Indigo Nights
Occupation
- Cora Coleman - Dunham - drums
- Josh Dunham - Bass Guitar
- Moris Hayes - Keyboard
- Renato Neto - Keyboard
- Mike Phillips - Saxophone, Vocoder
- Greg Boyer - trombone
- Lee Hogans - Trumpet
- Shelby J. - vocals, backing vocal
- Marva King - vocals, backing vocal
- The Twinz: Maya and Nandy McClean - dancers, backing vocals
- (only on 22 September ) Maceo Parker - alto saxophone
- (only on 22 September ) Beverly Knight - Vocals
Indigo Nights is the fourth live album by American musician Prince. It was released on 30 September 2008 at his music label, NPG Records. Indigo Nights is just as CD Supplement to the Coffee Table Book 21 Nights by Prince and Randee St. Nicholas photographer available, sold by the book publisher Simon & Schuster. The track list is a compilation of the after shows on 17 and 22 September 2007, which Prince played in the London Music Club indigO2.
The music of the album is one of the genre R & B, funk, soul, pop and rock. As a guest musician among other Beverly Knight and Maceo Parker interact with. The CD is among other things a cover version of Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love Hits available. Nights indigo was not performed in the international charts and therefore had no way to achieve a gold or platinum.
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Formation
From August 1 to September 21, 2007 gave Prince played 21 concerts at the O2 Arena in London, calling the tour 21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour. The concerts were all sold out and played a total of 22 million U.S. dollars. After Prince had finished the tour, he returned to Beverly Hills ( California ), where he then had rented a villa. There he hosted a meeting of leaders from the music industry to come to your home to talk to them about new sales opportunities for its music. About the meeting, Prince expressed to Claire Hoffman by the U.S. The New Yorker magazine that he was " the hearts and minds of the music moguls get it " have. You sit with them and could understand " how they see things ." ( " Understand the hearts and minds of the music moguls ... to sit down with them, to understand the way They see things ... " )
Prince decided to work more together with any record companies. Although his recordings appear at his own music label, NPG Records, but for the sales, he chooses other channels. For Indigo Nights he decided to cooperate with the U.S. book publisher Simon & Schuster. Prince signed a contract, the live CD Indigo Nights in combination with the Coffee Table Book 21 Nights for U.S. $ 50 to publish. "I 'm really proud of this ," Prince said of the work.
According to the U.S. tabloid website RadarOnline.com the literary agency Vigliano Associates filed in April 2009, a lawsuit against Prince. The Agency felt that Prince had already confessed as " exclusive agent in relation to the negotiation of a publishing deal " for two projects with the book publisher Simon & Schuster, as well as a special edition with the British publisher Kraken Opus for them under contract. In the summer of 2008 Vigliano Associates wanted to bring the contract with Princeville completed. It states that both Prince and Simon & Schuster had not registered with them. Due to the miscommunication Vigliano Associates had been lost the promised 15 percent commission, which corresponds to a sum of 200,000 U.S. dollars. Neither Prince nor Simon & Schuster have given feedback until today the indictment and the outcome was not anything made public. (As of 2014)
After shows
In 13 of the 21 concerts in London, Prince played after the main concert after a show, so another concert after midnight. The after shows have been officially announced and took place in the music club indigO2, which is located inside the O2 Arena. Admission cost £ 25, which at that time was approximately 37 euros. The capacity was about 2500 spectators. In some of these after- shows Candy Dulfer appeared (August 2 ), Mýa (August 19 ) and will.i.am (September 2 ) with as musical guests.
The After Show on September 17 was the twelfth and penultimate in the music club indigO2. On this aftershow inter alia, the seven songs 3121, Girls & Boys, The Song of the Heart, Delirious, Just Like U ( monologue ), Satisfied and Beggin ' Woman Blues were played and recorded also in this order in the track list of the CD Indigo Nights. Furthermore, Prince played under a different cover versions of the songs Tom 's Diner and Over the Rainbow, but to publish on tape without her.
The last aftershow Prince played on September 22. From this come the aftershow eight songs Rock Steady, Whole Lotta Love, All the Critics Love U in London, Misty Blue, Baby Love, Alphabet St., Indigo Nights and The One. These eight songs were arranged on the CD Indigo Nights in a different order than they were actually listed; For example, All the Critics Love U was played in London after the first third of the after show and not as the last song. The After Show on September 22 opened Amy Winehouse Love Is a Losing Game sang. This song was not released on Indigo Nights, the later of Beverly Knight put forward Rocksteady but already. Furthermore, Prince played cover versions of the songs Come Together, What Have You Done for Me Lately and Villanova Junction Jimi Hendrix, but he also did not publish on CD.
Music
On the CD, Indigo Nights styles of music in the genres of R & B, funk, soul, pop and rock are present.
The song 3121 is attributable to the genre radio. Right at the beginning are horn sections of the songs The Entertainer, Alexander 's Ragtime Band and Music! Music! Music! integrated. Music! Music! Music! was written in 1949 by Stephen Weiss and Bernie tree. The lyrics of 3121 mixed with the Prince of DMSR from his album 1999.
The following songs Girls & Boys, The Song of the Heart and Delirious be played in a kind of medley and have a smooth transition. The songs are also assigned to the genre radio. Delirious also includes elements from the genre rockabilly. The medley ends with the Prince of seemingly improvised, spoken monologue Just Like U ( monologue ). This monologue is accompanied by a subtle drumming in the background and of brass.
The R & B ballad Satisfied contains a saxophone solo by Mike Phillips. The song has a smooth transition to the piece Beggin ' Woman Blues, which is a medley of the songs Beggin' is Woman and Three Handed Woman. Similar to Just Like U ( monologue ) Beggin ' Woman Blues is accompanied by a subtle drumming in the background.
