One Nite Alone… Live!

One Nite Alone… Live!
Live album by Prince and The New Power Generation
Publication (s)	December 17, 2002
admission	March, April, May 2002
Label (s)	NPG Records / MP Media
Format (s)	DoCD in a box set + CD, download , record
Genre (s)	Funk , jazz , pop , rock
Title (number)	36
running time	181: 28 63:47 (Disc 1) 62:00 (Disc 2) 55:41 (Aftershow)
occupation	All songs were produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince. The following people completed the recordings: John Blackwell - drums Rhonda Smith - electric bass Renato Neto - keyboard Candy Dulfer , Maceo Parker , Najee - saxophone Greg Boyer - trombone Femi Jiya and Joseph Lepinski - overdubs Scottie P. - DAT - sound recording Afshin Shahidi and Inam - booklet - photographer Per Breiehagen - cover photographer Sam Jennings - design
production	Prince
Location (s)	USA 2002: Hollywood , Houston , Indianapolis , Lakeland (Florida) , Los Angeles , New York City , Oakland , Portland (Oregon) , Seattle , Washington, DC
chronology - One Nite Alone… Live! C-Note (2003)
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One Nite Alone… Live! is the first live album by the American musician Prince . It was released on December 17, 2002 as a double CD in a box set on the music label NPG Records / MP Media. The box set also includes the live CD One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! . Members of Prince's then website NPG Music Club.com could receive it on November 24, 2002 if they pre-ordered it. In the period from 2001 to 2004, Prince was not under contract with any recording company and with the help of this website he carried out his own music distribution.

Prince recorded the three CDs with his backing band The New Power Generation ; One Nite Alone… Live! is a compilation of concerts from the US part of his One Nite Alone Tour from March and April 2002. One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! is a compilation of songs that Prince played on aftershows after the main concerts of the US tour.

The music on the albums belongs to the genres of funk , jazz , pop and rock . Candy Dulfer , George Clinton , Maceo Parker and Musiq Soulchild will be performing as guest musicians . In addition, Larry Graham , Quest Love and Sheila E. to listen to the albums, the Prince in the liner notes but did not mention.

Mass media interest in the boxing set was low in 2002, and Prince did not do any notable music promotion for it; it could not place in the international music charts. Most music critics rated the albums positively, with One Nite Alone… Live! usually better than One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! was judged.

On May 29, 2020, The Prince Estate released One Nite Alone… Live! and One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! for the first time on record . In addition, the 4-CD box set Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection was released , which contains both albums and the CD One Nite Alone… . The DVD Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas is also included. Both One Nite Alone ... Live! as well as the 4-CD box set made it into the international charts.

Emergence

One Nite Alone… Live!

Prince's tour in 2002, which he describes as a one-nite-alone tour, went through the USA (26 concerts), Canada (9), Europe (20) and Japan (9). It began on March 1, 2002 in Saginaw , Michigan and ended on November 29, 2002 in Nagoya . The world tour comprised a total of 64 concerts, was attended by around 264,000 spectators and grossed around 20 million US dollars (then around 20.1 million euros). Since Prince designed the setlist individually for each concert, the length of the concert varied from 120 to 170 minutes. He completed the world tour with his backing band The New Power Generation , which at that time consisted of the following members:

• Greg Boyer - trombone
• John Blackwell (September 9, 1973 - July 4, 2017) - drums
• Maceo Parker - saxophone
• Renato Neto - keyboard
• Rhonda Smith - electric bass and backing vocals
• Najee - saxophone and flute : March and April 2002 (guested at a total of 6 concerts)
• Candy Dulfer - Saxophone: April 12th to April 30th, 2002 and from October 3rd to November 2nd, 2002
• Eric Leeds - saxophone and flute: May, June, October and November 2002 (performed a total of 15 concerts)
• DJ Dudley D. - DJ : October 8th to November 29th, 2002

Drummer John Blackwell
(* 1973, † 2017)

