Today (October 8th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of
Dirty Mind, the third studio album from Prince. This certified Gold selling record spent fifty-two weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 45; it also went to number 7 on the US Billboard R&B Album chart. This critically acclaimed album was ranked number 87 on
Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s and number 206 on
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time list.
