Controversy

He started to transform into a world-beating '80s phenom on this transitional fourth album.

'Controversy' showed glimpses of the crossover appeal that would hurtle Prince to stardom just three years later.

Would Ozzie and Harriet have followed Prince's call for a 'Sexuality' revolution?

There's a difference between working and work, and it's not just semantics. Prince understood the difference, and wrote a song extolling the virtues of work.

The mélange of themes on Prince's 'Controversy'—scandal and sensation; politics and religion—converge on the album's bizarre detour.

Prince's 'Private Joy' was so catchy it got the attention of the first family of pop music.

With the hit single "Controversy," Prince let it be known that he would not be easily categorized.

As U.S.-Soviet tensions heated up in the '80s, Prince begged President Ronald Reagan to do what he could to prevent a nuclear war.

“Do Me, Baby” established Prince as a musician who, with just a few whispered words (and maybe a well placed scream), wormed his way right into your bed.