Nina Simone Sings the Blues

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Nina Simone Sings the Blues
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Studio album by
Nina Simone
ReleasedJune 1967 (1967-06) [a]
RecordedDecember 19, 1966 – January 5, 1967
Studio RCA Victor, New York City, New York
Genre Blues, soul, jazz, pop, folk
Length32:35
Label RCA Victor
Producer Danny Davis
Nina Simone chronology
High Priestess of Soul
(1967)		Nina Simone Sings the Blues
(1967)		 Silk & Soul
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A– [3]
PopMatters 7/10 [4]
Tom Hull B [5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Sings the Blues is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. This was Simone's first album for RCA Victor after previously recording for Colpix Records and Philips Records. The album was also reissued in 2006 with bonus tracks, and reissued in 1991 by RCA/Novus as a 17-track compilation under the title The Blues.

Contents

Song information

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do I Move You?" Nina Simone 2:46
2."Day and Night"Rudy Stevenson2:35
3."In the Dark" Lil Green 2:57
4."Real Real"Nina Simone2:21
5."My Man's Gone Now" George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward 4:16
6."Backlash Blues" Langston Hughes, Nina Simone2:31
7."I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"Nina Simone2:32
8."Buck"Andy Stroud1:52
9."Since I Fell for You" Buddy Johnson 2:52
10."The House of the Rising Sun"Traditional3:53
11."Blues for Mama"Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln 4:00
Bonus tracks on 2006 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Do I Move You?" (Second version) Nina Simone 2:17
13."Whatever I Am" Willie Dixon 2:35
Additional tracks on The Blues (1991)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."The Pusher" (from It Is Finished) Hoyt Axton 4:50
13."Turn Me On" (from Silk & Soul ) John D. Loudermilk 2:24
14."It's Nobody's Fault But Mine" (from Nina Simone and Piano ) Blind Willie Johnson 2:59
15."Go to Hell" (from Silk & Soul)Morris Bailey, Jr.2:46
16."I Shall Be Released" (from To Love Somebody ) Bob Dylan 3:51
17."Gin House Blues" (from 'Nuff Said! ) Fletcher Henderson, Henry Troy3:08

Personnel

Tracks 1–12

Track 13

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak position
US Hot R&B LPs 29 [7]
Chart (2006)Peak position
US Jazz Albums 37 [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources date the release to it releasing sometime in June , 1967. Because it was in 1967 that Nina got signed to RCA Victor. Many Nina Simone discographies and biographies also do often cite June as its release month based on archival research and record company documents

References

  1. ↑ "Nina Simone Sings the Blues - Nina Simone | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings the Blues album review". Allaboutjazz.com. January 10, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ Browne, David (January 27, 2006). "We review four Nina Simone albums". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Nina Simone: Sings the Blues and others | PopMatters". Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz/Pop Vocals (1950s-70s)". Tomhull.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  7. ↑ "Nina Simone - Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Nina Simone - Chart History (Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
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