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If this is blues, it's blues in the Billie Holiday sense, not the Muddy Waters one.
This is one of Nina Simone's more subdued mid-'60s LPs, putting the emphasis on her piano rather than band arrangements.
It's rather slanted toward torch-blues ballads like "Strange Fruit," "Trouble in Mind," Billie Holiday's own composition "Tell Me More and More and Then Some," and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." Simone's then-husband, Andy Stroud, wrote "Be My Husband," an effective adaptation of a traditional blues chant.
By far the most impressive track is her frantic ten-minute rendition of the traditional "Sinnerman," an explosive tour de force that dwarfs everything else on the album.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be My HusbandAndrew Benjamin Stroud, Andy Stroud | Nina Simone | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 2 | Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OutJimmie Cox | Nina Simone | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 3 | End of the LineJohn Edmondson, Cynthia Medley | Nina Simone | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 4 | Trouble in MindRichard M. Jones | Nina Simone | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Tell Me More and More and Then SomeBillie Holiday | Nina Simone | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 6 | Chilly Winds Don't BlowHermann Krasnow, William Lovelock | Nina Simone | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Ain't No UseRudy Stevenson | Nina Simone | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 8 | Strange FruitLewis Allan, L. Allen | Nina Simone | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| 9 | SinnermanNina Simone, Traditional | Nina Simone | Play | 10:22 | 23 MB | 67 MB |
| 35 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 210 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Allan | Composer |
| 2 | L. Allen | Composer |
| 3 | Lisle Atkinson | Bass, Bass (Upright), Main Personnel |
| 4 | Jimmie Cox | Composer |
| 5 | Ken Druker | Executive Producer |
| 6 | John Edmondson | Composer |
| 7 | Bobby Hamilton | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 8 | Billie Holiday | Composer |
| 9 | Richard M. Jones | Composer |
| 10 | Hollis King | Art Direction |
| 11 | Bryan Koniarz | Producer |
| 12 | Hermann Krasnow | Composer |
| 13 | William Lovelock | Composer |
| 14 | William Lovelock | Composer |
| 15 | Kazumi Matsumoto | Series Design |
| 16 | Cynthia Medley | Composer |
| 17 | Hal Mooney | Audio Production, Producer |
| 18 | Al Schackman | Guitar, Harmonica, Main Personnel |
| 19 | Maurice Seymour | Cover Photo |
| 20 | Nina Simone | Arranger, Composer, Main Personnel, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 21 | Sherniece Smith | Art Producer |
| 22 | Rudy Stevenson | Composer, Flute, Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 23 | Andrew Benjamin Stroud | Composer |
| 24 | Andy Stroud | Composer |
| 25 | Traditional | Composer |
| 26 | Jeff Willens | Mastering |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |