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1999

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Prince
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1982

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The Minneapolis Sound
Start here · 1958-1991 · Members

This double album broke the Minneapolis Sound through commercially, replacing horns with LinnDrum and synth work that sounded like nothing else on the radio.

1999 was the breakthrough, a double album that sold more than four million copies and turned the Minneapolis Sound into a commercial and cultural force.

The rest is in The Minneapolis Sound, a members' issue.

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