Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone Nina Simone

BUY THIS ITEM

  • $14.99 Online price
    $13.49 Member price
    Join Now
    • skip to cart
  • Add To List uiAction=GetAllLists&page=List&pageType=list&ean=731452274724&productCode=MU&maxCount=100&threshold=3

GET FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OF $25 OR MORE

DELIVERY & GIFT DETAILS:

Usually ships within 24 hours

Delivery Time and Shipping Rates

Eligible for gift wrap & gift message.

CD

  • Release Date: 08/19/2003
  • Original Release: 1994
  • Sales Rank: 3,441
  • Label: UNIVERSAL INT'L
  • UPC: 731452274724

Listener Rating: (1 ratings)

Detailed Rating: "Profound" See All

Customers who bought this also bought

 
  • Overview
  • Tracks
  • Editorial Reviews
  • Customer Reviews
  • Details & Credits
Track List
Click on LISTEN or link to hear an audio clip.
To listen to samples you'll need a Windows Media Player

Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone

1LISTENFeeling Good 2:55
2LISTENMy Baby Just Cares for Me 3:04
3LISTENDon't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2:46
4LISTENNe Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away) 3:37
5LISTENTake Me to the Water 2:53
6LISTENI Put a Spell on You 2:36
7LISTENDon't Explain 4:22
8LISTENMississippi Goddam 4:47
9LISTENDon't Smoke in Bed 5:24
10LISTENI Loves You, Porgy 2:30
11LISTENWork Song 3:08
12LISTENLove Me or Leave Me 4:07
13LISTENStrange Fruit 3:32
14LISTENNobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 2:41
15LISTENI'm Going Back Home 2:51
16LISTENThe Other Woman 3:04
17LISTENSinner Man 10:21
18LISTENMood Indigo 2:28
19LISTENI'm Gonna Leave You 2:19
20LISTENSee Line Women 2:37

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

A fiery interpreter of the usually staid American songbook, Nina Simone took a song and made it her own -- whether it was Gershwin's "I Loves You, Porgy" or Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit." This 1994 collection on Universal features selections from her Philips years of the mid-'60s, generally acknowledged as the pinnacle of her recording career, the genesis of material including "My Baby Just Cares for Me," "Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away)," and her own "Mississippi Goddam." Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone doesn't have any surprises, but it's a good collection for beginners. John Bush, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

  • Listener Rating:
  • Ratings: 1Reviews: 1

The Pure Style and Class of Nina Simoneby Working-Scribe_Aberjhani

Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings

October 28, 2008: The great author James Baldwin once stated that "the artist has always been a disturber of the peace in some way." When we hear Nina Simone sing with composed outrage such songs as "Mississippi Goddam," and "Work Song," in protest against the overt racism practiced during the 1960s in the southern U.S., we know that hers was indeed a politically charged consciousness. The singer's recording of "Mississippi Goddam" was so controversial when first released that Simone would come to attribute the decline of her career in the U.S., and her relocation to France, to the fallout that followed. However, the 20 songs gathered here on FEELING GOOD, THE VERY BEST OF NINA SIMONE, demonstrate that the greater range of her musical talents went far beyond social or political protest.

Trained as a classical pianist at the famed Juilliard School of Music, Simone was an extraordinary interpreter of song lyrics as well as of musical genres. In the title track of this CD, she draws listeners into an inspired celebration of life with a song that dozens of artists are now covering in 2007 (please note review of Randy Crawford's "Feeling Good.") She can croon seductively and vulnerably in songs like "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Ne Me Quitte Pas," and "I Put a Spell on You." And yet she can also go straight to church on the gospel presentations "Take Me to the Water" and "I'm Going Back Home." Talent of such amazing caliber doesn't pop up every decade. This generous sampling of Simone's genius makes one very glad she came along and gave the world as much as she could when she did.

by Aberjhani

I Also Recommend: Nina Simone (Women in the Arts Series).