Prince- Sign 'O' the Times
No matter how great the band/musician, double albums invariable end up with a few fillers. There exist just a few absolutely flawless double LPs. And Sign 'O’ the Times is surely one of them.Marc Richardson (of Pitchfork) said this about Purple Rain
“The great accomplishments of Prince are very great indeed, and this is his greatest.”
Purple Rain is indeed a great album (my fave too), but Sign 'O’ the Times is his moment of glory. The album was written, produced, played and sung by Prince and only Prince. Not a single bum track. In fact every song is flat out awesome. No wonder he was known as the “biggest quadruple threat ever”.
posted by whitelight @ 1:37 PM
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what music would best mollify the gnawing feeling of impotent rage? i don't mean stupid, imbecilic thrash metal. something more along the contained rage and dark maturity of a fiona apple.....or bjork. or someone.
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Did you read this piece on NYT?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/arts/music/22pare.html?ex=1342670400&en=b52b49b65411b345&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Jay, thanks man. Good stuff.
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