Track Listing

1. Do I Move You?
2. Day and Night
3. In the Dark
4. Real Real
5. My Man's Gone Now
6. Backlash Blues
7. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
8. Buck
9. Since I Fell for You
10. House of the Rising Sun
11. Blues for Mama
12. Pusher
13. Turn Me On
14. Nobody's Fault But Mine
15. Go to Hell
16. I Shall Be Released
17. Gin House Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18901 in Music
• Brand: RCA
• Released on: 1991-02-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Some Strong Points--Some Weak Points!
Eunice Waymon (aka Nina Simone) has reportedly been playing piano since she was four years old and recorded her first album in the late 1950's. This CD was originally recorded at various locations between 1966 and 1971 and features a variety of musicians anchored by Nina playing piano and handling all vocal duties. The CD contains approximately 54 minutes of music. Approximately 32 of those minutes feature a rather sultry, sometimes dark, stand out performance by Simone. The remaining 22 minutes of the CD seems somewhat dated, commercialized and do not adequately represent the true vocal capabilities and range of this great singer. For example, "Do I Move You", "In The Dark", "I Want A Little Sugar" and "My Man's Gone Now" are excellent jazz flavored blues tunes that you will want to listen to over and over again. While, "Day And Night", "Real, Real", "House Of The Rising Son" and "The Pusher" you might listen to once and then program the player to pass them by the next time around. There are some exceptional tunes here well worth a listen.

Ferocious and moving
Today we lost one of the greatest musical artists that ever existed. This has been one of my favorite albums since I got it 3 years ago. I wanted to write this review to encourage those researching Nina (now that she's gone) to get this album! It will knock you out flat on the floor. "Do I Move You" is down-and-dirty blues (a real eye-opener to those who peg Nina as a jazz singer), as is "Blues For Mama" (probably the first song that turned me on to Nina). "My Man's Gone Now" is downright hair-raising, topped off with a chilling vibrato that only Nina could deliver. Nina's take on Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" reveals a sharp pain to the song that Rick Danko and The Band came very close to in their brilliant version.

The whole album is great, including the rousing live version of "Gin House Blues" at the end. Nina has a great body of work, and these songs are as good as anything else she has done. Put it at or very near the top of your "must-have" list for Nina recordings. Thanks for the great music, Nina.

Why isn't EVERYONE a Nina Simone fan?
Nina Simone SHOULD have been the biggest star of the past forty years, and this album is one of her very best. She does it all - sexy, funky R&B (Do I Move You? Day and Night, In The Dark, Buck), social commentary that makes you feel as angry as she is (The Pusher, Blues for Mama, Backlash Blues) and songs of deep spirituality to inspire you (even without her astounding voice, the piano on "Nobody's Fault But Mine" all by itself could break your heart, and her version of Dylan's "I Shall Be Released," which EVERYBODY has recorded is beyond a doubt the best ever.) Nina Simone isn't one-tenth as well known as she ought to be, and anybody who has never heard her has missed a lot.