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Nina Simone
Pastel Blues/Let It All Out
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Be My Husband - Nina Simone, Simone, Nina
2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Nina Simone, Cox, James
3. End of the Line - Nina Simone, Edmondson, John [1]
4. Trouble in Mind - Nina Simone, Jones, Richard [1]
5. Tell Me More and More and Then Some - Nina Simone, Holiday, Billie
6. Chilly Winds Don't Blow [Live] - Nina Simone, Krasnow, Hermann
7. Ain't No Use - Nina Simone, Kirkland, Leroy
8. Strange Fruit - Nina Simone, Allan, Lewis
9. Sinner Man - Nina Simone, Traditional
10. Mood Indigo - Nina Simone, Bigard, Barney
11. The Other Woman [Live] - Nina Simone, Robinson, Jessie Ma
12. Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone, Donaldson, Walter
13. Don't Explain - Nina Simone, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
14. Little Girl Blue [Live] - Nina Simone, Hart, Lorenz
15. Chauffeur - Nina Simone, Stroud, Andy
16. For Myself - Nina Simone, McCoy, Van
17. The Ballad of Hollis Brown - Nina Simone, Dylan, Bob
18. This Year's Kisses - Nina Simone, Berlin, Irving
19. Images [Live] - Nina Simone, Cuney, Waring
20. Nearer Blessed Lord - Nina Simone, Stroud, Andy

CD Details

All Artists: Nina Simone
Title: Pastel Blues/Let It All Out
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 7/1/1991
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 042284666329, 0042284666329, 042284666442

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Most of Nina Simone's Phillips records (cut from 1964 through '67) are available in a series of single-CD two-fers: In Concert/I Put a Spell on You, Pastel Blues/Let it All Out, and Wild Is the Wind/High Priestess of Soul. All are worthwhile, though this collection of small-combo recordings is particularly consistent and cohesive. The Pastel Blues portion of the CD features the backing of a quartet led by stalwart Simone accompanist Al Shackman. Highlighted by the aching "End of the Line," a riveting cover of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit," and the 10-minute-plus "Sinnerman," this is prime studio Nina. The remaining 10 cuts include three live selections. Simone's vaunted eclecticism is in evidence in the Let It All Out portion of the package, with Bob Dylan's grim (and then nearly new) "Ballad of Hollis Brown" abutting Irving Berlin's "This Year's Kisses." --Steven Stolder

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CD Reviews

My favorite

solarpluvia | Olympia, WA USA | 09/02/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Out of all of her recordings that I own, this is easily my favorite. It shows her incredible range of emotion and talent. It may be rude to say this, but I find her much better than Billie Holiday. Nina has better emotionality, in my opinion. If you only buy one, let it be this one."

One of My All-Time Nina Favorites

Peter | East of Los Angeles | 08/30/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This really is an excellent CD! Philips is to be commended for putting two excellent albums onto one CD. The title says it all--Nina really does let it all out, vocally, that is. This remarkable artist tackles everything in the music book---Ellington songs, Billie Holiday ballads, R&B, soul, pop---she can do it all. It's amazing how she takes songs of Billie Holiday (there are 3 here) and remakes them into her own. The covers are just as good, if not better, than the original Lady Day versions. Nina's warm, soothing voice just washes you over and caresses you, and if need be--even jolts you--on some of the songs. Sound quality is excellent."