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The Essential Nina Simone is a 1993 RCA collection built around 16 recordings that show how completely Simone could transform songs from different writers and traditions. Her interpretations of Bob Dylan-associated material such as “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” and “I Shall Be Released,” Bee Gees songs including “To Love Somebody” and “I Can’t See Nobody,” and Randy Newman’s “I Think It’s Going To Rain Today” become unmistakably her own through disciplined piano, dramatic pacing, and a voice capable of intimacy, irony, anger, and tenderness. The set also includes defining repertoire such as “I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl,” “Ain’t Got No/I Got Life,” and “To Be Young, Gifted, And Black,” connecting sensual blues and popular song with liberation and self-determination. As an RCA-era overview, the disc gives collectors a focused introduction to Simone’s genre-defying artistry without reducing her work to a single style.
Label: RCA Records | Catalog: RCA 07863 66307-2 | Year: 1993 | Format: CD
Track List:
1. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
2. Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You
3. Do What You Gotta Do
4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
5. Since I Fell For You
6. Mr. Bojangles
7. Ain't Got No/I Got Life
8. In The Dark
9. Turn Me On
10. To Love Somebody
11. I Shall Be Released
12. To Be Young, Gifted, And Black
13. I Can't See Nobody
14. Isn't It A Pity
15. Sunday In Savannah
16. I Think Its Going To Rain Today
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