Sign "O" The Times (track)
by Prince
Year: 1987
From the album Sign "O" The Times (track #1)
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Sign "O" The Times appears on the following album(s) by Prince:
- Sign "O" The Times (track #1) (this album) (1987)
- 4ever (track #22) (compilation) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 6 hours ago | stareaterogni0n | 3,930 | 71/100 | |
| 11/19/2025 20:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 85,307 | 71/100 | |
| 10/18/2025 07:45 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 07/07/2025 16:12 |  swed | 3,662 | 88/100 | |
| 02/27/2025 11:02 |  SomethingSpecial | 2,672 | 98/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.5/100, a mean average of 88.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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a masterpiece
DeusExMackia 12/20/2018 23:16 | #227515
The politco-pop hit he was trying to nail for a while. The urban coolness of those interjecting guitars and the unsettled beat really, really work.
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