president Lenny Waronker convinced Prince to trim down to its final incarnation: “Sign O’ the Times,” a sprawling, wildly diverse 1987 double album that combines R&B, pop, rock, ballads and ...

But Prince wasn’t satisfied with mere star power, and two records after Purple Rain, he changed direction. The result was Sign O’ the Times, an album that has repeatedly appeared on critics ...

Is Sign O' the Times pop? R&B ... UCR’s March Madness Bracket Vote for the Best Album of the ’80s: UCR’s March Madness Bracket Prince Estate Afraid of His Humanity, Says Axed Movie Creator ...

Prince needed only a few minutes to paint an indelible picture of the moment when he opened his landmark 1987 album, “Sign O’ the Times,” with a haunting title track about AIDS, crack and ...

But in 1987, Prince released "Sign O' The Times," and 33 years later, it really does hold up as his masterpiece, the sustained excellence of its double-album length edging out what will always be ...

A ranking of the tracks on Prince's album 'Sign O' the Times'. By Kenneth Partridge One theory for Prince’s invincibility in the ‘80s and relative fallibility in subsequent decades is that ...

Sign O The Times — which was released ... different sides to make a perfect album. This album is simply everywhere, containing every mode Prince had explored up to that point and a few new ...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Prince's Sign 'O' the Times, we asked eight of our most purple-loving writers to answer five big questions about his double-album masterpiece. Is it his best work?

A parallel Prince universe This month Prince’s estate will release Sign O’ the Times: Deluxe, a colossal, remastered edition of the album, which features 45 previously unreleased tracks.

Prince needed only a few minutes to paint an indelible picture of the moment when he opened his landmark 1987 album, “Sign O’ the Times,” with a haunting title track about AIDS, crack and ...

A parallel Prince universe This month Prince’s estate will release Sign O’ the Times: Deluxe, a colossal, remastered edition of the album, which features 45 previously unreleased tracks.