A Single Woman
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This article is about the Nina Simone recording. For other uses, see A Single Woman (disambiguation).
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| Studio album by Nina Simone | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Vocal Soul Jazz Pop |
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| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | André Fischer | |||
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A Single Woman is an album from 1993 by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was her last album.
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[edit] Information about songs on this album
- "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" is dedicated to a Errol Barrow, the former Prime Minister of Barbados with whom Nina had an affair.[1]
- "Papa, Can You Hear Me?", a song most well-known for the Barbra Streisand version.
[edit] About the Cover
- The dress Nina is wearing on the cover is designed by Christian Dior.
- The picture of Nina inside the jewel case booklet was used for many of her obituaries when she died in 2003, age 70. It shows Nina in wearing a golden turban, sitting on a chair and with the pink-red Dior-dress spread out around her.
[edit] Track listing
- "A Single Woman" (Rod McKuen) – 3:33
- "Lonesome Cities" (McKuen) – 3:08
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:59
- "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:39
- "Love's Been Good to Me" (McKuen) – 3:57
- "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 4:22
- "Il n'y A Pas d'Amour Heureux" (Louis Aragon, Georges Brassens) – 6:26
- "Just Say I Love Him" (Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff, Jack Val, Sam Ward) – 4:29
- "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:42
- "Marry Me" (Nina Simone) – 2:51
Expanded Version (2008)
- "A Single Woman" (Rod McKuen) – 3:33
- "Lonesome Cities" (McKuen) – 3:08
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:59
- "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:39
- "Love's Been Good to Me" (McKuen) – 3:57
- "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 4:22
- "Il n'y A Pas d'Amour Heureux" (Louis Aragon, Georges Brassens) – 6:26
- "Just Say I Love Him" (Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff, Jack Val, Sam Ward) – 4:29
- "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:42
- "Marry Me" (Nina Simone) – 2:51
- "The Long And Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3.32
- "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2.30
- "Baseball Boogie" (Nina Simone) – 0.55
- "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) – 3.13
- "Do I Move You" (Nina Simone) – 3.16
- "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 0.56
- "Sign O' The Times" (Prince_(musician)) – 5.37
[edit] References
- ^ Simone, Nina; Cleary, Stephen. I Put A Spell On You, 1992 (Da Capo Press), ISBN 978-0-306-81327-6
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