Sign “☮︎” the Times (super deluxe / 2020 remaster)
~ Release by Prince (see all versions of this release, 23 available)
Release events
- 2020-09-25 Europe
Labels
- NPG Records R2 628756
- The Prince Estate R2 628756
- Warner Records R2 628756
Release information
- Barcode:
- Format:
- 8×CD + DVD-Video
- Length:
- 10:26:32
Annotation
"The Super Deluxe Edition includes all the audio material that Prince officially released in 1987, as well as 45 previously unissued studio songs recorded between May 1979 and July 1987, and a complete live audio performance from the June 20, 1987 stop on the Sign O’ The Times Tour at Stadium Galgenwaard in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Also included is a brand-new DVD containing the complete, previously unreleased New Year’s Eve benefit concert at Paisley Park on December 31, 1987, which was Prince’s final performance of the Sign O’ The Times Tour stage show and his only on-stage collaboration with jazz legend Miles Davis.
The Super Deluxe Edition set also features a 120-page hardcover book containing Prince’s previously unseen handwritten lyrics for many of the songs from the era, including the hits “U Got The Look,” “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man,” and “Hot Thing,” iconic unseen images from the era taken by Prince’s primary photographer in the mid-1980s to early 90s, Jeff Katz, plus images of archive assets including original analog tape reels and studio tracking sheets."
Tracklist
| 1CD: Sign “☮︎” the Times |
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| 2CD: Sign “☮︎” the Times |
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| 3CD: Single Mixes & Edits |
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| 4CD: Vault Tracks |
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| 5CD: Vault Tracks | |||
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| # | Title | Length | |
| 1 | Train | 4:22 | |
| 2 | It Ain’t Over ’Til the Fat Lady Sings
| 2:22 | |
| 3 | Eggplant (original Prince vocal) | 5:19 | |
| 4 | Everybody Want What They Don’t Got
| 2:09 | |
| 5 | Blanche | 5:37 | |
| 6 | Soul Psychodelicide (1986 master)
| 12:37 | |
| 7 | The Ball | 4:34 | |
| 8 | Adonis and Bathsheba
| 5:28 | |
| 9 | Forever in My Life (early vocal run‐through)
| 6:25 | |
| 10 | Crucial (alternate lyrics) | 6:15 | |
| 11 | The Cocoa Boys
| 6:06 | |
| 12 | When the Dawn of the Morning Comes
| 6:17 | |
| 13 | Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2)
| 5:03 | |
| 14 | It Be’s Like That Sometimes
| 3:19 | |
| 6CD: Vault Tracks |
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| 7CD: Live in Utrecht 6/20/87 |
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| 8CD: Live in Utrecht 6/20/87 |
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| 9DVD-Video: Live at Paisley Park 12/31/87 |
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Credits
Release
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Hot Thing I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man If I Was Your Girlfriend Sign “☮︎” the Times The Cross U Got the Look |
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| part of: | 33⅓ (number: 10) (order: 10) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 45) (order: 45) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 45) (order: 45) Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 51) (order: 51) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (number: 74) (order: 74) The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 86) (order: 86) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 93) (order: 93) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 93) (order: 93) Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1988) (order: 126) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (number: 589) (order: 590) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/52497 [info] |
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| reviews: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5fhj [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/prince/sign_☮_the_times_f3/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000195348 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1187787 [info] |