Nina Simone - Emergency Ward / It Is Finished / Black Gold
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Artist: Nina SimoneEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2002-03-25
Music Label: RCA Victor Europe
Soundtracks:
- Medley My Sweet Lord Today Is A Killer
- Popies
- Isnt It A Pity
- The Pusher
- Com By H Yere Good Lord
- Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter
- Mr Bojangles
- I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- Dambala
- Let It Be Me
- Obeah Woman
- Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair (Nina Simone Vocal)
- Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair (Emile Latimer Voc)
- Aint Got No - I Got Life
- Westwind
- Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- The Assignment Sequence
- To Be Young Gifted And Black
Music reviews of Emergency Ward / It Is Finished / Black Gold
Music Review: Really, genuinely outstanding.
Rating: 5 Stars
There is no way that any review can do justice to what is captured within this double album. I would simply emplore you (as I do my friends)to shut up, sit down, and just listen to this woman.
I got this album on Christmas morning. It was the first of the CDs that I received, that I put on, and I didn't move until it was finished. I sat and shivered in my pyjamas for the length of the whole album. Never have I been so amazed by a live album. Never have I been so envious of the audience that was actually there for the recording.
If ever there really was, earth-moving, soul-stirring stuff, then this is it. It is an out-pouring of 30 years of pain, anger, suppression, damage and resilience. The full brunt of Nina's harsh life are brought to bear here, she spits and hollers it at you, you feel her pain, and of those around her. There simply is nowhere to hide from her fervent admonitions, her knowing recriminations, or heartbreaking pleas.
The opening song 'My Sweet Lord', is nothing short of amazing, and is worth the price alone. One must remind yourself that this is a live performance every once in a while. It is the High Priestess in full swing, operating on a higher plane as she desperately complains about the speed of Divine revelation. No one, bar Nina, could carry this off as she does here. It is a masterclass, in genuine soul, grit, determination and purpose. It showcases an ability that could not be learned in a fame school, or television programme, but that is articulated somwehere deep inside of her, and is then served up in the most bittersweet key of life.
There are no bad songs here. There are a lot of very good songs, and some stand-outs, in particular, Isn't It A Pity, Com' By H'Yere-Good Lord, Dambala, Obeah Woman and Who Knows Where The Time Goes. Through them a wide gamut of styles, influences and emotions are represented. Throughout them all however, Nina is nothing less than inspiring, never anything less than the High Priestess.
It has often been said, but this is soul food. This is pain and human experience served up on a plate with such an intensity and capability that it is heart-breaking. Sentiments delivered through such a filter of experience, that only the most intense, the darkest, and most moving can make it through. I cannot recommend this album highly enough. If you buy it, you will be glad you did, even if not immediately, trust me, you will be glad some time. It is a travesty that Nina is as little known as she is, she deserves to be recognised for what she is. So buy this, be amazed, and tell your friends to buy it. It is a truly tremendous album.
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First time on CD for all three albums Emergency Ward / It Is Finished / Black Gold. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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