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Article: One Nite Alone… Solo Piano And Voice By Prince Check out the article published by A Pop Life entitled "One Nite Alone… Solo Piano And Voice By Prince": http://en.apoplife.nl/one...by-prince/ | |
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thanks Latin...
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One of my favorite Prince albums. | |
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Mine too. | |
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Thanks for sharing. This album has rarely received positive press, so it was nice to read it. I agree that it is best in certain moods. |
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Thanks, Latin. I love this album. | |
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Great album  Welcome 2 The Dawn | |
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When the news of Prince having passed hit me, on a sad Friday evening, I played ONA. Spontaneously, that was the Prince record I wanted to hear in that moment. It's one of those Prince records that stand out in his discography, being quite different from the pack. Few people beyond us the hardcore fans know of its existence and it's a pity. I wonder what reviews would have been if it had received a mainstream release. 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). A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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Thanks Latin.Beautiful album. | |
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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. 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.
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Thanks Latin for posting this! It has been awhile since I played this album. I think I will go listen to this tonight. Still missing our beloved Prince. | |
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Avalanche and Pearls B4 the Swine are two deep cuts. Profound songwriting. | |
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purplerabbithole said: 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. 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.
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. No effects, no sexy attitude, no bravado, just a man, some songs and a piano, and a very intimate record. 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. 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. Non-fans didn't have this prejudice. They would first and foremost have been surprised, then mist likely impressed. 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. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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I absolutely love this album. Glad it got some more attention. | |
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