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|previous album link = [[Album: Parade|Parade]] | |previous album link = [[Album: Parade|Parade]] | ||
|next album link = [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] | |next album link = [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] | ||
− | |introduction = <b>Sign O’ The Times</b> (stylized as '''Sign | + | |introduction = <b>Sign O’ The Times</b> (stylized as '''Sign “☮︎” The Times''') is the ninth full-length studio album by [[Prince]], and his ‘solo’ release since 1982’s [[Album: 1999|1999]] (his intervening album’s were credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]). It was released worldwide in March 1987. |
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] were skeptical about releasing a triple album, and [[Prince]] removed seven of the 22 tracks and recorded the radio-friendly [[U Got The Look]], completing the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_15|15 January 1987]] with the recording of an introductory piece acting as a segue from [[Sign O’ The Times]] to [[Play In The Sunshine]]. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] were skeptical about releasing a triple album, and [[Prince]] removed seven of the 22 tracks and recorded the radio-friendly [[U Got The Look]], completing the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_15|15 January 1987]] with the recording of an introductory piece acting as a segue from [[Sign O’ The Times]] to [[Play In The Sunshine]]. | ||
+ | The album went trough various track-sequences, until as late as the second week of January 1987 before it was finalized with the sixteen tracks ultimately on the release. | ||
<b>Promotion</b> | <b>Promotion</b> | ||
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[[Prince]] supported the album with a major European tour, titled [[Sign O’ The Times Tour]], which focused largely on the album (while missing some of [[Prince]]’s previous hit singles). Two dates on the tour were filmed and the resulting concert film, [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] was released worldwide, focused on the territories where the tour did not travel. | [[Prince]] supported the album with a major European tour, titled [[Sign O’ The Times Tour]], which focused largely on the album (while missing some of [[Prince]]’s previous hit singles). Two dates on the tour were filmed and the resulting concert film, [[Film: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] was released worldwide, focused on the territories where the tour did not travel. | ||
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+ | <b>Charts</b> | ||
The album reached number 6 on the US [[The_Billboard_200|Billboard Top Pop Albums]] Chart, and number 4 on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Top Black Albums]] Chart. | The album reached number 6 on the US [[The_Billboard_200|Billboard Top Pop Albums]] Chart, and number 4 on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Top Black Albums]] Chart. | ||
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+ | <b>Certifications</b> | ||
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+ | The album was certified platinum by RIAA three months after release, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July_2|2 July 1987]]. | ||
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<!-------TRACK LIST -------> | <!-------TRACK LIST -------> | ||
|tracklisting = <small>The compact disc version is a reissue from the LP.</small> | |tracklisting = <small>The compact disc version is a reissue from the LP.</small> | ||
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*[[Brad Marsh|Brad M.]] - party voice on [[Housequake]] | *[[Brad Marsh|Brad M.]] - party voice on [[Housequake]] | ||
*''The Penguin'' (a plush prop, not an actual person) - party voice on [[Housequake]] | *''The Penguin'' (a plush prop, not an actual person) - party voice on [[Housequake]] | ||
+ | *[[Clare Fischer]] - orchestration on [[Slow Love]] | ||
*[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar and backing vocals on [[Slow Love]], tamborine and congas on [[Strange Relationship]], guitar and backing vocals on [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] | *[[Wendy Melvoin]] - guitar and backing vocals on [[Slow Love]], tamborine and congas on [[Strange Relationship]], guitar and backing vocals on [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] | ||
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - backing vocals on [[Slow Love]], (Fairlight) sitar and wooden flute on [[Strange Relationship]], keyboards and backing vocals on [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] | *[[Lisa Coleman]] - backing vocals on [[Slow Love]], (Fairlight) sitar and wooden flute on [[Strange Relationship]], keyboards and backing vocals on [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
− | |item1 = [[ | + | |item1 = [[Sign O’ The Times Tour|Sign O’ The Times<br>(Tour)]] |
− | |image1 = [[File: | + | |image1 = [[File:1987_SOTT_staff_access_all_areas.jpeg|60px|link= Sign O’ The Times Tour]] |
− | | | + | |item2 = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe| Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe Edition'']] |
− | | | + | |image2 = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|60px|link=Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe]] |
+ | |item3 = [[Sheet Music: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times<br>(Sheet Music)]] | ||
+ | |image3 = [[File:SheetMusic_SOTT.jpg|60px|link=Sheet Music: Sign O’ The Times]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|charts = | |charts = | ||
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|releases = {{:Releases: Empty}} | |releases = {{:Releases: Empty}} | ||
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+ | {{Alternative| | ||
+ | |format = Album | ||
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+ | * <u>'''Side 1 of 11 January 1987 configuration, Attributed to <s>Marx. Bros. - Camille</s> Prince'''</u><br> | ||
+ | *Side 1 | ||
+ | # <b>[[Sign O’ The Times]]</b> (4:56) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slow Love]]</b> (4:22) <small> </small> | ||
+ | # <b>[[It]]</b> (3:57) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Housequake]]</b> (4:41) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> (4:01) | ||
+ | <small> * The rest of the songs assumed to be the other eleven titles on the album, albeit possibly with [[Good Love]] instead of [[If I Was Your Girlfriend]], as on the tentative next configuration. [[Adore]] was possibly before [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] as well, also as on its next rendering, but a sequences for side 2, 3 and 4 is unknown. Track-length above is occasionally different, but also tentative</small> | ||
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+ | <hr> | ||
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+ | * <u>'''Undated (post 11 January), tentative configuration, attributed to Camille'''</u><br> | ||
+ | *Side 1: | ||
+ | # <b>[[Sign O’ The Times]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Play In The Sunshine]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Housequake]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker]]</b> | ||
+ | *Side 2: | ||
+ | # <b>[[It]]</b> (assumed) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Starfish And Coffee]]</b> (assumed) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slow Love]]</b> (assumed) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Hot Thing]]</b> (assumed) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Forever In My Life]]</b> (assumed) | ||
+ | *Side 3: | ||
+ | # <b>[[U Got The Look|The Look]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Good Love]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Strange Relationship]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man]]</b> | ||
+ | *Side 4: | ||
+ | # <b>[[The Cross]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Adore]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]]</b> | ||
+ | }} | ||
|album promotion = <small>US and UK press ads published in march and april 1987:</small><br> | |album promotion = <small>US and UK press ads published in march and april 1987:</small><br> | ||
[[File:1987-03-21_Billboard_press_Advert_SOTT_album.png|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard on 21 March 1987]] [[File:1987-03-21_Billboard_press_Advert_SOTT_album_flip.png|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard on 21 March 1987 (flip side)]]<br><br> | [[File:1987-03-21_Billboard_press_Advert_SOTT_album.png|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard on 21 March 1987]] [[File:1987-03-21_Billboard_press_Advert_SOTT_album_flip.png|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard on 21 March 1987 (flip side)]]<br><br> |
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