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**Cue the Record Presents Vinyl Listening Session 031: Prince — *Sign o’ the Times***Released in 1987, *Sign o’ the Times* stands as one of Prince’s most ambitious and enduring works. Spanning funk, soul, rock, pop, R&B, and jazz, the double album captures Prince at a moment of extraordinary creative freedom. Recorded largely at his home studio in Minneapolis, the album brought together an expansive range of sounds and ideas, with Prince moving effortlessly between intimate confession, social commentary, sensuality, and experimentation.
*Sign o’ the Times* arrived at a moment of profound change. Its songs grapple with addiction, poverty, violence, religion, race, technology, and the anxieties of the late 1980s, while still leaving room for joy, desire, humor, and celebration. Prince was not simply documenting the world around him; he was using sound itself to make sense of the world around him. The album’s stripped-down production, layered instrumentation, and unconventional structures created a world that felt both deeply personal and larger than any one genre.
At the center of *Sign o’ the Times* is Prince’s remarkable ability to hold contradiction. The album can be intimate and expansive, playful and heavy, sparse and dense — often within the same song. For our 31st listening session, we’ll sit with those tensions and explore how Prince built a musical language entirely his own, while drawing from the sounds, stories, and realities surrounding him.
**Event Details**\
4:30 PM— Doors Open (mingling hour)\
5:00 PM — Listening Session Start\
Post-spin — Open convo/discussion
Guests receive a complimentary wine pour with their ticket and a raffle entry to win a copy of the record on vinyl. This is a 21+ event.
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Event venue
Studio Contro, 623 Bergen St Upstairs, Brooklyn, United States
Tickets
USD 35
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