Prince’s 1987 masterpiece, Sign O’ the Times was his first release after disbanding The Revolution. Only three of the sixteen tracks have co-writers. In many ways, this is a solo tour de force. Prince’s engineer Susan Rogers said that Prince cared greatly about sequencing his albums. On Sign O’ the Times, “each side was like an act in a play: It had to have a beginning, middle and an end. Great artists understand that a work of art should give you a sense of momentum when you first encounter it, and a sense of momentum when you walk away from it.”

Lineup

David Whild
The Black Bettys
Chelsea Shag
Jimmy St. James (of Gurufish)
Kipper Jones
Rahbi
Dionne Farris
Side A
1.Sign “O” The Times
2.Play In The Sunshine
3.Housequake
4.The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
5.It
6.Starfish and Coffee
7.Slow Love
8.Hot Thing
9.Forever In My Life

Side B
10.U Got The Look
11.If I Was our Girlfriend
12.Strange Relationship
13.I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
14.The Cross
15.It
16.Adore