#PRINCE ONE NITE ALONE CD FULL#

Prince's falsetto has never sounded more phantasmal, giving it a snake like sound that works for the sting carried for the lyrics. The best song, however, is 'Avalance,' which veers thematically from the rest of the album by being the most politically charged song Prince had written since maybe 'Sign O' The Times,' taking direct aim at America's whitewashing of Abraham Lincoln and other intellectual injustices that still plague the African American community even today. There's also the sarcasting spurn 'Pearls Before Swine,' and the lovely instrumental 'Arboretum,' which closes the record.

The rest of the record is a bit more light thematically, with Joni Mitchell's 'A Case Of U' (a song that had been in his live repertoire on and off throughout his career) being a real highlight, a truly tender and sincere rendition with one of Prince's best vocals. Sandwiched between the title song and 'Here On Earth' (which contains lyrics about a 'young woman running for her very life, trying to get away from the one who loves her,' this makes up arguably the creepiest three song arc of any Prince record. The second song, 'U're Gonna C Me,' is even quieter but also even more sinister, the longing presented in its lyrics bordering on obsessive or even stalkerish. with a sort of menacing quality he rarely displayed. 'The undulating acrobat ready to do your bidding saysДo you like fast? Or do you like it slow?'' The opening title track is remarkably eerie, with its stabbing chords and Prince's carnal baritone reciting passages such as: As with most of Prince's more obscure works, however, there are several hidden gems that make it a real sleeper and a very pleasant listen. It's not hard to understand why at first: with its bland cover and stunning lack of any song that made it into Prince's live repertoire on any sort of basis, it's like child's play to think the album offers nothing special. And yet, even in comparison to some of his other 'lost years' records, it still remains one of the easiest to overlook in his catalog, if not the easiest. The album included a cover of a Joni Mitchell song, вЂњA Case of You,вЂќ which Prince would reprise on his final tour.Review Summary: A pleasant and underrated listen with a unique sound.ДЄs an album, 'One Nite Alone' sounds like it should rank among one of Prince's most interesting - a stripped down, mostly 'piano and voice' affair, unlike any other one in his category. The sound of One Nite AloneвЂ¦ would be explored by Prince again in late 2015 and early 2016, when he would perform solo concerts for the first time in his career on his Piano and a Microphone Tour.

Notably, the album credits also include вЂњambient singingвЂќ by PrinceвЂ™s beloved Paisley Park doves, Divinity and Majesty, who can be heard softly cooing in the background of the stirring final track, вЂњArboretum.вЂќ On the album, however, Prince performed in a stripped-down style that more closely mirrors the title of the album, with only John Blackwell accompanying him on some tracks on drums, and Prince accompanying himself on piano and synthesizer.

#PRINCE ONE NITE ALONE CD FULL#

On the tour Prince was joined by a full band, and he performed backed by drummer John Blackwell, bassist Rhonda Smith, keyboardist Renato Neto, and a large horn section that included the revered James Brown saxophonist Maceo Parker. When the album was released, Prince was already in the midst of a successful One Nite AloneвЂ¦ Tour, which would take him across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan for the majority of 2002.

Prince one nite alone cd