Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind - Jazz - Folk - 180 Gram LP
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Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind


Label: Universal Music / Philips
Catalog#: B0012617-01
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, 180 Gram
New
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Jazz
Style: Soul-Jazz Folk


Tracklist

A1 I Love Your Lovin' Ways
A2 Four Women
A3 Lilac Wind (From "Dance Me A Song")
A4 Break Down And Let It All Out
A5 Either Way I Lose




B1 Why Keep Breakin My Heart
B2 Wild Is The Wind
B3 Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
B4 If I Should Lose You




Credits
Other [Liner Notes] – Sid Mark
Producer – Hal Mooney
Notes
Either way is mentioned as B5 on the cover, in fact it is A5.





This album was apparently a bit of a pastiche of leftovers from sessions for Nina Simone's four previous albums on Philips. But you'd never guess from listening; the material is certainly as strong and consistent as it is on her other mid-'60s LPs. As is the case with most of her albums of the time, the selections are almost unnervingly diverse, ranging from jazz ballads to traditional folk tunes ("Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair") to the near calypso of "Why Keep on Breaking My Heart" to the somber, almost chilling title track. Highlights are two outstanding pop-soul numbers written by the pre-disco Van McCoy ("Either Way I Lose," "Break Down and Let It All Out")





"Four Women": in this self-written and composed song Simone weaves the monologues together of four African-American women, each reflecting a common stereotype.
They are: the hard working but never appreciated Aunt Sarah, the mixed-raced Saffronia, the prostitute Sweet Thing, and finally the angry and bitter Peaches,
who is enraged because of her enslaved ancestry and wants to strike out.
It became one of Simone's standards, and has later been covered by Reflection Eternal.

Yes, Four Women is a string of searing vignettes about the hardships of four African-American women that ranks as one of Simone's finest compositions.


"Wild Is The Wind" was covered by David Bowie on his 1976 studio recording Station To Station.

If Simone's "Lilac Wine" doesn't tear your heart out, you're stone cold. Jeff Buckley did an amazing clone, but nothing matches the nuance of Nina Simone in all her performances, especially this one





Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind





Nina Simone - Four Women

"Four Women": in this self-written and composed song Simone weaves the monologues together of four African-American women, each reflecting a common stereotype. They are: the hard working but never appreciated Aunt Sarah, the mixed-raced Saffronia, the prostitute Sweet Thing, and finally the angry and bitter Peaches, who is enraged because of her enslaved ancestry and wants to strike out.





Nina Simone - Black Is The Color

Nina's voice is like smooth chocolate with that sexy feel that makes your whole body tremble.

And she can really play that piano amazingly.