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2005 compilation album by Nina Simone

The Soul of Nina Simone

Compilation album by Nina Simone

Released

October 11, 2005

Recorded

1963–1987, Vine Street Bar & Grill, Hollywood, California; RCA Studio B, New York, New York

Label

RCA

Nina Simone chronology

A Single Woman
(1993)

The Soul of Nina Simone
(2005)

The Very Best of Nina Simone
(2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Tom Hull	B+

The Soul of Nina Simone is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other containing footage from her appearance at 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival.

Track listing

"Feeling Good"
"In the Dark"
"Since I Fell For You"
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
"To Love Somebody"
"My Man's Gone Now"
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
"My Baby Just Cares For Me"
"I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"
"Save Me"
"The Look of Love"
"I Get Along Without You Very Well"
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
"Nobody's Fault But Mine"
"Porgy and Bess Medley"

Personnel

Nina Simone – vocals, piano
Arthur Adams – guitar, bass
Everett Barksdale – guitar
Rudy Stevenson – guitar
Buddy Lucas – harmonica
Ernie Hayes – organ
Chuck Rainey – bass
Bob Bushnell – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Cornell McFadden – drums

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Traditional Jazz Albums	23

References

Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz/Pop Vocals (1950s-70s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
"Nina Simone - Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

Nina Simone

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Songs and singles

"Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
"Angel of the Morning"
"Ballad of Hollis Brown"
"Baubles, Bangles, & Beads"
"Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)"
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
"Chauffeur"
"Cherish"
"Cotton-Eyed Joe"
"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
"Exactly Like You"
"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)"
"Feeling Good"
"Fine and Mellow"
"For All We Know"
"Four Women"
"Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter"
"Go Limp"
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"The House of the Rising Sun"
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Put a Spell on You"
"I Shall Be Released"
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
"If I Should Lose You"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"It Might as Well Be Spring"
"Just Like a Woman"
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
"Lilac Wine"
"Little Girl Blue"
"The Look of Love"
"Love Me or Leave Me"
"Mississippi Goddam"
"Mood Indigo"
"The More I See You"
"Mr. Bojangles"
"My Baby Just Cares for Me"
"My Sweet Lord"
"My Way"
"Ne me quitte pas"
"Nobody"
"Nobody's Fault but Mine"
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
"The Pusher"
"Rich Girl"
"Satin Doll"
"Sea Lion Woman"
"Sign o' the Times"
"Since I Fell for You"
"Sinnerman"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Something Wonderful"
"Spring Is Here"
"Strange Fruit"
"Summertime"
"Suzanne"
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord"
"Tell It Like It Is"
"That's All"
"That's All I Want from You"
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
"To Love Somebody"
"Trouble in Mind"
"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
"Wild Is the Wind"
"Willow Weep for Me"
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"

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