The one-nite-alone tour was advertised by Prince as “stripped-down” (German: “simplified”), without “ pyrotechnics and choreographies ”. Saxophonist Najee said after Prince's death: "On one occasion George Clinton over and joked: 'I can not stay here, here gibt's no women, no nothing!'" In addition, renounced Prince often at his best known hits such as 1999 (1982), Purple Rain (1984) and Kiss (1986); he presented a number of songs that he had rarely or never played before at his live concerts. Music critics were enthusiastic about the one-nite-alone tour, for example Alan Leeds, the brother of Eric Leeds, wrote in the daily Star Tribune that Prince has found his way back to his old form and is starting over. In addition, critics said that Prince's line-up to his backing band The New Power Generation was one of the best he'd ever had.

Saxophonist Najee

Registered members of Prince's website at the time, NPG Music Club.com, were given seats in the front rows of the one-nite-alone tour and were given access to the soundchecks that the musician performed before the main concerts began. During these sound checks, Prince was very communicative and talked to the fans.

→ Main article : C-Note (album)

The double album One Nite Alone… Live! Prince recorded with The New Power Generation, which he first mentioned as a backing band on an album since 1992's Love Symbol . The tracklist of One Nite Alone ... Live! consists of a compilation of the US part of the one-nite-alone tour from March 1, 2002 to April 30, 2002. Prince completed a total of 26 concerts and selected 9 out of 8 different cities for the double album. Guest musicians appeared at two of these concerts, whose appearances Prince on One Nite Alone… Live! but not published; On March 31, 2002, Carlos Santana and Larry Graham were guests in Washington, DC at the Warner Theater, but Prince only placed the opening song Rainbow Children , on which the two musicians did not appear. Sheila E. was guest musician at the Kodak Theater on April 20th in Los Angeles , but her appearance is on One Nite Alone… Live! also not to be heard. She also appeared at three other concerts and Graham at four, but those concerts are not on the album.

Singer Musiq Soulchild

As the only previously unreleased song Prince played on the tour regularly the piece Xenophobia , which was only released in the live version by him. He recorded the song in his Paisley Park studio in the fall of 2001 and Candy Dulfer played saxophone overdubs in December 2001 . Originally Prince had planned the song as the title track of an album of the same name, but then deleted Xenophobia from the tracklist and instead released his 26th studio album called Xpectation on January 1, 2003 , which is only available as a download . In the lyrics of Xenophobia (German: xenophobia ), Prince makes allusions to increased controls at airfields as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . The music is influenced by the jazz genre .

One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!

From 1986 onwards, Prince occasionally played an aftershow after his main concerts, that is, another concert after midnight. His aftershows took place in smaller music clubs in front of mostly 300 to 1,500 spectators and Prince did without the lavish stage shows, choreographies and light shows of his main concerts. In addition, he designed the song selection differently and often did without his top ten hits. Some of the aftershows' highlights were guest appearances by well-known musicians.

In 2002 Prince played an aftershow at 15 of the 64 one-nite-alone concerts, 8 of them in the USA, 2 in Canada and 5 in Europe. Guest musicians took part in a total of six aftershows; five of them took place in the USA and one with Sheila E. on November 3, 2002 in Rotterdam in Nighttown.

One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! is a compilation of four of the eight aftershows that Prince completed in the USA. The live CD consists of songs from April 10th, April 20th, April 21st and May 1st. Prince's musical guests were Alicia Keys , Candy Dulfer , Doug E. Fresh , George Clinton , Larry Graham , Musiq Soulchild and Questlove on April 10, 2002 in New York City at The World (WWF) nightclub . For One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! But he only selected the appearances of Clinton and Musiq Soulchild, whereby Musiq Soulchild is accompanied by Questlove on drums, which Prince does not mention in the album credits. Larry Graham and Sheila E. also appeared in the aftershows on April 20, 2002 in Hollywood , California at The Highlands Hollywood and on April 21, 2002 in Los Angeles at the House of Blues as guest musicians, but are also not mentioned in the credits.

