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| Author: Prince
Creator: Randee St. Nicholas
Publisher: Atria Books
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
Buy New: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 210
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.2
Dimensions (in): 13.9 x 9.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416554440
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.66092
EAN: 9781416554448
ASIN: 1416554440
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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Product Description
21 Nights--a first book by Prince and celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas is a stunning multimedia volume offering a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics and mystique of one of the most notable and prolific musicians of our time. This beautifully designed photographic essay flows from Prince's sensational, unprecedented, record-breaking, sold-out 21 concerts in 21 Nights at London's 02 Arena in 2007. Giving insight into his dueling worlds of performance and solitude, 21 Nights incorporates Prince's evocative poetry and lyrics to new songs and other selections, and 124 full-color, sumptuous never-before-published images by Randee St. Nicholas. As part of the multi-dimensional experience, it will also include "Indigo Night," a CD--available only with the book--capturing Prince's after-hours, live after-show sessions--rare and profound moments of musical genius.
21 Nights takes the reader from the passenger seat of a limousine zipping through the streets of London to his sleeping quarters in a luxury hotel. In between we see him and his phenomenal band of musicians, singers and dancers backstage in the make up room to onstage, bathed in purple lights and a fog of gray smoke. Like a movie-in-a-book, readers are taken on his journey from London to Prague, in a style that takes glam rock to a new level.
Then there is poetry and lyrics that reveal the heart and soul of Prince--in addition to his incomparable talent. Going beyond the catchy hook, he expresses himself on everything from the destructive forces of war, greed and superficiality the life giving energy of love, beauty, and--of course--music.
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 21 Bright Nights!!!!!!!!! October 10, 2008
When I first unwrapped the package to open this book, I was eager to get to know what Prince's life is like. Once I started flipping thru the pages, I could not stop. In the past, I thought Prince was weird but now I see that he's just mysteriously creative. He is an artist, an artist so unique that we cannot understand. It is not beyond us,but rather hard to imagine. Prince continues to captivate our attention and after reading this book, I can see why!!!! I LOVE Prince!!!
Why do all the critics hate u in america? October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First I'd like to say, yes I have listened to bootlegs of live shows of his. Yes they were great and in some ways, except for total sound quality they were better. However, being someone who was not able to attend the shows in london I'd have to say I love the chance to get a glimpse into what was going on. Granted, I too think that including the tracks by other artists does take away from the disc. I mean who really wants to hear others when they buy a cd to hear their artist live? That aside though I do not see this cd as something that could be considered a proper release. Meaning, I believe, as some have said that this was simply an add on to the book, kinda mood music while looking through the pics. While some of the songs are great and complete, the addition of other artists makes me believe this was almost a musical appetizer to go with the book. I do not understand the inclusion of all the pictures that are not of prince and the band, but i can appreciate the pics of the twins/maid. I mean come on they are very nice to look at LOL. But I do believe this wasn't intended to be a photo album of prince, I believe it was to capture moments in time on the journey of 21 nights. Kind of a way to show you what prince sees as he travels to perform. I definitely would have loved to see more on-stage type pictures too, but this is more a photo essay, so if some pictures seem staged, as someone said, that is because it's intended to be, it's not impromptu, it's not spontaneous. It's beautiful photography, done in such a way as to capture a gig, one that lasted 21 nights. So when people are overly critical, I only have to ask what were you expecting? It is what it is. A Beautifully bound timepiece that also includes a musical interlude from something we were not fortunate enough to attend. While I believe it wasn't a proper album as it was not intended to be an album release, but a book companion piece, I still believe overall the album rocks. And, even though, there has not been an official live release either on cd or dvd that actually does capture the magic of probably the greatest live showman on the face of the earth, it still fares far better than most, if not all of his contemporaries. In rock, the king is dead, but the prince shall reign forever. as long as there are people who like their music to be real, then prince will always have an audience. Besides amazon's price along with the free shipping can't be beat. I totally reccomend buying it from amazon if you can, they have the best price and I got my copy pretty fast even though shipping was free. So enjoy the music, glance at the pics and blow the twins a kiss or two this book is definitely worth the price. And a must have for all true fans (remember even those who found it disappointed still bought it, so true fans, will always have his back hit or miss.And they will probably buy whatever he puts out next, even if he sings out every name of the phonebook accompanied by acoustic guitar, and if that isn't a testimony to his talents, then I don't know what is.
Somewhat disappoints a life-long fan October 7, 2008
I am a life-long Prince fan and I couldn't wait to see my 21 Nights. I love the music and jamming-he is always entertaining -I will listen to anything he plays. *The first song, a live 3121, rocks!*
The book, however, looks and feels like a giant album brochure and not much more. I appreciate Prince's poems and mystery, but I thought the quality of printing for a coffee-table type of book was unfortunately poor, and the all-caps text drove me crazy after a while. Lastly, if Prince cares about the environment, as he claims, why have these huge, card-stock pages printed? How many trees did it take to make one book?
Beautiful package, great CD. October 4, 2008
I was very impressed by this book. The packaging is absolutely beautiful and the photos inside are artistic and pretty. They are certainly now 'raw', as many amateur concert photos of Prince are, and reflect Randee St. Nicholas' very polished style. Do they give any new information on Prince, his performances and his life? No. But, they sure are beautiful photographs.
The poetry inside is a mix of previously-released song lyrics and short (unreleased) poems by Prince. Interesting to read.
The live CD (Indigo Nights) is great. Again, it's not as raw as the bootlegs of these shows, and you can argue about the song selection, but any officially released live album by Prince is hard to come by.
If you've ever purchased a Prince bootleg for $20-30, you certainly owe it to the artists to pick up this project. If you're a fan of Randee St. Nicholas' photographs, you'll enjoy this as well.
Glamorous & Creative Book & CD from Prince October 4, 2008
Glamorous , Beautiful Book liner notes for Indigos Nights/ live Sessions CD! Thank you Prince!
I am buying a second one!
Aziza
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