Editing Lovesexy (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lovesexy-mw0000195674|title=''Lovesexy'' – Prince|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Harris|first=Keith|url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_2291.html|title=Prince: ''Lovesexy''|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|location=New York|issn=1534-0554|volume=1|issue=1|date=June–July 2001|access-date=April 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820041651/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_2291.html|archive-date=August 20, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=McLeese|first=Don|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3884314.html|title=Prince bares all with new album|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|issn=1553-8478|date=May 9, 1988|access-date=April 8, 2017|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213944/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3884314.html|archive-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Browne|first1=David|author1-link=David Browne (journalist)|last2=Sandow|first2=Greg|author2-link=Greg Sandow|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/09/21/decade-prince-albums/|title=A decade of Prince albums|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|location=New York|issn=1049-0434|issue=32|date=September 21, 1990|access-date=August 22, 2011}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Price|first=Simon|author-link=Simon Price|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/22/prince-every-album-rated-and-ranked|title=Prince: every album rated – and ranked|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|issn=1756-3224|date=April 22, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2016}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Hilburn|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-08-ca-3693-story.html|title=Sex 'n' Salvation|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|issn=0458-3035|date=May 8, 1988|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Eccleston|first=Danny|title=Pop Life|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|location=London|issn=1351-0193|issue=272|date=July 2016|pages=58–65}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev8score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=O'Hagan|first=Sean|author-link=Sean O'Hagan (journalist)|title=Porn Cocktail|magazine=[[NME]]|location=London|issn=0028-6362|date=May 14, 1988|page=30}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lovesexy-250731/|title=''Lovesexy''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|issn=0035-791X|date=June 16, 1988|access-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = B+<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv688-88.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|issn=0042-6180|date=June 28, 1988|access-date=September 15, 2011}}</ref>
}}

The cover (based on a photo by [[Jean Baptiste Mondino]]) caused some controversy upon release as it depicts Prince in the nude.{{sfn|Hahn|2003|p=125}} Some record stores refused to stock it or wrapped the album in black, although ''Lovesexy'' had been issued as a replacement for the hastily withdrawn ''[[The Black Album (Prince album)|The Black Album]]'', which had an achromatic black cover.

''Lovesexy'' was Prince's least successful album since 1981, failing to break the top 10, being certified Gold and spending just 21 weeks on the US ''Billboard'' 200. While "[[Alphabet St.]]" managed to crack the top 10, it did not make a lasting impression and the subsequent two single releases failed to chart on the Hot 100. 

The situation in the United Kingdom was more positive, where the album debuted at number 1 (Prince's first number-one album in the UK) and all the singles became top 40 hits. In addition, the Lovesexy Tour (which concluded in February 1989) was a massive success across Europe and Asia.