Larry Graham were guest musicians with Prince on March 8, 2002 in Buffalo , New York at The Tralf and Buddy Miles and Erykah Badu on April 17, 2002 in Dallas , Texas at The Red Jacket.

Design of the cover

The three CDs came out in a box set measuring 15.7 cm × 31 cm, the depth is 3.5 cm. On the front of the box set is a portrait photo of Prince showing him with his hands folded. A gold-colored ring can be seen on his right ring finger. Prince's gaze is directed straight to the camera; he wears a black hat and a gray shirt with a black stand-up collar and sleeves. The background is also black. On the back of the box set, the track list of the three CDs is printed in white text on a black background, whereby the live CD One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! referred to as a “Bonus Disc”.

The two CDs from One Nite Alone… Live! are packed together in a jewel case ; the booklet consists of 12 pages. The portrait photo on the front cover of the booklet is identical to the one on the front of the box set. The tracklist of the two CDs is printed in the booklet and on the back of the booklet, as well as photos of Prince and the band members of The New Power Generation .

The CD One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! is in a separate jewel case; the four-page booklet again shows photos of Prince and his band members. The track list is printed on the back of the CD.

The box set also contains a 56-page booklet in the format 14 cm × 28 cm, which was designed by the designer Sam Jennings. Jennings designed various websites and album covers for Prince from 2002 to 2007 , such as Musicology (2004), 3121 (2006) and Planet Earth (2007). The photos of the 56-page booklet are from Afshin Shahidi and Inam. In the booklet, fans can be seen standing in line for a Prince concert on the One Nite Alone Tour. There are also laudatory quotes from fans as well as positive reviews from newspapers about the One Nite Alone Tour, which are decorated with photos of Prince and his band members. There are also personal words from The New Power Generation about Prince and their respective one-nite-alone tour highlights. Prince's own words, on the other hand, are general. There is also a photo of Larry Graham in the booklet .

In addition, Prince publishes a list in the booklet called "The WNPG Origin Playlist (xcerpt)" (German: "The WNPG source of the playlist (excerpt)"). This list contains 55 songs that appear to be among his favorites and which can be assumed to have been musically influenced by them. Prince deviates from the spelling of the respective originals for seven title names, and for two songs he lists performers who are not specified in the original. The list contains the following 55 songs:

title	Interpreter	date	annotation
Sing a simple song	Sly & the Family Stone	1968
Like a rolling stone	Bob Dylan / Jimi Hendrix	1965
La-La (Means I Love You)	The Delfonics	1968	Title name according to booklet: La, La, La, Means Eye Love U
Someday We'll All Be Free	Donny Hathaway	1973
Betcha by Golly, Wow	The stylistics	1972
Young, Gifted and Black	Aretha Franklin	1972
The Jam	Graham Central Station	1975
You've got a friend	James Taylor	1971	Written by Carole King in 1971
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Temptations	1971	Title name according to booklet: Just My Imagination
Pass the peas	The JB's	1972
Higher	Sly & the Family Stone	1967
Mighty, Mighty	Earth, Wind and Fire	1974
Fight the power	Public Enemy	1989
A day in the life	The Beatles	1967
Atomic Dog	George Clinton	1982
Bustin 'loose	Chuck Brown	1979
Superstition	Stevie Wonder	1972
So what	Miles Davis	1959
Birdland	Joe Zawinul	1977
Lullaby	George Gershwin	1919
Something	The Beatles	1969	Artist according to booklet: George Harrison
Hair	Graham Central Station	1974
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man	Aretha Franklin	1967	Title name according to booklet: Do Right Woman
Make sure you're sure	Stevie Wonder	1991
What's going on	Marvin Gaye	1971
Georgia on My Mind	Ray Charles	1960	Written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael
A case of you	Joni Mitchell	1971
Living for the City	Stevie Wonder	1973
Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	1971
flirt	Cameo	1982
In time	Sly & the Family Stone	1973	Artist according to booklet: Sly Stone
Family name	Prince	2001
The Walk	The Time	1982	Written by Prince in 1982
Fencewalk	mandrill	1973
Red Baron	Billy Cobham	1973
Killer joe	Quincy Jones	1969	Written in 1960 by Benny Golson
Alabama	John Coltrane	1963
Cold sweat	James Brown	1967
'Round Midnight	Miles Davis	1957	Written by Thelonious Monk in 1944
Red clay	Freddie Hubbard	1970
Do that stuff	Parliament	1976
Sir Duke	Stevie Wonder	1976
Let's get it on	Marvin Gaye	1973
Knock on Wood	Eddie Floyd	1966
Send One Your Love	Stevie Wonder	1979
I want to be free	Ohio Players	1974	Title name according to booklet: I Wanna Be Free
Oops up side your head	The GAP Band	1979
Lillie	Joe Zawinul / Nat Adderley	1962	Title name according to booklet: For Lily
Can You Handle It	Graham Central Station	1974
Mothership Connection (Star Child)	Parliament	1975	Title name according to booklet: Star Child / Mothership Connection
I know you got soul	Bobby Byrd / James Brown	1971
Se Eu Quiser Falar Com Deus	Gilberto Gil	1980
(You Caught Me) Smiling	Sly & the Family Stone	1971	Title name according to booklet: You Caught Me Smiling Again
That's the way of the world	Earth, Wind and Fire	1975
No Dia em que Eu Vim-Me Embora	Gilberto Gil / Caetano Veloso	1968
Total: 55

