Sign “☮︎” the Times (super deluxe edition)

~ Release by Prince (see all versions of this release, 23 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Length
1	Train recording of: Train lyricist and composer: Prince	4:22
2	It Ain’t Over ’Til the Fat Lady Sings bass: Wendy Melvoin (on 1986-07-09) cello: Fred Seykora (on 1986-08-18), Jim Arkatoff (on 1986-08-18), Ray Kramer (on 1986-08-18) and Ray Kelley (on 1986-08-18) double bass: Árni Egilsson (on 1986-08-18) and Chuck Domanico (on 1986-08-18) drums (drum set): Prince (on 1986-07-09) French horn: David Duke (on 1986-08-18), Joe Myer (on 1986-08-18), Marni Johnson (on 1986-08-18), Brian O’Connor (on 1986-08-18), Calvin Smith (on 1986-08-18) and Jim Thatcher (on 1986-08-18) percussion and timpani: Brent Fischer (on 1986-08-18) piano: Lisa Coleman (on 1986-07-09) saxophone: Eric Leeds (on 1986-07-09) trombone: Garnett Brown (on 1986-09-04), Charles Loper (on 1986-09-04), Morris Repass (on 1986-09-04) and Bill Watrous (on 1986-09-04) trumpet: Atlanta Bliss (on 1986-07-09), Al Vizutti (on 1986-08-18), Ray Brown (on 1986-08-18), Rich Cooper (on 1986-08-18), Bob Findley (on 1986-08-18), Larry Ford (on 1986-08-18) and Bob O'Donnell (on 1986-08-18) tuba: Tommy Johnson (on 1986-08-18) viola: Myer Bello (on 1986-08-18), Alan DeVeritch (on 1986-08-18), Norman Forrest (on 1986-08-18), Allan Harshman (on 1986-08-18), Margot Maclaine (on 1986-08-18), Jorge Moraga (on 1986-08-18), Carol Mukagawa (on 1986-08-18), Pam Goldsmith (on 1986-08-18) and David Stock (on 1986-08-18) violin: Bill Hymanson (on 1986-08-18), Ron Clark (on 1986-08-18), Isabelle Daskoff (on 1986-08-18), Don Palmer (on 1986-08-18), Assa Drori (on 1986-08-18), Erne Granat (on 1986-08-18), Henry Ferber (on 1986-08-18), Janice Gower (on 1986-08-18), Ed Green (on 1986-08-18), Reggie Hill (on 1986-08-18), Bill Hybel (on 1986-08-18), Joe Schonbrun (on 1986-08-18), Pat Johnson (on 1986-08-18), Karen Jones (on 1986-08-18), Mari Botnik (on 1986-08-18), Betty Moor (on 1986-08-18), Irma Neumann (on 1986-08-18), Oscar Chasow (on 1986-08-18), Pam Gates (on 1986-08-18), Terry Schoenburn (on 1986-08-18), Sheldon Sanov (on 1986-08-18), Francine Walsh (on 1986-08-18) and Harold Wolf (on 1986-08-18) woodwind: Don Ashworth (on 1986-08-18), Bob Tricarico (on 1986-08-18), Gene Cipriano (on 1986-08-18), John Clark (on 1986-08-18), Dave Edwards (on 1986-08-18), Gary Foster (on 1986-08-18), Jim Kanter (on 1986-08-18), John Lowe (on 1986-08-18), Dick Mitchell (on 1986-08-18), Jack Nimitz (on 1986-08-18) and Joe Soldo (on 1986-08-18) recording of: It Ain’t Over ’Til the Fat Lady Sings (from 1986-07-09 until 1986-09-04) composer: Eric Leeds and Prince	2:22
3	Eggplant (original Prince vocal) recording of: Eggplant lyricist and composer: Prince	5:19
4	Everybody Want What They Don’t Got recording of: Everybody Want What They Don’t Got lyricist and composer: Prince	2:09
5	Blanche recording of: Blanche lyricist and composer: Prince	5:37
6	Soul Psychodelicide (1986 master) recording of: Soul Psychodelicide (1986 song) lyricist and composer: Prince	12:37
7	The Ball recording of: The Ball lyricist and composer: Prince	4:34
8	Adonis and Bathsheba recording of: Adonis and Bathsheba lyricist and composer: Prince	5:28
9	Forever in My Life (early vocal run‐through) recording of: Forever in My Life lyricist and composer: Prince	6:25
10	Crucial (alternate lyrics) recording of: Crucial (original lyrics) lyricist and composer: Prince	6:15
11	The Cocoa Boys recording of: The Cocoa Boys lyricist and composer: Prince	6:06
12	When the Dawn of the Morning Comes recording of: When the Dawn of the Morning Comes lyricist and composer: Prince	6:17
13	Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2) recording of: Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2) lyricist and composer: Prince	5:03
14	It Be’s Like That Sometimes recording of: It Be’s Like That Sometimes lyricist and composer: Prince	3:19

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Credits

Release

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	NPG Records Inc. (in 2020)
licensed to:	Legacy Recordings

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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

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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reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5fhj [info]
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Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000195348 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1187787 [info]