Let It All Out

For other uses, see Let It All Out (disambiguation).

Let It All Out
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	February 1966
Recorded	March 1964 – October 1965
Length	37:03
Label	Philips
Producer	Hal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Pastel Blues (1965) Let It All Out (1966) Wild Is the Wind (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.5/10 [2]
Record Mirror	[3]
Tom Hull	B+ [4]

Let It All Out is an album by Nina Simone, released by Philips Records in February 1966. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

The song "Chauffeur" is an adaptation of Memphis Minnie's "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" (1941), which Simone first heard Big Mama Thornton sing. ^[7] Thornton released her version as "Me and My Chauffeur" on the B-side of her "Before Day" single on James Moore's Sharp label in 1964. ^[8] Simone's version is credited to Andy Stroud, her husband and manager at the time, who adapted it and "Nearer Blessed Lord" for her. ^[7]

"Images", sung a cappella by Simone, is based on a poem by Waring Cuney. ^{[1] [7]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mood Indigo"	Irving Mills, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington
2.	"The Other Woman"	Jessie Mae Robinson
3.	"Love Me or Leave Me"	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
4.	"Don't Explain"	Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
5.	"Little Girl Blue"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
6.	"Chauffeur"	Andy Stroud
7.	"For Myself"	Van McCoy
8.	"The Ballad of Hollis Brown"	Bob Dylan
9.	"This Year's Kisses"	Irving Berlin
10.	"Images"	Nina Simone, Waring Cuney
11.	"Nearer Blessed Lord"	Stroud
Total length:			37:03

Source: AllMusic ^[1]

Personnel

• Nina Simone – piano, vocals, arranger
• Rudy Stevenson – guitar, flute
• Lisle Atkinson – bass
• Bobby Hamilton – drums
• Horace Ott – arranger, conductor

Charts

Chart (1966)	Peak position
Hot R&B LPs	19 [9]

References

1. Let It All Out at AllMusic
2. Wallace, Carvell (July 30, 2016). "Nina Simone : Let It All Out". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved July 30, 2016.
3. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (June 25, 1966). "Bunch of hits from 4 Seasons, & a subtle LP by Nina Simone..." (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 276. London: Cardfont. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 1, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
4. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz/Pop Vocals (1950s-70s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
5. Cohodas, Nadine (2010). Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone. Pantheon Books. p. 184. ISBN   978-0-375-42401-4. A haunting song called "Images" stood out on Nina's latest album, Let It All Out, which was released in February.
6. Light, Alan (2016). "Discography". What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography. Crown Archetype. ISBN   978-1-101-90487-9 – via Google Books.
7. Champlin, Charles. "Let It All Out [liner notes]" . Retrieved December 30, 2022– via ninasimone.com.
8. "The future looks bright / the Jasman Records story" (PDF). Real Blues. No. 19. 1999. pp. 46–47. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
9. "Nina Simone". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2012.