Vinyl Review - Prince - Sign O The Times 2 LP Reissue 

SOTT album is cohesive because of the thematic sonic soundscape and recording studio. Thematic in it's mostly DX7 with the Fairlight, Linn LM-1, as a most obvious list of instrumentation that overall makes the album sound cohesive, from the same era. That changed in the next album, Lovesexy. Totally new recording studio, new sequencing, crisp fresh soundscape. SOTT song individually sound different because they're culled from different projects that lead up to the final SOTT album. From the cancelled Dream Factory album, to the Camille, 'it's June' long lost cousin planned but cancelled surprise album to the Camille Cystal Ball album which was 3 if not more record set. When he compromised to WB Records to cut down due to low sales and success of the previous Parade album (one of the reasons why he fired most of The Revolution) songs sound individual. And that's something Prince noted himself, his admiration for Led Zeppelin because of how each song, each album sounded different. Prince was inspired by all the music he grew up with. Since way back in the early 90s I concluded, llke an epiphany, that Prince is the 'baby that rock n roll' gave birth to. The last great true rock star.