Controversy (Prince album)
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| Released | October 14, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | August 14–23, 1981 | |||
| Studio | Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, Minnesota; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California | |||
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| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Prince | |||
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Controversy is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and musician Prince, released on October 14, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records. With the exception of one track, it was written and produced entirely by Prince. He also performed most of the instruments on its recording.
Controversy reached number three on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was voted the eighth best album of the year in the 1981 Pazz & Jop, an annual critics poll run by The Village Voice.
This was the first of his albums to associate Prince with the color purple as well as the first to use sensational spelling in his song titles.