Dirty Mind
Dirty Mind is Prince's third album. Intended as a set of demos and entirely recorded at Prince's home studio, it has a sparse sound.
Some songs feature a sound influenced by punk and new wave, with other songs sounding more like the funk and disco of Prince's first two albums. Prince used a similar set of instruments on this album to Prince, with the Oberheim OB-X being a significant new keyboard.
It's the first album to feature a significant collaboration with another instrumentalist, with Dr Fink playing and co-writing "Dirty Mind" and performing a solo on "Head".
Prince toured the album from December 1980 to April 1981.
Prince Live
Instruments
Rig Diagram
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The Band Live
Lisa Coleman
Prince In The Studio
Dirty Mind was recorded between May and June 1980 at Prince's North Arm Drive home studio. Dr Fink appears on the songs "Dirty Mind", playing an Arp Omni, and "Head", playing an Oberheim OB-X.
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References
- Brown, Jake (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995
- Bass Player Magazine, June 2021
- Musicradar Lisa Coleman: “Prince would just use a preset and then brighten the f**k out of it!”
- Brown, Jake (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995
