Up all nite with Prince : the one nite alone collection

"After the Clive Davis-shepherded Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic failed to become Supernatural, Part 2, Prince turned to the jazz/gospel fusion The Rainbow Children, an album he effectively was promoting during the One Nite Alone tour. While he didn't avoid secular material on this 2002 tour, take his warning of "For those of you expecting to get your 'Purple Rain' on, you're in the wrong house" to heart: this isn't the rock & roll Revolution, it's the jazz-funk incarnation of the New Power Generation, one who sprinkles in snippets of chestnuts between extended new jams. The band is certainly fine - tight, lithe, and eager to follow the leader down his detours - and their sound is invigorating, at least for a little while. The performances quickly become exhausting. Prince treats his older, better tunes as inconveniences and he's so committed to his new direction, he doesn't bother meeting his audience at a halfway point".

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"Taken on the whole, the box set is proof of his astounding skill as a performer, the depth of his catalog even in its shallow end, and the consistency that he brought to his concerts, night in and night out. It remains one of the few archival documents of his sometimes awe-inspiring, sometimes maddeningly mercurial, but always adventurous live experience, and the most complete picture of how he put together his shows".

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