One Nite Alone…

In 1998 Prince treated us to an acoustic set with The Truth, and in that vein come 2002 he followed up with a piano showpiece One Nite Alone… It is perfectly inoffensive and can easily played to your mother quite without the need of editing those hazardous swear words of pre Millennium music. There are many good tracks to be had with One Nite Alone… such as the title track, Here On Earth A Case Of U (a cover of Joni Mitchell), Avalanche and Young And Beautiful. Pearls B4 The Swine has real catch to it even though you think you have heard it before (Little House On The Prairie). But One Nite Alone… will not live in your stereo. It is the bride’s maid not the bride and will take fleeting stints, which will be good, only as stints. For this album you need to be in the right frame of mind to let it in. So on some levels it works perfectly. As with The Truth Prince never fails to under produce his work and there are nice swathes of rhythm worked into the melody. Nice for a ‘rare album’ listening session but it will remain rare for that reason. Pedestrian Prince.