Prince’s Masterpiece: Sign ‘O’ the Times

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45tunes.com says: My favorite Prince record. Crazy great pop and rock variety from “Starfish and Coffee” to “Housequake” to “The Cross” to “Forever in My Life” to “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” to “It” to U Got the Look”; Sign O’ The Times has got it all. Prince is firing on all cylinders.

amazon.com editorial review:
It begins with the insistent drip-drop of a sequencer and ends with some old school R&B. In between, the artist who was still calling himself Prince unfurls an encyclopedia of moods, genres, and grooves. Widely heralded as a groundbreaker in 1987, when it was released, some of the music in oh-so-’80s synths sounds a bit dated. Yet this two-CD set is clearly the sound of a performer at the height of his power. On songs like the title track, “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” and the thunderous “The Cross,” Prince proves why the hype was justified. –Amy Linden

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