PRINCE

Controversy (Warner Brothers)

On his new album Prince is once again waving his cock in our faces, only this time he winds up with definitely premature ejaculation. Though there are a few hot flashes, most of the music is underdeveloped (there's a funky or rocking beat throughout but not much in the way of hooks), and his lyrics feature too much preachiness or plain clumsiness in with the pornography (which is what we paid our money for). On the Dirty Mind LP (his third) Princes nifty little mega-sexual persona made the rockcrit establishment cream, but the selfconscious contrivance of the worst parts of Controversy makes me think it all may have gone to his head.