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- The Best Of Nina Simone
- - 383,771 plays
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Nina Simone
Released 1969

Ne Me Quitte Pas
03:36
8,489 plays

Pirate Jenny
06:39
8,197 plays

I Loves You, Porgy
02:31
8,048 plays

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- 1
- I Loves You, Porgy
- 02:31
- 8,048 plays

- 2
- Mississippi Goddam
- 04:52
- 6,898 plays

- 3
- The Other Woman
- 03:06
- 6,284 plays

- 4
- Sinner Man
- 10:19
- 33,323 plays

- 5
- Ne Me Quitte Pas
- 03:36
- 8,489 plays

- 6
- See Line Woman
- 02:36
- 7,263 plays

- 7
- I Put A Spell On You
- 02:38
- 15,353 plays

- 8
- Break Down And Let It All Out
- 02:38
- 4,997 plays

- 9
- Four Women
- 04:24
- 5,409 plays

- 10
- Wild Is The Wind
- 06:57
- 6,525 plays

- 11
- Pirate Jenny
- 06:39
- 8,197 plays

- 12
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- 02:44
- 272,992 plays

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album review

The Best of Nina Simone presents 12 tracks taken from the many recordings Simone did for Phillips in the '60s. As is often noted, Simone is a dynamic and powerful vocal interpreter who often brought her social consciousness directly into her artistry. Some of the material on this record would have been considered topical for the period when it was first issued. 20 years later (1985) much of it still retains the emotional power of its original time. Ignore the liner note hyperbole; this is in fact certainly some of the BEST of Simone. There's a universality to the emotion and text of this theatrical music - any doubts, just substitute the name "South Africa" for "Mississippi" in "...Goddamn." Too removed? Try your own locale. ~ Bob Rusch, Cadence, All Music Guide