music

Drummer Questlove

The music on the albums belongs to the genres of funk , jazz , pop and rock . Prince presents a musical cross-section from the repertoire of 17 of his albums released up to 2002, starting with his second album Prince from 1979 to his then current album One Nite Alone ... from 2002. Of the total of 36 songs, six are the most of his album The Rainbow Children . With the songs Raspberry Beret (1985), Alphabet St. (1988), Nothing Compares 2 U (1990) and Diamonds and Pearls (1991) Prince only played 4 of his 19 US top ten hits.

The seven songs One Nite Alone… , Adore , Eye Wanna B Ur Lover , Do Me, Baby , Condition of the ♥ (Interlude) , Diamonds and Pearls and The Beautiful Ones on disc 2 are performed by Prince at the piano , performing the piece Condition of the ♥ (Interlude) plays as an instrumental version .

As a guest musician on One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! act George Clinton and Musiq Soulchild with. In addition, Larry Graham plays electric bass in the song Joy in Repetition , which Prince does not mention in the album credits, but in the live version of the song itself. There are three cover versions to be heard in which Prince does not sing himself; In We Do This , George Clinton takes on the lead vocals and the song Just Friends (Sunny) is sung by Musiq Soulchild, which he performs in the medley with If You Want Me to Stay . Questlove accompanies him on the drums .

Alphabet St. is played by Prince in a country and western version and Dorothy Parker is influenced by Latin American elements , with Sheila E. playing percussion . Neither Questlove nor Sheila E. are named in Prince's album credits.

Publications and Title List

One Nite Alone… Live!

On November 24th, 2002 the double CD One Nite Alone… Live! in a box set , together with the live CD One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! . However, the box set was only available to registered members of his then website NPG Music Club.com. In addition, the box set contained the album One Nite Alone… , released in May 2002 , which was only available for purchase on the website. The box set also contained a fold-out poster measuring 24 cm × 36 cm, on which Prince can be seen playing the guitar. The albums mentioned were only released on compact discs .

→ Main article : One Nite Alone… (album)

On December 17, 2002 the box set was also released by the non-branch distributor MP Media, but without One Nite Alone ... and poster. On June 7, 2016, Prince's 58th birthday, almost seven weeks after his death in April 2016, the box set could also be temporarily downloaded for a fee via the music streaming service Tidal .

