Prince – Controversy

The printing on the CD face looks like a counterfeit... very low quality, like the parts were poorly scanned.

Controversy is actually the debut album of Prince And The Revolution.

Fantastic pressing, nothing bad bout it. Poster is cool repro too.

As with all the Prince remasters I have, this is a very nice pressing with thumpy bass, crystal clear mids and highs and great dynamics. Dead quiet vinyl. Mines not Completely flat but no affect to the playback at all.
BIG Piece of Advice!: Immediately get this record Out of the PVC sleeve it comes in and give it a good Mofi type sleeve! PVC puts a ghosting film on the record over time that Does affect the sound and can never be cleaned off! I learned this the hard way

i got this version according to the matrix/runout and label. there is no Q on the label and Runout. but the color of the print on the back is not purple but lightblue

Ridiculously quiet, ridiculously flat, ridiculously good-sounding, ridiculously cheap. How much more ridiculous could this pressing get? Thank you to RTI (allegedly) and Bernie Grundman for gracing us with this.

This is a copy of https://discogs.cinepelis.org/release/16075718-Prince-Controversy
But I found it so interesting and informative that I found it worthwhile putting it (also) here on the main page of Controversy:
If Dirty Mind was Prince's uncompromising departure from the coming-of-age pains and obsessions that were captured in 1978's For You and 1979's Prince, 1981's Controversy was the cerebral and slightly darker expansion of the brave template that he laid out for Dirty Mind. I can't fathom why it doesn't get many accolades as Dirty Mind. In fact, it's seen as a lesser work in the stunning pre-Purple Rain trifecta that began with Dirty Mind and concluded with 1982's double album opus 1999. It's clearly the misunderstood middle child of the masterstrokes that bookend it, but there's more to it. It solidified the unpredictable world of this unpredictable wunderkind, who was set to become one of the definitive post-modern visionaries of the Eighties. Proof of this fact is found on its grand first side in which its three songs perfectly illustrate Prince's game plan not only in the narratives of his unparalleled Eighties-period work, but for the trajectory of his entire career. The title track begins with a scathing denouncement to his critics, and boldly juxtaposes his message with a religious awakening when he recites 'The Lord's Prayer.' It was probably the first instance of religion in his work. Then, he reaffirms the utopian sexual liberation he covered in 'Dirty Mind''s "Uptown" for "Sexuality." Only this time, sexual expression is positioned with the call for societal uprising to incite anti-conservativism. Of all of Prince's early ballads, "Do Me, Baby" is inarguably his first great slow jam that set the pace for his future classic bedroom burners—the lustful drama, the exhilarating climax with its eccentric come-on monologue, and Prince's imioned vocal delivery. And this was only the first side, mind you. In the second half, political affairs, funk, and even more sex took on more adventurous extremes. Prince was onto something, and soon he would rule the rest of the era at every cost. A transitional classic for the ages

there is a jamaican pressing for this, it has the same deadwax but the ring in the middle is larger. cover has a silver made in jamaica sticker on the back. i think american stampers were used at jamaican pressing plant which is why the ring in the middle is different but deadwax is the same. this is common in many other american released pressed in jamaica.

Why don’t people make records like that anymore? Music is brilliant. Bass is solid. Imaging is A+++. Treble is crystal. One of the best sounding LP I have.

One of the best-sounding vinyl albums in my entire collection, the funk records of that period were exceptionally well-mastered.