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Prince: A Sign O' the Times

by John McKie

A biography framed by a landmark album

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A biography framed by a landmark album

John McKie organizes this account of Prince’s life and career around the 1987 album *Sign o’ the Times*. The album provides a lens for exploring the musician’s creative process, musical influences, relationships with record professionals, and public and private life. The book draws on more than two hundred interviews with people who knew or worked with Prince, including bandmates, engineers, assistants, and fashion designers. Its scope also reaches beyond the studio to the Super Bowl halftime show and Prince’s philanthropy, presenting a portrait shaped by both his work and the contradictions described by those around him.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Prince’s life and music career
  • Music biography readers who value interviews with collaborators and associates
  • Readers curious about the making and context of *Sign o’ the Times*

Themes

Artistic controlCreative processMusical influencesPublic image and private lifePhilanthropy

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Book overview

The life, mind, and contradictions of music's most elusive genius.

In this kaleidoscopic, freewheeling biography, rock journalist John McKie explores the life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in music through the prism of his trendsetting masterpiece, the 1987 album Sign o' the Times.

McKie dives into Prince's psyche through the Purple One's songs, painting the most intimate portrait of the Artist yet. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews with friends, ex-girlfriends, bandmates, recording engineers, bodyguards, personal assistants, fashion designers, and more, McKie resurrects the life of the mythic musical polymath.

Revelatory stories include how Prince mastered several instruments; his relentless sleepless recording process on all his albums; his musical influences and turbulent adversaries; the volatile spats with record professionals for creative control; the legendary Super Bowl halftime show; his anonymous philanthropy; and the personal moments that amused, angered, and saddened him.

Prince: A Sign o' the Times is the most panoramic book ever written about one of the most enigmatic and talented pop stars of all time. For a man who rarely let the world in, you can now see Prince like never before.
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