Prince – Sign "O" The Times
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The Prince Estate – 603497846535 |
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USA & Europe |
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Genre: |
Pop |
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Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| 1-1 | Sign "O" The Times | 5:02 | |
| 1-2 | Play In The Sunshine | 5:05 | |
| 1-3 | Housequake | 4:38 | |
| 1-4 | The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker | 4:04 | |
| 1-5 | It | 5:10 | |
| 1-6 | Starfish And Coffee | 2:51 | |
| 1-7 | Slow Love | 4:18 | |
| 1-8 | Hot Thing | 5:39 | |
| 1-9 | Forever In My Life | 3:38 | |
| 2-1 | U Got The Look | 3:58 | |
| 2-2 | If I Was Your Girlfriend | 4:54 | |
| 2-3 | Strange Relationship | 4:04 | |
| 2-4 | I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man | 6:31 | |
| 2-5 | The Cross | 4:46 | |
| 2-6 | It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night | 8:59 | |
| 2-7 | Adore | 6:29 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Paisley Park Enterprises Inc.
- Record Company – The Prince Estate
- Licensed To – Warner Records Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – NPG Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – NPG Records, Inc.
- Recorded At – Paisley Park Studios
- Recorded At – Sunset Sound
- Recorded At – Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
- Mixed At – Paisley Park Studios
- Mixed At – Sunset Sound
- Mixed At – Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
- Remastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Credits
- Art Direction – Laura LiPuma
- Engineer – Susan Rogers
- Lyrics By [Lyrics Co-written By] – Susannah (tracks: 1-6)
- Music By [Music Co-written By] – Eric Leeds (tracks: 2-6)
- Photography By – Jeff Katz (2)
- Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince
- Remastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Saxophone [All Saxophone By] – Eric Leeds
- Trumpet [All Trupmet By] – Atlanta Bliss
Notes
Heart shaped title sticker on shrink wrap:
Remastered for the first time
℗ & © 2020, 1987 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. [...] Prince and Related Trademarks Are Owned by Paisley Park Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned entity of the Prince Estate. [...] Made in
[identical copies sold in the U.S.A have an alternate manufacture reference: 'Manufactured in the E.U. Printed in the U.S.A.']
Trifold cardboard wallet with 2 pockets for the discs
8- foldout insert with lyrics and credits:
Created & Mixed at Paisley Park, Sunset Sound and Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
© 2020, 1987 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Discs:
℗ & © 2020, 1987 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. [...] Made in the E.U.
Remastered for the first time
℗ & © 2020, 1987 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. [...] Prince and Related Trademarks Are Owned by Paisley Park Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned entity of the Prince Estate. [...] Made in
[identical copies sold in the U.S.A have an alternate manufacture reference: 'Manufactured in the E.U. Printed in the U.S.A.']
Trifold cardboard wallet with 2 pockets for the discs
8- foldout insert with lyrics and credits:
Created & Mixed at Paisley Park, Sunset Sound and Dierks Studio Mobile Trucks
© 2020, 1987 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Discs:
℗ & © 2020, 1987 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. [...] Made in the E.U.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Sticker, text): 6 03497 84653 5
- Barcode (Sticker, scanned, UPC): 603497846535
- Barcode (CD 1 mirror band, scanned, Code 128): 57496258 22
- Barcode (CD 2 mirror band, scanned, Code 128): 57496264 21
- Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
- Matrix / Runout (CD 1): [Warner Music "W" logo] 57496258/0603497846535-1 22
- Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI LB47
- Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 0787
- Matrix / Runout (CD 2): [Warner Music "W" logo] 57496264/0603497846535-2 21
- Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI LP 73
- Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 0787
Other Versions (5 of 188)
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Sign "O" The Times (2×LP, Album, Allied Record Company Pressing) | Paisley Park | 9 25577-1, 1-25577 | US | 1987 | ||
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Sign "O" The Times (2×LP, Album, Club Edition) | Paisley Park | W1 25577 | Canada | 1987 | ||
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Sign "O" The Times (Cassette, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 925 577-4, WX88C | Europe | 1987 | ||
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Sign "O" The Times (2×LP, Album) | Paisley Park | 25577-1 | New Zealand | 1987 | ||
| Sign "O" The Times (2×LP, Album) | Paisley Park | 92 5577-1, 1-25577 | Italy | 1987 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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A brief comment on the Bernie Grundman 2020 2-CD remaster of "Sign O' The Times". This is the basic album, and replicates the material on the original double album, with no bonus material (B-sides, Vault recordings etc.). It is, of course, a wonderful hour-and a bit of music. I'm even prepared to forgive "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" in the dopamine rush of hearing this fantastic music as it hasn't been heard... probably since a certain Purple gent listened to the playback at Paisley Park studios.
I have to say that Bernie Grundman has done a superb job on this remaster. The tracks have the full dynamic range of the originals, but sound cleaner and clearer. None of the audio is brickwalled, and none of it has been put through the too-good-to-be-true EQ tweaking that plagued early "digital remasters" of all manner of material. A quick check in Audacity shows the tracks have the same overall waveform as the 1987 release - they just sound better! I am comparing with the Europe/UK Alsdorf vinyl pressings from 1987.
There was some huffing and puffing on the Steve Hoffman music forums about track 1-2 sounding quieter than track 1-1. However, I think this is a misjudgement. Track 1-1 has only ~88% max signal, whereas 1-2 uses the full available dynamic range, so should in theory be louder than 1-1. It doesn't sound that way subjectively, however. I suspect it's just the way Prince mixed and recorded the music, which is very much 'of its time'. Nowadays he could bang "Play In The Sunshine" through a multi-band compressor and make it sound more in-your-face... but he didn't, and I'm happy to have the recording as the small but perfectly-formed man intended.
I would also add that my copy of this 2xCD set has none of the scratching/fingerprints issues that buyers of the Super Deluxe Edition have complained about.
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