Sign "O" the Times
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Paisley Park / Label
Prince / Producer
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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
In its own roundabout way, Sign 'O' the Times is the sound of the late '80s -- it's the sound of the good times collapsing and how all that doubt and fear can be ignored if you just dance those problems away.
100
Both discs are heavy with songs about hot sex ("Slow Love," "Hot Thing"), but those songs are outweighed by the towering ballads about love and commitment. "Adore" remains one of the greatest love songs of all time and continues to make women weak and wet with its opening promise: "Until the end of time, I'll be there for you." Even in a world so hopeless, Prince seems to say, love can conquer all.
100
Sign 'O' the Times begins a fragmented mess, sifting through the wreckage of a shuttle explosion and the AIDS crisis, but it ends with a singular baptismal flourish.
100
Back in form, Prince finally delivers the goods he’d been promising in the wake of Purple Rain.
100
All these years later, it’s still a vibrant thing, the product of a great artist at the height of his powers.
100
Prince the polymath in full and frightening effect, across funk, rock and genres yet to be given names. A double album with scarcely a sub-phenomenal moment.
Jul 29, 2018
Sign o the times - 10/10
Play in the sunshine - 10/10
Housequake - 10/10
The ballad of dorothy parker - 7/10
It - 5/10
Starfish and coffee - 10/10
Slow love - 10/10
Hot thing - 10/10
Forever in my life - 10/10
U got the look - 9/10
If i was your girlfriend - 10/10
Strange relationship -10/10
I could never take the place of your man - 10/10
the cross - 10/10
its gonna be a beautiful night - 10/10
Adore - 10/10
Play in the sunshine - 10/10
Housequake - 10/10
The ballad of dorothy parker - 7/10
It - 5/10
Starfish and coffee - 10/10
Slow love - 10/10
Hot thing - 10/10
Forever in my life - 10/10
U got the look - 9/10
If i was your girlfriend - 10/10
Strange relationship -10/10
I could never take the place of your man - 10/10
the cross - 10/10
its gonna be a beautiful night - 10/10
Adore - 10/10
Jul 27, 2017
Some people overuse the word “genius,” but Sign O’ the Times provides indisputable evidence that Prince is worthy of that label.
His willingness to examine his own life and engage the world around him results in grooves that put the listener in motion at both ends of the spinal column (“Housequake,” “Hot Thing”), artful storytelling that sent his peers back to the drawing board (“Sign O’ the Times,” “The Ballad of Dorothy ... read more
His willingness to examine his own life and engage the world around him results in grooves that put the listener in motion at both ends of the spinal column (“Housequake,” “Hot Thing”), artful storytelling that sent his peers back to the drawing board (“Sign O’ the Times,” “The Ballad of Dorothy ... read more
Dec 3, 2016
Prince abandons the revolution to study the sign of the times and comes up with a varied and vibrant, musical commentary on contemporary life.
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END OF YEAR LISTS
| #3 | / | Consequence of Sound |
MISC LISTS
| #2 | / | Spin (1985-2009) |
| #3 | / | SPIN (1985-2014) |
| #11 | / | Slant Magazine (1980s) |
| #26 | / | Paste (1980s) |
| #45 | / | Pitchfork (1980s) |
| #46 | / | FACT (1980s) |
| #74 | / | Rolling Stone (1980s) |
| #93 | / | Rolling Stone (All Time) |
| #198 | / | NME Top 500 of All Time |
Track List
- Sign o' the Times
- Play in the Sunshine
- Housequake
- The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
- It
- Starfish and Coffee
- Slow Love
- Hot Thing
- Forever in My Life
- U Got the Look (featuring Sheena Easton)
- If I Was Your Girlfriend
- Strange Relationship
- I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
- The Cross
- It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
- Adore
Added on: April 14, 2013
