1991, Part 2: We Got A New Style For The Next Eight Years All images (c) NPG Records They Say That You Ain’t You Know What in Baby Who...

1991, Part 1: Closing Down The Madhouse I end up doing more research for these essays than I thought possible when I started. This one is...

Pumpin’ The Big Noise In The 90’s Graffiti Bridge is a bad album. There is no other way to say it. It is not as bad as the movie that...

1990, Part 1: The Time In The Home Of All The Demons! How Do These Things Even Happen? In his liner notes for The Hits / The B-Sides,...

1989: Have You Ever Danced With the Devil in the Pale Moonlight? Many people reading this probably weren’t there, or were too young to...

1988: Rain Is Wet, Sugar Is Sweet In December 1987, Warner Bros. was justifiably annoyed with Prince. He had just blocked the release of...

1987, Part 4: Don’t Buy The Black Album. I’m Sorry Some of the Prince music I have bought has been harder to get a hold of than others....

1987, Part 3: Everybody Still Wants To Fly “Sign O The Times” is a watershed moment in Prince’s career. For many people, it is simply his...

Concept for the "Dream Factory" album cover (misattributed to an aborted side project called The Flesh) by Susannah Melvoin 1987, Part 2:...

1987, Part 1: It’s A Madhouse Some Musings On Temporal Matters As will become evident in the next few weeks, there are always two layers...

1986: Christopher Tracy’s Parade One of the traits I most enjoy about Prince’s music is his tendency to zig when the whole world is...

1985 Part 2: Associated Artists: Sheila E. & The Family Before the tour for “Purple Rain” was over, several projects were already...

1985 Part 1: Around The World In A Day As I said in the last entry, it’s hard to convey exactly how much Prince was up to in 1983 – 1985....

1984: The Revolution Begins First of all, I’d like to apologize for missing the last two weeks. The truth is I had a last minute gig come...

1982 Part 2: I Could Have Sworn It Was Judgement Day: “1999” 1982 Part 2: I Could Have Sworn It Was Judgement Day: “1999” Party Over I...

1982 Part 1: "Vanity 6," "What Time Is It?" And The Value Of Respect 1982 Part 1: "Vanity 6," "What Time Is It?" And The Value Of Respect...

1981-1982 Part 2: "Controversy" and the Prolific Artist's Dilemma The Next Thing The reaction to “Dirty Mind” sent a very clear message...

1981-1982 Part 1: A Tale Of Two Times A Word On My Efforts To Keep Up With Mr. Nelson In late 1980 or early 1981, Prince moved to a house...

1980-1981: Dirty Mind 1980-1981: Dirty Mind It is impossible to talk about “Dirty Mind” as anything other than a turning point in...

1979 - 1980: The Album Known As Prince 1979-1980: The Album Known As Prince This week covers Prince’s self-titled album, which while...