Publication: Rolling Stone [Internet]
Date: March 29, 1997
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Title: From Rerelease News
Written By: Staff

PRINCE
"Sign O' The Times"
(Warner Bros.)

With Prince set to give his double-album masterpiece a "Star Wars Special Edition"-style makeover (into the triple-album, "Crystal Ball," he originally intended to release), it's all too clear that this ten-year-old release has never sounded better. Before glam and new power soul took the better part of his attention (and mind), Prince channeled his inner demons into a brilliant fusion of Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix that hit an '80s high water mark in socio-political rock & roll/rhythm & blues. Catch it in its unadulterated form while you still can.