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Nina Simone at her very best

Advantages: all Nina Simone's best tracks are on here
Disadvantages: not long enough

...album states this is 'The Very Best of Nina Simone' and it has been compiled beautifully. Before I bought the album I only knew one of her songs and yet as the album played out on my dvd player I found myself realising that I didn\'t know she had sung half the songs and that I had heard these on various films and on television advertisements. The tracks on the album are: 1 Ain't Got No, I Got Life 2 My Baby Just Cares For Me 3 Feeling Good 4 ...
...You 5 I Loves You Porgy 6 Don\'t Let Me Be Misunderstood 7 The Look Of Love 8 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free 9 I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl 10 Do I Move You 11 Do What You Gotta Do 12 To Be Young, Gifted And Black 13 Since I Fell For You 14 Nobody\'s Fault But Mine 15 I Think It\'s Going To Rain Today 16 Sinnerman 17 Times They Are A Changin\' 18 Mr Bojangles 19 Here Comes The Sun 20 To Love Somebody 21 Ain\'t Got ...

sexybabe7825 30.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Very Best Of Nina Simone Vol.1, The - Nina Simone

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU

Advantages: GOOD ALBUM
Disadvantages: HARDLY ANY

This is a classical very very very old ‘cabaret’ type soul soothing album. Hope I described it well enough! I first heard her music on the movie ‘Assassin’, where the trainee demands to listen to it. There really is no other way to try and explain what she sounds like, you just have to listen to her. Songs like ‘Baby Cares’, and ‘Feeling Good’ are just songs that would make the hairs on the back of ...
...at the same time. Her music would suite any mood, any time of the day. I hunted around for ages trying to get a copy and eventually found it at the library! So – if you can’t find some music, don’t forget to go to the local library! This album is absolutely brilliant, now that you know where to get it… all you need to do now is …. Go out and get it! Tracks on the ‘Bittersweet: The Best of’ album include: ...

michellej 01.09.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Nina Simone - Nina Simone

Nina Simone Best Of - Not Misunderstood

Advantages: Nina Simone - One of THE Voices Of Music
Disadvantages: None

Nina Simone is one of those musical artists whoes voice is instantly recognisable. This album, 'The Very Best Of Nina Simone' is a solid, well organised CV of her musical achievements. She is one of those artists who, until you recieve an album like this, you forget had so many brilliant songs. The three tracks that leap off the 20 long song list for me are arguably three of the best American soul tracks ever. Firstly, of course, the magical 'Feeling ...
...a pure soul track, a song that moulds the listener into a somber but content mood to begin with, then has them up on their feet singing as load as they can by the end. The second track is her religious masterpiece, Sinnerman. you can sense the faith in this track - one clearly derived from an upbringing in gospel churches. The third is 'Don't let me be misunderstood'. Purely for the song's symbolic stature, written during the time of Martin Luther ...

nickshircore 14.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Feeling Good (The Very Best Of Nina Simone) - Nina Simone

A boxed set to rival all boxed sets, a genius at work.

Advantages: A whopping 75 tracks and a very high quality presentation box.
Disadvantages: "My Baby Just Cares For Me" & "Ain't Got No/I Got Life" not included in this set.

...Your Lovin' Ways 2:35 13. Four Women 4:24 14. What More Can I Say? 2:48 15. Lilac Wine 4:13 16. That's All I Ask 2:28 17. Break Down And Let It All Out 2:37 18. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart 2:34 19. Wild Is The Wind 6:56 20. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair 3:24 21. If I Should Lose You 3:55 22. Either Way I Lose 2:43 Disc 4 1. Don't You Pay Them No Mind 3:05 2. I'm Gonna Leave You 2:15 3. Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2:02 4. ...

bella6789 21.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Four Women (The Nina Simone Philips Recordings) - Nina Simone

Finger clicking good

Advantages: Deep as the ocean blue
Disadvantages: Nil

Not usually one to buy 'greatest hits' or compilation albums I caved in an bought 'the great Nina Simone', showing a perfect skinned 60s girl on the front sleeve. With her dark, heavily made-up, fake-eyelashed eyes one might expect cover versions of 60's pop songs about broken hearts and popsicles. But anyone who knows anything about Nina Simone would know to expect great blues and a fantastic vocalist. Simones smokey, sensual voice accompanies her ...
...has been popular with lovers of jazz, soul, gospel, blues and pop. Yet she has stuck to her own thing throughout her career, avoiding pushes to perform for the more commercial side of the music industry. This compilation holds three of her most famous tracks, 'I Loves You Porgy', recorded by Bethlehem in 1957 and written by George Gershwin for a folk opera; 'Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', later recorded by The Animals; 'My Baby Just Cares ...

hulahoop 05.04.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Greatest Hits - Nina Simone