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One Nite Alone... (2002)

Where the lyrics of One Nite Alone... take you, and where it was really made.

The album was never sold in stores, and it was the first Prince album not to chart.

Key places

Recorded at Paisley Park (2002)

Recording site Paisley Park Studios — The recording location for this album is listed as Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The source gives no recording date for this place. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• One Nite Alone...: twenty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince
• Released May 14, 2002 by NPG Records
• Given to members of the NPG Music Club rather than sold in stores
• First Prince album not to chart
• Most songs feature Prince singing and playing piano, with other instruments used only occasionally
• All songs written by Prince, except "A Case of U" by Joni Mitchell

Background

• Five songs were first released through the NPG Music Club in 2001: "One Nite Alone", "U're Gonna C Me", "Here on Earth", "A Case of U", and "Pearls B4 the Swine"
• Given to NPG Music Club members separately and included in the One Nite Alone...Live box set
• Original CD copies are quite rare
• For many years, the main way to hear the album was through bootlegs shared as MP3s
• Released on the Tidal streaming service in 2015
• Released on vinyl on May 29, 2020

Recording

• Prince provides all vocals and instruments except where noted
• John Blackwell plays drums on tracks 3 and 4
• Ambient singing by Prince's doves, Divinity and Majesty
• Includes a cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You", retitled "A Case of U"; Prince thanks her in the liner notes
• "U're Gonna C Me" was re-recorded with new instrumentation for MPLSound

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Prince Rogers Nelson, born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died April 21, 2016 at Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
• Signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1977 at age 18; first album For You released April 7, 1978.
• Career spanned funk, rock, R&B and pop, with estimated sales over 100 million records.

Career

• Breakthrough with Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981) and 1999 (1982).
• Purple Rain (1984) made him the first singer to hold the number-one film, album and single in the US at the same time.
• Sign o' the Times (1987) is widely considered his greatest work.
• Changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, becoming known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince; reverted to Prince in 2000.
• Won seven Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released May 14, 2002 by NPG Records, to members of the NPG Music Club only
• Never sold in stores
• Described as the first Prince album not to chart
• Given to NPG members separately and included in the One Nite Alone...Live box set

Records

• Did not chart: the first Prince album not to chart
• Original CD copies are quite rare
• Bootlegs shared as MP3s were the main way to hear the album for many years
• Released on the Tidal streaming service in 2015
• Released on vinyl on May 29, 2020

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• One song that caused some controversy among fans is "Avalanche", which describes Abraham Lincoln as a racist.
• The album thanks Joni Mitchell in its liner notes for the cover of "A Case of You".
• "A Case of U" is dedicated to the memory of John L. Nelson, Prince's father.
• Five songs first came out through the NPG Music Club in 2001 before the album's release.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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