Sign o' the Times

by Prince

Sign o' the Times cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 March 1987
  • Label: Paisley Park
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:19:58
  • Community rating: 4.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Prince's ninth studio album and his first after disbanding the Revolution, 'Sign o' the Times' distils the shelved triple album 'Crystal Ball' into a sixteen-track double LP. It produced three US Top 10 singles, the title track, 'U Got the Look' with Sheena Easton and 'I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man', and was voted album of the year in the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll.

Genres

Descriptors: political, groove-laden, synthesizers, funky, ambitious

Tracklist

  1. Sign 'O' the Times (5:02)
  2. Play in the Sunshine (5:05)
  3. Housequake (4:42)
  4. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker (3:55)
  5. It (5:09)
  6. Starfish and Coffee (2:50)
  7. Slow Love (4:22)
  8. Hot Thing (5:40)
  9. Forever in My Life (3:30)
  10. U Got the Look (3:47)
  11. If I Was Your Girlfriend (5:01)
  12. Strange Relationship (4:01)
  13. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (6:29)
  14. The Cross (4:45)
  15. It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night - Live (9:01)
  16. Adore (6:31)

Credits

  • Eric Leeds - saxophone, music by [music co-written by]
  • Susannah - voice [background voice], voice [background voice], lyrics by [lyrics co-written by], voice [co-lead voice]
  • Brad Marsh - voice [party voice]
  • Gilbert Davison - voice [party voice]
  • Mike Soltys - voice [party voice]
  • The Penguin - voice [party voice]
  • Todd Herreman - voice [party voice]
  • Clare Fischer - arranged by [strings arranged by]
  • Laura LiPuma - art direction
  • Bernie Grundman - mastered by [originally]
  • Jeff Katz - photography by
  • Carole Davis - lyrics by [lyrics co-written by]
  • Dr. Fink - music by [music co-written by]
  • Prince And The Revolution - performer [recorded live in paris by]

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