The song Rock Steady is from the genre funk and rock. The vocals takes over Beverly Knight, accompanied by Prince on guitar. Whole Lotta Love is also out of the rock genre and is played as an instrumental version, where Prince is acting as lead guitarist.
Alphabet St. contains an alto sax solo by Maceo Parker. In the further course of the song developed into a jam session that includes Chants of (Eye Like ) Funky Music. (Eye Like ) Funky Music can be found on the album, published in 1998 Newpower Soul of Prince's backing band The New Power Generation.
Indigo Nights is an instrumental piece substantially. At the beginning, to hear from Prince " London knows how to party " chants. Melody and rhythm are based on the song Get On the Boat from Prince's album 3121.
The ballad singing Misty Blue band member Shelby J. and is from the music genre of soul and pop music. The radio - rock song Baby Love also sings Shelby J..
The ballad The One begins with the melody and the rhythm of the song The Question of U from Prince's album Graffiti Bridge in 1990. Mike Phillips plays in the live version again a saxophone solo. Prince sings the lyrics of The One and Maceo Parker plays an alto sax solo. Then is heard with a keyboard solo Renato Neto.
The last song of Indigo Nights is called in the original All the Critics Love U in New York. For the concert series in London Prince changed the lyrics to All the Critics Love U in London. In the course of the song Morris Hayes plays a keyboard solo. After the song is finished, are still the first 30 seconds of Batdance to hear the tape.
List of titles and publications
On 30 September 2008, the book publisher Simon & Schuster released the live CD Indigo Nights as a supplement to the Coffee Table Book 21 Nights. The CD is in the inside of the front cover. Indigo Nights is by One Nite Alone ... Live, One Nite Alone ... The Aftershow: It Is not Over (both from 2002 ) and C-Note (2004 ) is the fourth live album by Prince. Unlike the previous live albums Prince released on Indigo Nights and five cover versions.
Beggin ' Woman Blues is a medley of the songs Beggin ' Woman of Cousin Joe from 1947 and Three Handed Woman by Ben Raleigh and Hilda Taylor of 1950; Prince wrote additional lyrics. The piece Misty Blue was published in 1966 by the American songwriter Bob Montgomery. He originally wrote the song for Brenda Lee, but rejected it. Whole Lotta Love docked in 1969, Led Zeppelin from their album Led Zeppelin II as a single from Rocksteady and published Aretha Franklin in 1971 on their album Young, Gifted and Black. The piece Baby Love wrote in 1977, Jerry Seay of the band Mother's Finest, who published it on the album Another Mother Further.
The remaining ten songs were written by Prince; Delirious and All the Critics Love U in New York were released on the album 1999 ( 1982). Girls & Boys appeared on the album Parade ( 1986). The piece Alphabet St. was released on the album Lovesexy (1988). The One published Prince on the album Newpower Soul (1998 ) by The New Power Generation. 3121 and Satisfied are on the album 3121 (2006) to find. The Song of the Heart published Prince, also in 2006, only on the soundtrack to the animated film Happy Feet.
The two songs Just Like U ( monologue ) and Indigo Nights were previously unpublished; of them are no studio versions.
The book 21 Nights
The 256 -page coffee table book 21 Nights documented chronologically Prince ' stay in London during his tour from 1 August to 21 September 2007. During this time he Randee St. Nicholas of the photographer was accompanied that each concert day held in the image band. During the tour in London Prince traveled with Nicholas briefly to Prague, there to work with her the music video of the song Somewhere Here On Earth. Therefore are also photos from the Czech Republic capital available in the book.
The 256 pages of 21 Nights contain mostly photos in which Prince is depicted; show him this example, while samples in his hotel room of the five- star hotel The Dorchester or at live performances at the O2 Arena.. " An artist who is truly like no other " in the preface ( " an artist who is truly like no other " ) Randee St. Nicholas writes about Prince, he was over the Prince - printed photos, she said: "It may other people glamorous occur, but the [ concert life ] is his comfort zone. It is not that he moves around to be out there 'Prince. No, the guy just looks 24 hours a day great. " ( " It 'may be glamorous to others, but that's his comfort zone. It's not like he changes to go out and be Prince. The guy looks amazing 24 hours a day. " ) In addition, the dancers Maya and Nandy McClean as well as members of the backing band the New Power Generation are shown in the book.
Besides the photos are to be read in the book, some written by Prince poems and rhymes. In addition, the lyrics of his then-current album Planet Earth were printed. In addition, the lyrics of the songs Prince Days of Wild ( 1998), What's My Name ( 1998), Musicology (2004) and 3121 (2006) are completely or partially printed.
The British publisher Kraken Opus published the book 21 Nights in a limited edition of 950 pieces worldwide, The Prince Opus named special edition for 2100 U.S. dollars. This edition contains the Live CD Indigo Nights an Apple iPod touch 40 minutes of live footage of the concert series in London. Once all copies are sold, to be held among the buyers a raffle. The winner will receive, among other things, the book 21 Nights in a so-called " Number -One Edition" as unique, with 21 brilliant-cut diamonds and 5 purple diamonds. Karl Fowler, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Opus Kraken, said that a third of the 950 The Prince Opus copies had been sold after its release on the first weekend. The contest was originally supposed to take place in 2009, but runs the action in 2014 are still on the site further.
Reception
Press
The mass media were only sparsely interested in the CD and the book Indigo Nights 21 Nights; For example, peer-reviewed, Rolling Stone, Allmusic and laut.de neither the album nor the book. 21 Nights peaked at number nine in the nonfiction bestseller list of the New York Times.