Nina Simone - The Essential Nina Simone
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Artist: Nina SimoneEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-09-28
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
- Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- Since I Fell for You
- Mr. Bojangles
- Ain't Got No (I Got Life)
- In the Dark
- Turn Me On
- To Love Somebody
- I Shall Be Released
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- I Can't See Nobody
- Isn't It a Pity
- Sunday in Savannah
- I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Music reviews of The Essential Nina Simone
Music Review: she hasn't aged, but some of the arrangements have...
Rating: 5 Stars
Too powerful and emotive to be relegated to background music, her songs still refuse to be ignored.
"Turn Me On" remains the quintessential end-of-a-relationship song.
Thank you Nina.
One thing though, on "Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' you" and "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" (I'm hoping someone slapped the pianist)
Description of The Essential Nina Simone
Like Etta James, Nina Simone has often been larger than her material, and that's the case on much of this CD, selected from her recordings for RCA Victor in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Powerful and deeply personal songs, such as "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black," "Sunday in Savannah," and the spirited, earthy "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," are mixed in with ephemeral songs by the Bee Gees' Gibb brothers. At other times, however, Simone's gospel-strong voice and emotional reserves are well suited to the superior rock and pop material, such pieces as Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and Randy Newman's understated "I Think It's Going To Rain Today." While the Simone signature piano frequently gives way to folk guitar and studio orchestrations, the apparent conflict between singer and material may sometimes heighten these performances, emphasizing and isolating Simone's passionate, enduring vocals. In the case of songs like Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles," the singer has simply proven herself more durable than the songs. --Stuart BroomerTraditional Vocal Pop CDs
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