One Nite Alone...

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One Nite Alone...
Prince Alone Piano.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 2002
Recorded2000–2002
Studio Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Genre
Length35:01
Label NPG
Producer Prince
Prince chronology
The Rainbow Children
(2001)
One Nite Alone...
(2002)
One Nite Alone... Live!
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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One Nite Alone... is the twenty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on May 14, 2002 by NPG Records.

Contents

Background

It features him singing and accompanying himself on piano, making only occasional use of other instruments. It includes a cover of the Joni Mitchell classic, "A Case of You", retitled "A Case of U". Mitchell receives special thanks in the liner notes. It is also the first Prince album not to chart. One song that caused some controversy amongst fans[ citation needed ] is "Avalanche", which describes Abraham Lincoln as a racist.

One Nite Alone... was given to members of the NPG Music Club, separately and included as a gift with his One Nite Alone...Live box set. It was never sold in stores, but bootlegs are available. For many years the primary way to hear the album was through MP3 file-sharing, and original CD copies are quite rare; in 2015, the album was released through Tidal.[ citation needed ] On May 29, 2020, the album was released on vinyl and CD.

Track listing

All songs written by Prince, except "A Case of U" by Joni Mitchell.

One Nite Alone... track listing
No.TitleLength
1."One Nite Alone..."3:37
2."U're Gonna C Me"5:16
3."Here on Earth"3:23
4."A Case of U"3:39
5."Have a Heart"2:04
6."Objects in the Mirror"3:27
7."Avalanche"4:24
8."Pearls B4 the Swine"3:01
9."Young and Beautiful"2:44
10."Arboretum" (instrumental)3:26

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for One Nite Alone... (Solo Piano and Voice by Prince)
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 192
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 105
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 191

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