Black Album

Publication: Toronto Star [Can]
Date: November 3, 1994
Title: "Not Fit For A Prince"
Summary: When Prince pulled the plug on his legendary Black Album seven years ago next month, he said it was because the music was too "negative".

Publication: Detroit Free Press [US]
Date: November 20, 1994
Title: "Legendary 'Black Album' Is Just A Little Timeworn"
Summary: Back when Prince was big, "The Black Album" was the stuff of legend as much a mystery as the talented but enigmatic musician who created it.

Publication: New Jersey ?
Date: December 1, 1994
Title: "With New Album, Prince's Crown Continues To Slip"
Summary: As Prince struts down the road to oblivion, he's leaving a curiously weak trail of releases behind. Grade: 3 stars (out of 5)

Publication: Washington Post [US]
Date: December 7, 1994
Title: Black Album Review
Summary: At the end of 1987, Prince's publicists revealed the he would follow his "Sign of the Times" [sic] album with an untitled recording in an all-black cover (an obvious takeoff on the Beatles' "White Album").

Publication: The Metropolitan Spirit [US]
Date: February 2, 1995
Title: Black Album Review
Summary: Seven years after becoming the most famous unreleased album in history, "The Black Album" is no longer unreleased. Ironically, it's a better album than anything Prince has released in the meantime.