Vijay Iyer on Prince's "Sign O' The Times" (1987)

This week, we discuss Prince for the SIXTH time on Heat Rocks with musician/scholar Vijay Iyer. We get into Prince's love of the drum machine, Vijay's love of the 80s, and the many sides of Prince we see on this record.
More on Vijay Iyer
Floating Along In Uncertainty With Vijay Iyer (NPR)
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More on Sign o' The Times
Is Prince’s Sign O’ The Times the greatest album of all time? (BBC)
The Story of Prince's Sign o' The Times (Classic Album Sundays)
Prince's 'Sign O' the Times' Turns 30: All the Songs Ranked (Billboard)
Show Tracklisting (all songs from Sign o'The Times unless otherwise indicated):
Housequake
Starfish and Coffee
Vijay Iyer: Night and Day
Prince: Little Red Corvette
Slow Love
Sign O' The TImes
Starfish and Coffee
It
Housequake
If I Was Your Girlfriend
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
If I Was Your Girlfriend
It
Hot Thing
The Cross
Adore
U Got The Look
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Hot Thing
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Lords of the Underground: Flow On (New Symphony)
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Forever In My Life
The Cross
Slow Love
Vijay Iyer: Human Nature
Mystic Brew
If I Was Your Girlfriend
The Cure: Just Like Heaven
Madhouse: Three
Prince: Sometimes It Snows in April
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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