#PRINCE ONE NITE ALONE SOLO PIANO FULL#
Īlbum artwork was first full work of Sam Jennings for Prince The first two CDs contain the main act, the third CD the aftershow. The tracklist is fairly representative of a typical night's show on the tour, although it misses the cover versions performed regularly on the tour (such as A Case Of You, Love Rollercoaster, La-La Means I Love You and Sing A Simple Song), leaving only Prince compositions. Live! is the first audio document of Prince's concerts and includes tracks from nine different shows from eight venues on the One Nite Alone. Baldwin's essay on the recording process is included in the liner notes. The entire album was recorded live from the audio console by Prince's concert sound engineer Scottie Baldwin. Prince's backing musicians included Sheila E., Maceo Parker, Eric Leeds, Candy Dulfer, Greg Boyer, Renato Neto, John Blackwell, and Rhonda Smith. Among the album's highlights are "Sometimes It Snows in April" and " Adore" at the piano, an extended "Joy in Repetition", and an energetic " When U Were Mine". It was the first album since the Love Symbol Album in 1992 to be credited to Prince and The New Power Generation. The album was released in 2002 but many of the tracks were new arrangements of songs dating from more than 20 years earlier. Live! is a live album box set by Prince and The New Power Generation, containing live recordings from the intimate One Nite Alone. Actually, I found out that non fans were usually pretty receptive when I'd play them something they'd never have thought the Prince they knew from the hits would do.One Nite Alone. They would first and foremost have been surprised, then mist likely impressed.
Prince fans, lots of them at least, were too obssessed by the past to evaluate it honestly: I remember lots of people saying it was vastly inferior to the Intimate Moments sessions (utter BS) and just because those rehearsals had been circulating any Prince piano album from 2002 would gave been doomed from the start. Idk, I guess all my girlfriends have heard it over the years, and all were pretty impressed though not being fans, it's just a beautiful chilled out record to play late at night. No effects, no sexy attitude, no bravado, just a man, some songs and a piano, and a very intimate record. I'm not sure about critics but i think the general public -those who would have known, obviously it wouldn't have been a top 40 hit- would have perceived it as a serious and honest effort by a serious and honest musician. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator The general public and critics would probably have received it better than the fans did (it was bashed a lot on the Org at the time).
I wonder what reviews would have been if it had received a mainstream release. Few people beyond us the hardcore fans know of its existence and it's a pity. It's one of those Prince records that stand out in his discography, being quite different from the pack. Spontaneously, that was the Prince record I wanted to hear in that moment. When the news of Prince having passed hit me, on a sad Friday evening, I played ONA. I think now after his death it would be received much better by most folks (critics, the public, and hardcore fans) due to people's attitude now that Prince was a gift to music, not to be taken lightly. Why did the org bash it so much? Why do you think the general public would have been kinder? I like the album but I can see songs like Avalanche and his instrumentals getting some BS from critics due to their presumptions that Prince was funky sex God, not a "serious" musician.