✦ Indigo Nights – Album UK/US: Sept. 2008

Aftershow fire from the 21 Nights residency — Prince, the NPG, and London’s indigO2 in full midnight bloom.

✦ — SUMMARY

Released September 30, 2008, Indigo Nights captures performances from Prince’s legendary 2007 aftershows at the indigO2 nightclub in London during his 21 Nights residency. The album features nine live renditions of Prince classics, four cover songs, one new track, and a spoken monologue. It was exclusively packaged with the 21 Nights coffee‑table book, which debuted at No. 9 on The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. In 2018, NPG Records issued the album digitally on major streaming platforms, marking its first standalone release.

✦ — HIGHLIGHTS

• Recorded live at the indigO2 aftershows during the 2007 21 Nights residency

• Includes covers, reimagined classics, and a spoken monologue

• CD originally exclusive to the 21 Nights book

• Book reached No. 9 on NYT hardcover nonfiction list

• First digital release in 2018 on Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes

• One of Prince’s rarest live albums until the digital reissue

✦ — TRACK DETAILS

CD – NPG Records – UK/US – 2008

(Exclusive to 21 Nights book; no standalone physical release)

21st Century Blues

Planet Earth

Cream

U’re Gonna C Me

Mr. Goodnight

Miss You (Rolling Stones cover)

Strange Relationship

Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover)

Alphabet St.

Indigo Nights

Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin cover)

Whole Lotta Love (Reprise)

The One

All the Critics Love U in London

Speech / Monologue

(Track titles vary slightly between early listings; this reflects the official 2008 CD sequence.)

✦ — REISSUES & GLOBAL VARIANTS

(Verified via Prince Vault, Discogs, NPG Records)

2008 Original Release

• CD — NPG Records — UK/US — Included ONLY with 21 Nights book

• No catalogue number; no barcode

• Never sold separately in physical form

2018 Digital Reissue

• Digital — NPG Records — Worldwide — July 2018

• Available on Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes

• First time the album was available outside the book

Physical Formats

• No vinyl, cassette, or standalone CD editions exist

✦ — PRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

• Produced by Prince

• Recorded live at the indigO2 nightclub, London — 2007

• Part of the 21 Nights residency (21 shows + aftershows)

• Features the NPG in a loose, improvisational, late‑night setting

• Blends funk, rock, jazz, blues, and extended jams

• Book photography and design documented Prince’s London takeover

✦ — SINGLES RELEASED

No singles were issued from this album.

✦ — CHART PERFORMANCE

• Album: Not eligible (book‑exclusive release)

• Book: The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction — #9

✦ — DISCOGRAPHY SIDEBAR

Planet Earth — 2007

Indigo Nights — 2008

Lotusflow3r / MPLSound — 2009

✦ — PRINCE ERA MINI‑TIMELINE

Summer 2007 — 21 Nights O2 residency + indigO2 aftershows

Sept 2008 — Indigo Nights CD released with 21 Nights book

2018 — Digital reissue on major streaming platforms

✦ — GLAM FLASHBACK

The indigO2 aftershows were pure alchemy — Prince stretching songs into molten funk, flipping classics inside out, and leading the NPG through deep‑night improvisations. Indigo Nights bottles that atmosphere: sweaty, spontaneous, and unmistakably alive.

✦ — COPYRIGHT NOTICE

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✦ — SOURCES

Prince Vault

Discogs

NPG Records documentation

The New York Times bestseller archives