“Broadway-Blues-Ballads” by Nina Simone - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1964 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
She could deliver something approaching album-of-the-year if only she'd focus on the blues and drop the broadway ballads, but I guess that's just me.
The Jukebox Rebel
05–Sep–2009
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:48] Nina Simone - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin) Songwriter |
A2 | [03:06] Nina Simone - Night Song (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) Crooner / Cabaret |
A3 | [02:19] Nina Simone - The Laziest Gal In Town (Cole Porter) Jazz |
A4 | [02:46] Nina Simone - Something Wonderful (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) Crooner / Cabaret |
A5 | [02:54] Nina Simone - Don’t Take All Night (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
A6 | [04:18] Nina Simone - Nobody (Alex Rogers, Bert Williams) Crooner / Cabaret |
B1 | [02:57] Nina Simone - I Am Blessed (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) Soul Ballad |
B2 | [02:37] Nina Simone - Of This I’m Sure (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) Pop Ballad |
B3 | [02:38] Nina Simone - See-Line Woman [live ny ’64] (George Bass, Nina Simone) Soul |
B4 | [03:01] Nina Simone - Our Love (Will See Us Through) (Bennie Benjamin) Soul Ballad |
B5 | [02:05] Nina Simone - How Can I? (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) Pop |
B6 | [03:08] Nina Simone - The Last Rose Of Summer (Richard Alfred Milliken, Thomas Moore, Nina Simone) Folk |