From the sublime to the...? Well, it's not quite ridiculous. Things like the album being one long track do smack of trying slightly too hard to be unusual though. You can laugh all you want though, but then Alphabet Street kicks in and all is forgiven. It's a modern sound, away from the bleepy edges to some of the previous synth sounds, and a more knowing arrangement to boot.

It feels upbeat - inching towards his inevitable party date at the end of the century. 1988, a year when multiple 12" remixes and laser discs were de riguer. I had just started Uni, but I don't remember Lovesexy having a huge effect on me if I am absolutely honest. Kiss was still (already?) a big dancefloor song though, and while I didn't know any people who were particular Prince fans, there was a sense that he was "alright," one of the good guys, not a corporate stooge or a sell-out. We might not love what he was doing, but we respected it.

A lot of it is classic Prince provocation, cheeky spoken word interludes and PMRC-baiting lyrics. It's good fun, but I still feel that some of the try-hard elements make it less accessible ultimately than it should have been.