Prince - Controversy Album

Tracklist

1	Do Me, Baby	7:47
2	Ronnie, Talk To Russia Backing Vocals – Lisa	1:48
3	Private Joy	4:25
4	Jack U Off Backing Vocals – LisaDrums – Bobby Z.Keyboards – Lisa, Fink	3:12
5	Sexuality	4:20
6	Let's Work	3:57
7	Controversy Backing Vocals – Lisa	7:14
8	Annie Christian	4:21

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BSK 3601	Prince	Controversy ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3601	US	1981
WBC 1521	Prince	Controversy ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	WBC 1521	South Africa	1981
256 950, 3601-2	Prince	Controversy ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	256 950, 3601-2	Germany	Unknown
7599-23601-2, 256 950, 3601-2	Prince	Controversy ‎(CD, Album, RP)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	7599-23601-2, 256 950, 3601-2	UK & Europe	Unknown
7599-23601-2	Prince	Controversy ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Warner Bros. Records	7599-23601-2	UK & Europe	Unknown

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WB 26195, WB 26.195	Prince	Controversy ‎(12", Maxi)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WB 26195, WB 26.195	Netherlands	1981
WS-9012	Prince	Controversy ‎(7", Single)	WEA	WS-9012	Bolivia	1981
K 17866 (T)	Prince	Controversy ‎(12")	Warner Bros. Records	K 17866 (T)	UK	1981
WBSD-49808	Prince	Controversy ‎(12", Single, RE)	Warner Bros. Records	WBSD-49808	Australia	1987
WBS-49808	Prince	Controversy ‎(7", Single)	Warner Bros. Records	WBS-49808	Guatemala	1981

Credits

• Lacquer Cut By – C
• Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince

• Engineer – Bob Mockler, Mick Guzauski, Ross Pallone
• Management – Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Photography By – Al Beaulieu
• Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince

Notes

Reissue with new designed labels (7 WB logos: one color, six grey).
The labels incorporate "Publisher credits (GB):" to Warner Bros. Music Ltd. [not credited on other European releases].
Similiar to:
- Controversy that has GEMA only on labels and no GB publishing credit,
- Controversy that doesn't have the GB publishing credit on labels,
- Controversy that has different distribution / price codes on rear sleeve.

℗ + © 1981 Warner Bros. Records Inc. [on labels]
℗ © 1981 Warner Bros. Records Inc. [on rear sleeve]

The catalog numbers appear as follows :

- WB K 56 950 (BSK 3601) [spine & rear sleeve]
- K 56 950 [labels]

Direct fan mail to: Prince, P.O. Box 4475, North Hollywood, CA 91607 · Special thanks to God and U

Mastered at A&M Records

Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
Pressé en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf Ⓦ a Warner Communications Company
Druckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid

Embossed WARNER logo on rear sleeve lower right corner.℗ 1981 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Manufactured and Distributed by WEA Records BV - Hilversum/Holland and by WEA Records NV/SA - Brussels/Belgium
Licensee Of WEA International
Made in Holland

Barcodes

• Barcode: none
• Label Code (On labels and rear sleeve): LC 0392
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): R / S Alsdorf 56950 A xx 1 ø STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): R / S Alsdorf 56950-B2 x 72 D STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): R / S Alsdorf 56950 A X 102 ø STRAWBERRY (G)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): R / S Alsdorf 56950-B2 X 57 ø S STRAWBERRY (G)
• Price Code (Germany): Ⓩ
• Price Code (France): WE 351
• Rights Society (Boxed on labels): GEMA/Biem

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): WB17866 A 42C1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): WB17866 B 42C1
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): WB 17.866-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): WB 17.866-B
• Rights Society: Stemra

Companies

• Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
• Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
• Printed By – Druckhaus Maack KG
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Uptown
• Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
• Recorded At – Sunset Sound
• Mixed At – Uptown
• Mixed At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
• Mixed At – Sunset Sound
• Mastered At – A&M Mastering Studios
• Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering

• Licensed From – Wea International
• Manufactured By – WEA Records B.V.
• Distributed By – WEA Records B.V.
• Manufactured By – WEA Records SA / NV
• Distributed By – WEA Records SA / NV
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Published By – Ecnirp Music Inc.
• Lacquer Cut At – Dureco

Video

Album

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Controversy Prince album. 004 Prince & Beyoncé Prince Medley - Продолжительность: free to Prince Controversy Controversy, Sexuality and more. Controversy is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Prince, released on October 14, 1981 by Warner Bros. Prince vocals and various instruments Lisa Coleman keyboards, sitar, backing vocals Dr. Dont let your children watch television until they know how to read, he advises. Who would disagree . Controversy begins with its title track, which raises questions that were being asked about him at the time, including his race and sexuality. Controversy is the fourth full-length studio album by Prince. Studio album by. It was released worldwide in October 1981 twelve months after his previous album, Dirty Mind. It's often regarded as a bridge between Dirty Mind and 1999, but it's fascinating record in its own right. 1981 studio album by Prince. Welcome to my album review for Prince's Controversy, from 1981. Join community to get news and updates. Sign O' The Times 2CD by Prince Audio CD . Album 1981 8 Songs. In stock. It is also more ambitious than its predecessor, attempting to tackle social protest Controversy, Ronnie, Talk to Russia, Annie Christian along with sex songs Jack U Off, Sexuality, and it tries hard to bring funk to a rock audience and vice versa. Jump to: navigation, search. Specific recording dates for most of the album's tracks are not known. controversy is the fourth studio album by Prince, released on October 14, 1981. 8 tracks 33:25. On October 9, 1981, just five days before the release of his fourth studio album, Controversy, Prince walked onto the stage of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, faced a crowd of roughly 90,000 predominantly white people what was then his biggest audience ever and experienced the kind of vitriolic backlash that would become the stuff of rock legend. It was voted the eighth best album of the year in the 1981 Pazz & Jop, an annual. 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