On May 29, 2020, The Prince Estate released One Nite Alone… Live! as a fourfold album on vinyl and One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! as a double LP on vinyl, all of which are available in purple vinyl. In addition, the 4-CD box set Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection was released , which includes both live albums and One Nite Alone… . The Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas DVD is also included.

title	#	admission	Duration	Original sound carrier
Rainbow Children	Disc 1 # 1	March 31, 2002: Warner Theater, Washington, DC	11:46	2001: The Rainbow Children
Muse 2 the Pharaoh	Disc 1 # 2	March 11, 2002: Murat Theater, Indianapolis	4:49	2001: The Rainbow Children
Xenophobia	Disc 1 # 3	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	12:39	2002: One Nite Alone… Live!
Extraordinary	Disc 1 # 4	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	5:02	1999: The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale
Mellow	Disc 1 # 5	March 11, 2002: Murat Theater, Indianapolis	4:30	2001: The Rainbow Children
1 + 1 + 1 Is 3	Disc 1 # 6	April 6, 2002: Youkey Theater, Lakeland, Florida	6:05	2001: The Rainbow Children
The Other Side of the Pillow	Disc 1 # 7	March 11, 2002: Murat Theater, Indianapolis	4:46	1997: The Truth
Strange relationship	Disc 1 # 8	March 11, 2002: Murat Theater, Indianapolis	4:12	1987: Sign "☮" the Times
When U Were Mine	Disc 1 # 9	April 20, 2002: Kodak Theater , Los Angeles	3:47	1980: Dirty Mind
Avalanche	Disc 1 # 10	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	6:04	2002: One Nite Alone ...
Family name	Disc 2 # 1	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	7:17	2001: The Rainbow Children
Take Me with U	Disc 2 # 2	April 24, 2002: Paramount Theater, Oakland	2:54	1984: Purple Rain
Raspberry Beret	Disc 2 # 3	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	3:26	1985: Around the World in a Day
Everlasting Now	Disc 2 # 4	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	7:41	2001: The Rainbow Children
One Nite Alone ...	Disc 2 # 5	April 29, 2002: Paramount Theater, Seattle	1:12	2002: One Nite Alone ...
Adore	Disc 2 # 6	April 14, 2002: Verizon Wireless Theater , Houston	5:33	1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Eye Wanna B Ur Lover	Disc 2 # 7	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	1:22	1979: Prince
Do me baby	Disc 2 # 8	April 14, 2002: Verizon Wireless Theater , Houston	1:56	1981: Controversy
Condition of the ♥ (interlude)	Disc 2 # 9	April 14, 2002: Verizon Wireless Theater , Houston	0:39	1985: Around the World in a Day
Diamonds and Pearls	Disc 2 # 10	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	0:41	1991: Diamonds and Pearls
The Beautiful Ones	Disc 2 # 11	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	2:10	1984: Purple Rain
Nothing Compares 2 U	Disc 2 # 12	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	3:48	1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Free	Disc 2 # 13	April 29, 2002: Paramount Theater, Seattle	1:06	1982: 1999
Starfish and Coffee A.	Disc 2 # 14	April 29, 2002: Paramount Theater, Seattle	1:07	1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Sometimes It Snows in April	Disc 2 # 15	April 29, 2002: Paramount Theater, Seattle	2:41	1986: parade
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?	Disc 2 # 16	April 30, 2002: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland (Oregon)	5:07	1982: B-side of the 1999 single
Anna Stesia	Disc 2 # 17	April 19, 2002: Kodak Theater , Los Angeles	13:12	1988: Lovesexy
Total: 27
Notes: Prince is the author of all songs unless otherwise stated A.Lyrics: Prince and Susannah Melvoin

The recording date of the song 1 + 1 + 1 Is 3 is incorrectly stated in the booklet as April 4, 2002 in Lakeland (Florida) , but this concert took place on April 6, 2002. Four songs on One Nite Alone… Live! are spelled differently than on Prince's earlier albums: I Wanna Be Your Lover can be read as Eye Wanna Be Ur Lover , When You Were Mine as When U Were Mine , the song Condition of the Heart as Condition of the ♥ (Interlude) and The Everlasting Now only as Everlasting Now .

