Album
Sign "O" The Times
1987 · Rock, Funk / Soul
104 collectors on Gatefold own this
Sign "O" The Times is a Soul & Funk album by Prince, originally released in 1987. On Gatefold: 182 pressings tracked, owned by 104 collectors.
About
<b>100 Best Albums</b> Prince didn’t waste any time in the 1980. Even before the arrival of his 1986 film <i>Under the Cherry Moon</i>—which turned out to be a royal flop—he was already at work on new music, resulting in the double album that would become perhaps his most obsessed-about record of his career: <i>Sign O’ The Times</i>. Released in 1987, the album marked the end of Prince’s astonishing run with The Revolution, his famed backing band (though the group is credited here on the live jam “It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night,” and members Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are featured elsewhere). The 16 tracks that make up the original edition of <i>Sign O’ The Times</i> find Prince incorporating the various sounds he’d perfected during The Revolution era—including the psychedelic trippiness of 1985’s <i>Around the World in a Day</i>—along with the funk and R&B innovations he’d made on his own before <i>Purple Rain</i> turned him into a pop-rock supernova. <i>Sign O’ The Times</i> i, in essence, his magnum opus—at once a summary and celebration of everything Prince was capable of during the peak of his power. And with the hit title tune—the album’s first single, and opening track—the Purple One became the Political One, tackling everything from drug addiction to nuclear war. On an album packed with lushly produced track, “Sign O’ The Times” is notably spare—so much so, you really <i>hear</i> the message in the music. It’s one of Prince’s boldest statement, and a spiritual successor to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.” .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Sign "O" The Times5:02
- A2Play In The Sunshine5:05
- A3Housequake4:38
- A4The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker4:04
Side B
- B1It5:10
- B2Starfish And Coffee2:51
- B3Slow Love4:18
- B4Hot Thing5:39
- B5Forever In My Life3:38
Side C
- C1U Got The Look3:58
- C2If I Was Your Girlfriend4:54
- C3Strange Relationship4:04
- C4I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man6:31
Side D
- D1The Cross4:46
- D2It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night8:59
- D3Adore6:29
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- layered
- swaggering
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Atlanta BlissTRUMPET PERFORMER, TRUMPET
- Eric LeedsSAXOPHONE PERFORMER, SAXOPHONE PERFORMER, SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- PrinceARRANGED BY, COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER LEAD VOCALS PERFORMER, VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- 6,000 Wonderful ParisiansBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, VOICE
- Boni BoyerKEYBOARDS, VOCALS PERFORMER, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
- Brad MarshPERFORMER, VOICE
- CamilleLEAD VOCALS PERFORMER, LEAD VOCALS PERFORMER, VOCALS
- Cat GloverPERFORMER, OTHER , VOCALS VOCALS
- Clare FischerARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY, STRINGS
- Coke JohnsonPERFORMER, VOICE
- Gilbert DavisonPERFORMER, VOICE
- Greg BrooksBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, OTHER , VOCALS PERFORMER, VOICE
- Jerome BentonBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, VOICE
- Jill JonesLEAD VOCALS PERFORMER, VOICE VOCALS
- Levi Seacer Jr.PERFORMER, BASS, VOCALS VOCALS, BASS
- Lisa ColemanBACKING VOCALS GUITAR , FLUTE GUITAR, VOICE
- Matt FinkKEYBOARDS, VOCALS PERFORMER, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
- Mico WeaverGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS LEAD GUITAR
104 collectors on Gatefold own this · 182 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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