THIS MONTH IN POP MAY 1988
JAMES BROWN FINDS HIMSELF UP IN FRONT OF THE BEAK WHILE TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY BREAKS THE STATES
STEVE O’BRIEN
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Prince scored his first ever UK No.1 album on 21 May with Lovesexy. The record, Prince’s 10th, caused controversy from the get-go, with its provocative cover image (by fashion photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino) featuring the singer in his birthday suit with his hand rested erotically on his chest. Some stores refused to stock it or wrapped the album in black paper.