Prince — Sign O' The Times (Super Deluxe Edition) [2020 Remaster]

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Prince didn’t waste any time in the 1980s. 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> is, in essence, his magnum opus—at once a summary and celebration of everything Prince was capable of during the peak of his powers. 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 tracks, “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 statements, and a spiritual successor to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”. And he was just getting started. <i>Sign O’ The Times</i> also features such crucial cuts as “If I Was Your Girlfriend”, which he sings from the perspective of his female alter ego, Camille; it’s a slinky, slightly sinister piece of freaky funk. “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”, meanwhile, is a burst of guitar-pop glitter that wouldn’t have been out of place on <i>Purple Rain</i>. And the album closer “Adore” is one of Prince’s all-time best ballads, one that finds him at the top of his game (and his falsetto). In between it all comes “U Got the Look”, <i>Sign O’ The Times</i>’ biggest single, and a bit of pop-rock perfection, with an eroticised Sheena Easton providing heck-a-slammin’ support.

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  1. Sign O' The Times 4:56
  2. Play In The Sunshine 5:05
  3. Housequake 4:39
  4. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker 4:03
  5. It 5:09
  6. Starfish and Coffee 2:50
  7. Slow Love 4:22
  8. Hot Thing 5:38
  9. Forever In My Life 3:31
  10. U Got The Look 3:46
  11. If I Was Your Girlfriend 5:03
  12. Strange Relationship 4:01
  13. I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man 6:28
  14. The Cross 4:48
  15. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 9:01
  16. Adore 6:34
  17. Sign O' The Times (Edit) 3:40
  18. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Edit) 3:21
  19. La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Highly Explosive) 10:46
  20. If I Was Your Girlfriend (Edit) 3:46
  21. Shockadelica 3:30
  22. Shockadelica (12" Long Version) 6:12
  23. U Got the Look (Long Look) 6:40
  24. Housequake (Edit) 3:22
  25. Housequake (7 Minutes MoQuake) 7:11
  26. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (Fade) 3:38
  27. Hot Thing (Edit) 3:40
  28. Hot Thing (Extended Remix) 8:32
  29. Hot Thing (Dub Version) 6:52
  30. I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (1979 Version) 3:12
  31. Teacher Teacher (1985 Version) 3:07
  32. All My Dreams 7:23
  33. Can I Play With U? (feat. Miles Davis) 6:39
  34. Wonderful Day 3:47
  35. Strange Relationship 6:41
  36. Visions 2:18
  37. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker (With Horns) 4:56
  38. Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1) 3:59
  39. Power Fantastic (Live in Studio) 7:18
  40. And That Says What? 1:50
  41. Love and Sex 4:11
  42. A Place In Heaven (Prince Vocal) 2:57
  43. Colors 1:01
  44. Crystal Ball (7" Mix) 3:29
  45. Big Tall Wall (Version 1) 5:58
  46. Nevaeh Ni Ecalp A 2:33
  47. In A Large Room With No Light 3:27
  48. Train 4:22
  49. It Ain't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings 2:21
  50. Eggplant (Original Prince Vocal) 5:18
  51. Everybody Want What They Don't Got 2:08
  52. Blanche 5:36
  53. Soul Psychodelicide (1986 Master) 12:36
  54. The Ball 4:34
  55. Adonis and Bathsheba 5:27
  56. Forever In My Life (Early Vocal Run-Through) 6:25
  57. Crucial (Alternate Lyrics) 6:15
  58. The Cocoa Boys 6:05
  59. When The Dawn of The Morning Comes 6:16
  60. Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2) 5:02