Nina Simone - Nina Simone Anthology
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Artist: Nina SimoneEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-07-01
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- I Loves You, Porgy
- My Baby Just Cares For Me
- The Other Woman
- Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Trouble In Mind
- Mississippi Goddam
- See Line Woman
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- I Put A Spell On You
- Ne Me Quitte Pas
- Strange Fruit
- Four Women
- Sinnerman
- Do I Move You?
- I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
- The Glory Of Love
- To Love Somebody
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Ain't Got No-I Got Life
- Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)
- Everyone's Gone To The Moon
- Revolution
- To Be Young, Gifted And Black
- Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- Here Comes The Sun
- Just Like A Woman
- Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
- Rich Girl
- A Single Woman
Music reviews of Nina Simone Anthology
Music Review: Want a Nina Simone Compilation???...(This is the one to Buy!!!)
Rating: 5 Stars
There's some much to be said about Nina Simone, that it's a little difficult to know where to begin. Born in the 1950's....few singers have been able to effortlessly shift musicals styles as seamlessly as she did. Proficient in singing, soul, jazz, pop, blues, gospel, and Broadway, R&B...much like the other great female vocalist of her generation (Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield), when she sung a song....irrespective of whether it was a cover version or not. She had the uncanny ability to make the song and sound totally hers.
There have been a great many Compilations compiling her prolific output, and a great many more sprung up, after her untimely death in 2003. Most are adequate, but due to licensing issues, most have notable exceptions missing due to her work on various labels and the permission to source songs from a variety of labels, largely proves to be too problematic for most compilers. Well...things are different this time, because for this Anthology (by the RCA Label),they have taken the considerably thankless task of collecting all the essential tracks from the multitude of labels she worked with over her career, as well as including a handful of unreleased tracks.
So while you get the more familiar tracks that are considered essential for any Nina Simone compilation to even get a look in ("I Loves You Porgy, My Baby Just Cares for me, I Put a Spell on You, Sinner Man, To Love Somebody, Don't let me be misunderstood"). Which is fine for the casual fans that want a fairly brief, and not to involved summary of her work. But the real benefit of forking out the extra money for this Anthology, is the previously little heard, obscure or important tracks that don't usually make it onto the majority of the cheap compilations floating around. So this Anthology goes several steps beyond the regular compilations by including tracks from Live performances, stunning individual tracks cherry-picked from her lesser known albums, or absolutely breathtaking tracks such as "Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter", that doesn't always make compilations (such as Universals excellent "Gold" compilation). As phenomenal a vocalist as Nina was...singing smooth Jazz, or Bittersweet ballads, Yearning Soul, and Brooding Torch songs, and plaintive Blues....most will agree that Nina was at her best when she was pissed-off or rallying against something, and a fantastic selections tracks, chosen here, highlight that fact. What you sometimes find with some of the Nina Simone compilations out there, are that they tend to lend a little bit too much towards certain aspects of her genres that she sung (for instance Soul, Jazz or Blues) but this Anthology gives a truly rounded overview, that Nina was possibly one of the most Versatile singers of her generation, this Anthology covers it all: Blues, Torch songs, Ballads, Jazz, Pop, Soul, Gospel, R&B, Broadway & Hip-hop (Just kidding!!!).
Make no mistake about this...this is arguably the finest Nina Simone collection that money can buy. And short of having to buy a Boxset, nothing else on the market matches this for depth, selection, mood, Arrangement, and versatility. The irony being that this Anthology appeared months after her death, and until then, nothing had previously satisfied in quite the same way as this release does. Bad points??....weeeeell, there is a lot of material here, and its likely to be a little overwhelming for the causal fan, or people that have only really expressed an interest in her work, from hearing one of her tracks on a commercial. This is something that is largely geared towards the enthusiast or long-time admirer of her work, because the more unheard/obscure work is likely to pass over the more casual fans head. And compared to some of the cheapo compilations of her work floating around, it can be a little more expensive...but to be fair, anyone searching on Amazon.com for this particular Anthology, is probably committed to getting the best summary of her work. And without a shadow of a doubt, this is it!!! (Absolutely essential)
Description of Nina Simone Anthology
Nina Simone's musical style arose from a fusion of gospel and pop songs with classical music, in particular with influences from her first inspiration, Johann Sebastian Bach,and accompanied with her expressive jazz-like singing in her characteristic low tenor. She injected as much of her classical background into her music as possible to give it more depth and quality, as she felt that pop music was inferior to classical. Her intuitive grasp on the audience-performer relationship was gained from a unique background of playing piano accompaniment for church revivals and sermons regularly from the early age of six years. After 20 years of performing, she became involved in the civil rights movement and the direction of her life shifted once again. Simone's music was highly influential in the fight for equal rights in the US.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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