Prince And The Revolution - Girls And Boys (WEA)

If Morecambe and Wise ever lent their gifted gabble to a snake-charming sketch, "Girls And Boys" should undoubtedly have been the soundtrack. Utterly ludicrous swaying rhythm and a voice sounding like it's spent a sojourn in a cement-mixer. Scummier than coffee from the rm drinks machine and less sexed than a neutered ant. The purest tackerama on two legs comes good, again. (No innuendo intended - smutheads!) (Lesley O'Toole, Record Mirror, August 16, 1986)

Yes, Prince is back on form after the disaster of his last single "Mountains". This is the third track from the Parade LP and it has lots of groovy sax, lots of mumbling in French, I think there's even a rude word or two. All in all a typical Prince outing. Good, but not special enough for anything other than sized chart success. 4/5 (Pat Thomas, No 1, August 16, 1986)

Released in place of "Anotherloverholenyohead." The drums sound like someone banging a wooden spoon on an Addis flip-top bin turned upside down; the cymbals sound like someone tapping a Lucozade bottle with a penknife, and Prince sings things like "she had the cutest ass he'd ever seen" and it's totally brilliant. (Simon Hills, Smash Hits, August 13, 1986)