One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!

The CD is One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! only in combination with One Nite Alone… Live! available. The live album has also been available separately on vinyl since May 2020.

title	#	admission	Duration	Original sound carrier
Joy in repetition	1	April 10, 2002: The World (WWF), New York City	10:56	1990: Graffiti Bridge
We Do This (lead vocals: George Clinton) A	2	April 10, 2002: The World (WWF), New York City	4:41	2003: Jersey Girl from Sativa
Medley : Just Friends (Sunny) B / If You Want Me to Stay C (main vocals: Musiq Soulchild)	3	April 10, 2002: The World (WWF), New York City	4:26	2000: Aijuswanaseing by Musiq Soulchild 1973: Fresh by Sly & the Family Stone
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton	4th	April 20, 2002: The Highlands Hollywood, Hollywood	6:05	1994: Black Album
Alphabet Street	5	April 20, 2002: The Highlands Hollywood, Hollywood	2:55	1988: Lovesexy
Peach (Xtended Jam)	6th	May 1, 2002: Roseland Theater, Portland, Oregon	11:19	1993: The Hits / The B-Sides
Dorothy Parker	7th	April 21, 2002: House of Blues , Los Angeles	6:17	1987: Sign "☮" the Times
Girls & Boys	8th	April 20, 2002: The Highlands Hollywood, Hollywood	6:59	1986: parade
The Everlasting Now (vamp)	9	April 20, 2002: The Highlands Hollywood, Hollywood	1:49	2001: The Rainbow Children
Total: 9
Notes: Prince is the author of all songs unless otherwise stated A.Authors: George Clinton and his Sativa granddaughter B.Author: Musiq Soulchild C.Authors: Sly & the Family Stone

Also on One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! four songs are spelled differently from their original release: The Ballad of Dorothy Parker is only called Dorothy Parker , the song Alphabet St. has been changed to Alphabet Street , the song Peach has been renamed to Peach (Xtended Jam) and The Everlasting Now to The Everlasting Now ( vamp) .

Since Prince always played his aftershows after midnight, the date of the aftershow after the concert at The World (WWF) should actually be given as April 10, 2002 in the booklet , which is not the case; it is incorrectly dated April 9th. The same applies to the recording date of Peach (Xtended Jam) ; Prince also played this aftershow in Portland (Oregon) after midnight, on May 1st, 2002 and not on April 30th, as can be read in the booklet. In addition, the date Dorothy Parker was recorded as April 20, 2002 in The Highlands Hollywood is given in the booklet , but this cannot be true because Prince did not play this song on that date. But on April 21, 2002 in California in the House of Blues , which is why it seems reasonable to assume that the recording was made on this date.

The three songs If You Want Me to Stay , Just Friends (Sunny) and We Do This wrote Prince yourself. The play If You Want Me to Stay is from Sly and the Family Stone , which in 1973 on their album Fresh published had. The song Just Friends (Sunny) was written by Musiq Soulchild , who brought it out in 2000 on his album Aijuswanaseing (read: "I Just Wanna Sing"). It is also featured on the soundtrack of the film The Klumps Family and the Crazy Professor (2000). We Do This is a hitherto unpublished song written by George Clinton , in which he also took over the lead vocals. Clinton's granddaughter Sativa released the track on her 2003 album Jersey Girl .

Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas (DVD)

On August 12, 2003, the direct-to-video DVD called Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas was released . The DVD is a recording of a live concert that Prince gave on December 15, 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Aladdin Theater for the Performing Arts . Although he did not play this concert as part of his one-nite-alone tour, the tracklist comes from this tour. The total length of the concert was actually 180 minutes, but the 15-track DVD is only 81 minutes long because Prince only released part of the songs from that concert. In addition to Maceo Parker and Sheila E. Nikka Costa is also a guest musician. The concert has not yet been released on Blu-ray Disc (as of 2020).

reception

The mass media showed little interest in the box set in 2002. But music critics rated it mostly positive, with the double album One Nite Alone… Live! was praised for documenting Prince's live qualities well. In addition, some critics were of the opinion that the line-up of the backing band The New Power Generation was one of the best they had ever had.

