Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone | ||||
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Released | 16 October 2012 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 53:37 | |||
Label | Naïve | |||
Producer | Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce[1] | |||
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Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone is the 10th studio album by American singer Meshell Ndegeocello, released in October 2012 on Naïve label.
Track listing
[edit]- "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Claude Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus) – 4:08
- "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:27
- "Real Real" (Nina Simone) – 3:08
- "House of the Rising Sun" (Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes) – 3:36
- "Turn Me On" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:08
- "Feeling Good" (Anthony George Newley, Leslie Bricusse) – 4:10
- "Don't Take All Night" (Benjamin, Marcus) – 3:28
- "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (traditional) – 2:37
- "Be My Husband" (Andrew Benjamin Stroud) – 3:31
- "Black Is the Colour of My True Loves Hair" (traditional) – 3:53
- "See Line Woman" (George Bass, Nina Simone) – 5:51
- "Either Way I Lose" (Van McCoy) – 3:29
- "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone) – 3:16
- "Four Women" (Nina Simone) – 5:02
Personnel
[edit]- Meshell Ndegeocello – bass
- Chris Bruce – guitar
- Jebin Bruni – keyboards, piano
- Deantoni Parks – drums
- Toshi Reagon – vocals on "Real Real" and "House of the Rising Sun"
- Sinéad O'Connor – vocals on "Don't Take All Night"
- Lizz Wright – vocals on "Nobody's Fault but Mine"
- Valerie June – vocals on "Be My Husband"
- Tracy Wannomae – soprano saxophone and flute on "See Line Woman" and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
- Eric Elterman – engineer (vocals)
- Pete Min – engineer, mixing, mastering
- Hilton Als – liner notes
- Charlie Gross – photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b Keefe, Jonathan (8 October 2012). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ Jurek, Thom (2012). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ Chiola, Enio (9 October 2012). "Meshell Ndegéocello: Pour une ame souveraine – A dedication to Nina Simone". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 June 2014.