Nina Simone Very Best Of Nina Simone (Crystal Clear)
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March 21, 2025
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The great Nina Simone's style encompassed a broad range of musical genres including jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, pop and classical music. This collection compiles some of her best performances, all of which were sounded hits. Included here are her perennial reading of George & Ira Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy", which charted at #2 in the UK and #18 in the USA in 1959, along with "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (#23 in the UK; #93 in the USA in 1960), and "Trouble in Mind" (#11 in the UK; #92 in the USA in 1961). Also included is her
Tracklist:
- 1. My Baby Just Cares for Me 3:38
- 2. I Loves You Porgy 4:11
- 3. Love Me or Leave Me 3:22
- 4. Little Girl Blue 4:19
- 5. He Needs Me 2:30
- 6. Children Go Where I Send You 2:52
- 7. Willow Weep for Me 3:14
- 8. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 2:40
- 9. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair 3:32
- 10. Trouble in Mind 5:42
- 11. Exactly Like You 3:16
- 12. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 2:50
- 13. Work Song 2:38
- 14. Fine and Mellow 3:28
- 15. Mood Indigo 4:01
- 16. The Other Woman 2:59
