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Album sessions took place in late 2000 and early 2001 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Horns were added to five of the tracks in February 2001. | Album sessions took place in late 2000 and early 2001 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Horns were added to five of the tracks in February 2001. | ||
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<b>Storyline</b> | <b>Storyline</b> | ||
− | The album opens with narrative in a distorted low voice by [[Prince]] that continues through many of the album's tracks. It introduces the story of the "Rainbow Children", who "go about the work of building a new nation" with "accurate understanding of God and his laws". "The Wise One" and his woman are tempted by "The Resistor" "as prophesied". The woman succumbed, and was banished from the land along with five others, who became "The Banished Ones" (this was long thought to be as being written about Prince's separation from his first wife Mayte, which she confirmed in her 2017 biography "The Beautiful | + | The album opens with narrative in a distorted low voice by [[Prince]] that continues through many of the album's tracks. It introduces the story of the "Rainbow Children", who "go about the work of building a new nation" with "accurate understanding of God and his laws". "The Wise One" and his woman are tempted by "The Resistor" "as prophesied". The woman succumbed, and was banished from the land along with five others, who became "The Banished Ones" (this was long thought to be as being written about Prince's separation from his first wife Mayte, which she confirmed in her 2017 biography "The Most Beautiful"). |
The Wise One trusted in God to bring him another woman (read: [[Prince]]'s soon-to-be second wife, [[Manuela Testolini]]). The term "Rainbow Children" seems to indicate a group of people who have obtained some kind of spiritual enlightenment, "flying on the wings of the New Translation" (likely referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures] used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses], the religious group [[Prince]] belonged to at the time of recording). | The Wise One trusted in God to bring him another woman (read: [[Prince]]'s soon-to-be second wife, [[Manuela Testolini]]). The term "Rainbow Children" seems to indicate a group of people who have obtained some kind of spiritual enlightenment, "flying on the wings of the New Translation" (likely referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures] used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses], the religious group [[Prince]] belonged to at the time of recording). | ||
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Outside of the USA, The Rainbow Children failed to chart, except in Japan and France. | Outside of the USA, The Rainbow Children failed to chart, except in Japan and France. | ||
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+ | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 29|29 May 2020]], [[The Prince Estate]] re-released the album with Sony’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Recordings Legacy Recordings] ([[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]], [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] and [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._The_Aftershow:_It_Ain't_Over|One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!]] were also re-released on vinyl as well as a 4CD+DVD box set called ''Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection'' which contained the [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]], [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._The_Aftershow:_It_Ain't_Over|One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!]] albums and the [[Home Video: Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas|Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas]] DVD). | ||
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|tracklisting = <small>The CD version is the original retail issue.</small> | |tracklisting = <small>The CD version is the original retail issue.</small> | ||
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*[http://cbabibayoc.com Cbabi Bayoc] - cover art and illustrations (credited as "C'Babi") | *[http://cbabibayoc.com Cbabi Bayoc] - cover art and illustrations (credited as "C'Babi") | ||
*Jeremy Gavin - design | *Jeremy Gavin - design | ||
− | *''"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Martin_Luther_King | + | *''"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Martin_Luther_King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.] License granted by Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta, Georgia, as exclusive licensor of the King Estate."'' |
*''"Strings samples courtesy of The Vault"'' | *''"Strings samples courtesy of The Vault"'' | ||
|thanks = | |thanks = | ||
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− | |Single = [[Single: She Loves Me 4 Me|She Loves Me 4 Me]] <small>promo only</small> | + | |Single = [[Single: She Loves Me 4 Me|She Loves Me 4 Me]] <small>(promo only)</small> |
|B-side = None | |B-side = None | ||
|Image = Shelovesme4me single.jpg | |Image = Shelovesme4me single.jpg | ||
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− | |Single = [[Single: Last December|Last December]] <small>promo only</small> | + | |Single = [[Single: Last December|Last December]] <small>(Japan promo only)</small> |
|B-side = None | |B-side = None | ||
|Image = Lastdecember single.jpg | |Image = Lastdecember single.jpg |
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