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There's a lot more Broadway and a lot more ballads than blues on this, which ranks as one of Simone's weaker mid-'60s albums. Almost half the record features Broadway tunes on the order of Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hammerstein; most of the rest was composed by Bennie Benjamin, author of her first-rate "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," which the Animals covered for a hit shortly afterwards (and which leads off this record). The other Benjamin tunes are modified uptown soul with string arrangements and backup vocals in the vein of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," but aren't in the same league, although "How Can I?" is an engaging cha-cha. Besides "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," the album is most notable for the great "SeeLine Woman," a percolating call-and-response number that ranks as one of her best tracks.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Gloria Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - Horace Ott, Conductor, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, Vocalist, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHARLES STROUSE, ComposerLyricist - LEE ADAMS, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer, RecordingArranger
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer, RecordingArranger
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Lyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer, RecordingArranger
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer, RecordingArranger - Bert A. Williams, ComposerLyricist - Alex Rogers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Conductor, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, RecordingArranger - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar - George H. Bass, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, DrumKit - Lisle Atkinson, Percussion, UprightBass
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thomas Moore, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Adapter, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer, WorkArranger, RecordingArranger - Richard Milliken, WorkArranger
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, RecordingArranger - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Review: Nina Simone - Broadway - Blues - Ballads
There's a lot more Broadway and a lot more ballads than blues on this, which ranks as one of Simone's weaker mid-'60s albums. Almost half the record features Broadway tunes on the order of Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hammerstein; most of the rest was composed by Bennie Benjamin, author of her first-rate "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," which the Animals covered for a hit shortly afterwards (and which leads off this record). The other Benjamin tunes are modified uptown soul with string arrangements and backup vocals in the vein of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," but aren't in the same league, although "How Can I?" is an engaging cha-cha. Besides "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," the album is most notable for the great "SeeLine Woman," a percolating call-and-response number that ranks as one of her best tracks.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:59
- Main artists: Nina Simone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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