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Prince: Return of the prodigal

Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 17 April 2004

Prince enjoyed a purple reign during the 1980s, but messy wranglings with record companies led to bizarre personal behaviour, and the 1990s were spent in the musical wilderness. Now he is back, undiminished, with a new album that reminds us of his enduring pop genius.

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