Trombonist Greg Boyer and, in the background, Maceo Parker , former members of The New Power Generation

The music critics David Wilson and John Alroy gave four out of five stars. They wrote, among other things, that Prince's piano playing on Disc 2 was “a bit lengthy”, but that it was “looking forward to the greatest pleasure” of the three CDs; “A slice of sparkling funk rock jams ” on One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! .

Matt Thorne, author of several Prince books, was delighted with Disc 1; this belongs to "the best that Prince has ever published". He uses "his back catalog again and again in a completely original way". In contrast, on disc 2, "the only brilliant recording" is the first song Family Name . Apart from Everlasting Now and One Nite Alone… you hear “only oldies” on this disc. The piece Anna Stesia begins “brilliantly” too, but in the end Prince ruins everything “because he verbally abuses his audience because they don't join his music club [NPG Music Club.com]”. From One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! Thorne was very disappointed; Prince plays “old songs in versions that don't come close to the originals.” For example, 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton could “be anything” because the song is not recognized. The same applies to Peach (Xtended Jam) , "at least when you compare it with the recorded version." In addition, the live version by Dorothy Parker is "boring" and Girls & Boys "turns into a boring jam after a short time." ”Because“ there is hardly any resemblance to the original ”. As a spectator of a Prince aftershow live in the audience, “shouting It Ain't Over ” is fun, but “at home I just want to wind it through to the end and shout: 'Finally. Now it's over'".

Jason Draper, also author of several Prince books, praised One Nite Alone… Live! and said it was "one of the best Prince tours in years". One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! consists of “extended re-arrangements of old songs” and is “a mix of funk jams”. However, he described the three cover versions as "insignificant" and "the magic" would "not really be transferred to CD".

The US music magazine Rolling Stone was cautious with its praise and awarded two and a half stars out of five; One Nite Alone… Live! is "not perfect, but some of the rearranged older material shines".

Some music critics only reviewed the box set after Prince's death in April 2016, for example Jon Bream and Chris Riemenschneider from the US daily Star Tribune . They gave three and a half out of four stars posthumously and described the albums as “extremely rewarding CD boxes”. Especially One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! be "super funky". It is about "musicality and spirit at the highest level" and the best song of the albums they think Nothing Compares 2 U .

The music journalists Albert Koch and Thomas Weiland from the German music magazine Musikexpress posthumously awarded four out of six stars, but wrote that Prince liked “himself in sweeping jams like The Rainbow Children [sic]” and “the versions of his hits, on the other hand, appear half-hearted ( Raspberry Beret ) or self-parodic ( Nothing Compares 2 U ) ”. On One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! you hear songs "with extended, bluesy jams about old Prince hits".

Seth Colter Walls of Pitchfork Media only rated the CD One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! and gave posthumously 8.6 out of 10 points. The live CD was "a highlight in Prince's discography" and he described the collaboration between Prince and George Clinton in the song We Do This as "the most convincing meeting between the two artists". The track 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton will be transformed "into something less annoying" due to The New Power Generation "as Prince himself during the sessions for The Black Album [sic]"; the mood is "jubilant and solemn". The song Alphabet St. is performed "vividly" and with Peach (Xtended Jam) Prince reminds the listener that he is not playing in a big arena, but in a small club.

Charts

One Nite Alone… Live!

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	58 (1 week)	1
Austria (Ö3)	- (- Where.)	-
Switzerland (IFPI)	36 (1 week)	1
United Kingdom (OCC)	- (- Where.)	-
United States (Billboard)	- (- Where.)	-

The respective maximum placements reached One Nite Alone ... Live! in June 2020 through the re-release of The Prince Estate, in 2002 the album failed to rank.

Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	30th (1 week)	1
Austria (Ö3)	- (- Where.)	-
Switzerland (IFPI)	61 (1 week)	1
United Kingdom (OCC)	- (- Where.)	-
United States (Billboard)	- (- Where.)	-

The box set Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection reached the highest ranking in June 2020.

literature

• Jason Draper: Prince - Life & Times (Revised & Updated Edition). Chartwell Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-7858-3497-7 .
• Matt Thorne: Prince - The Biography. Edel Germany, Hamburg, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8419-0523-9 .
• Uptown: The Vault - The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing, Linköping 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X .
• Steve Wide, Alice Oehr: Prince A to Z: The Life of an Icon from Alphabet Street to Jay Z. Smith Street Books, Melbourne - Australia 2017, ISBN 978-1-925418-38-5 .

Web links

• Princevault.com , album information One Nite Alone… Live!
• Princevault.com , album information One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Booklet of the DoCD One Nite Alone… Live! by Prince and The New Power Generation, NPG Records, 2002
2. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 270. u. P. 285.
3. ↑ In 2002 - One Nite Alone… Tour. In: princevault.com. June 19, 2016, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Uptown (2004), p. 270.
5. ↑ Azhar (2016), p. 112
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Hahn (2016), p. 331.
7. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 275.
8. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 272.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Uptown (2004), p. 274.
10. ↑ Wide (2017), SX
11. ↑ Thorne (2016), p. 372.
12. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 285.
13. ↑ ^{a b c d} Uptown (2004), p. 273.
14. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 271.
15. ↑ ^{a b} Uptown (2004), p. 421.
16. ↑ 56-page booklet from the One Nite Alone… Live! by Prince and The New Power Generation, NPG Records, 2002
17. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 423.
18. ↑ Thorne (2017), p. 375.
19. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 424.
20. ↑ ^{a b} Thorne (2017), p. 376.
21. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 285.
22. ↑ Ro (2016), p. 316.
23. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 287.
24. ↑ Ben Sisario: Tidal, on Prince 'Birthday, Adds His Albums to Its Catalog. In: nytimes.com. June 7, 2016, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Booklet of the double CD Sign "☮" the Times by Prince, Warner Bros. Records / Paisley Park Records, 1987
26. ^ One-Off Performance, April 20, 2002 (am). In: princevault.com. December 21, 2016, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
27. ^ One-Off Performance, April 21, 2002 (am). In: princevault.com. December 29, 2016, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
28. ↑ We Do This. In: princevault.com. July 25, 2017, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
29. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 621.
30. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 424.
31. ^ Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews - Prince. In: Warr.org. 2018, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
32. ↑ Thorne (2017), p. 371.
33. ↑ Thorne (2017), p. 373.
34. ↑ Thorne (2017), pp. 375-376.
35. ↑ Draper (2016), p. 158.
36. ^ Prince - Album Guide. In: rollingstone.com. 2011, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
37. ↑ Jon Bream and Chris Riemenschneider: Critical guide to Prince's albums. In: startribune.com. April 30, 2016, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
38. ^ ME editors: From the big Prince special - an overview of all albums. In: Musikexpress.de. May 22, 2016, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
39. ↑ Seth Colter Walls: Prince - One Nite Alone, The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! In: pitchfork.com. September 1, 2016, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
40. ↑ Prince. officialcharts.de, accessed on June 12, 2020 . 
41. ↑ Prince. austriancharts.at, accessed on February 18, 2019 . 
42. ↑ Prince. hitparade.ch, accessed on June 10, 2020 . 
43. ↑ Prince. officialcharts.com, accessed February 18, 2019 . 
44. ^ Prince - Chart History. billboard.com, accessed February 18, 2019 . 
45. ↑ Prince. officialcharts.de, accessed on June 12, 2020 . 
46. ↑ Prince. austriancharts.at, accessed on February 18, 2019 . 
47. ↑ Prince. hitparade.ch, accessed on June 10, 2020 . 
48. ↑ Prince. officialcharts.com, accessed February 18, 2019 . 
49. ^ Prince - Chart History. billboard.com, accessed February 18, 2019 .