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Vinyl LP pressing Reissue of this 1981 album from the R&B, funk, soul, and rock icon. Released in October 1981, Controversy captures Prince's evolving worldview, and brings his songs out of the bedroom and onto the dancefloor and into the streets to protest the political tension that would come to define the era. InchWe need a new breed - leaders, stand up, organize,Inch Prince proclaims on InchSexuality,Inch setting forth a new mission statement that the personal (and sexual) is also political, and that the quickest route to liberation is to Inchlet your body be free.Inch When Controversy was released, The New York Times declared that InchPrince's black-white synthesis isn't just a picture of what could be, it's a prophecy.Inch Album Tracks 1. Controversy 2. Sexuality 3. Do Me, Baby 4. Private Joy 1. Ronnie, Talk to Russia 2. Let's Work 3. Annie Christian 4. Jack U Off