I wore out the grooves on all four sides of 1999 in the months following the release of the album. It’s a tribute to the universal appeal of the music that none of the guys in my college dorm ever complained.Such was the power of Prince. He changed everything.
The six albums beginning with Dirty Mind and ending with Sign o’ the Times is one of the greatest strings of consecutive brilliant releases in pop music history.
In terms of altering both the musical and cultural landscapes, Prince’s feat is matched by only a handful of artists including the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Sly and the Family Stone and Kanye West.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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