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Sign “☮︎” the Times 1987
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Sign “☮︎” the Times

In 1987, Prince released Sign "☮︎" the Times, a work that feels like an uninhibited sonic exploration. The album was built from a variety of recordings, some of them made at different times and places, giving it a rich and sometimes unexpected texture. An enormous creative freedom is perceived, as if he were experimenting with different styles and atmospheres, without a rigid plan, but with a coherence that emerges from his own vision.

Year
1987
Songs
16
Duration
75 min 1 seg
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16 song|s

Song list

# Title Available
01

Play in the Sunshine

Guitarra · Guitarra

00

Sign “O” the Times

5:02
00

Housequake

4:38
00

The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

4:04
00

It

5:10
00

Starfish and Coffee

2:51
00

Slow Love

4:18
00

Hot Thing

5:39
00

Forever in My Life

3:38
00

U Got the Look

3:58
00

If I Was Your Girlfriend

4:54
00

Strange Relationship

4:04
00

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man

6:31
00

The Cross

4:46
00

It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night

8:59
00

Adore

6:29

About the album

Sign “☮︎” the Times, according to DoReSol

Within this collection, songs like U Got the Look stand out for their energy and a contagious rhythm that invites movement. Starfish and Coffee, on the other hand, offers a more dreamlike and playful atmosphere, with instrumentation that transports you elsewhere. We also find more introspective and profound moments, as in The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, which shows Prince's ability to tell stories through his music. The record is completed with tracks ranging from the most danceable to the most reflective, creating a diverse sonic journey.

The way Sign "☮︎" the Times was conceived, with material recorded at different times, speaks of an organic process. It doesn't seem to have been conceived as a unitary project from the outset, but rather as a compilation of ideas and sounds that, when brought together, formed something cohesive and distinctive. It is this character of discovery and spontaneity that makes the album resonate in a particular way.

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