed with sex, portraying the 21-year-old Minneapolis artist as this year’s enfant terrible who is determined to be outrageous through explicit themes, religious references, and social provocation. Publication: The Boston Globe Date: Thursday, December 17, 1981 Country: United States Section / Pages: Calendar / Album Reviews Title: Prince Controversy (Warners) THE STORY T

A highly perceptive album review in The Boston Globe by Bill Flanagan praising Prince’s Dirty Mind as a potential breakthrough that masterfully fuses post-Funkadelic black music with post-new wave white rock, positioning the 20-year-old multi-instrumentalist as the real contender in bridging musical worlds. Publication: The Boston Globe Date: Thursday, December 25, 1980 Country: United States Section / Pages: Music / Album Reviews Title: Prince / Dirty Mind / Warner Bros. THE