The Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl 1967-1972 (1998)

About this title: Nina Simone recorded for RCA Records between 1967 and 1972. While she was in fine form during those years, she didn't make her best records there, and sounded particularly ill at ease whenever she did pop-rock covers, which was more often than she should. However, these songs are selling points for a certain audience, namely the audience RCA is targeting with their generous 40-track collection, The Very Best of Nina Simone. True, her recordings during these five years were a little inconsistent, as she covered the classics, performed new songs, and tackled contemporary material, so perhaps it ... read more

Tracks:

1. My Man's Gone Now [Gershwin/Gershwin]
2. Since I Fell for You [Johnson]
3. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl [Brymn/Simone/Willia]
4. Do I Move You? [Version 2] [Simone]
5. Blues for Mama [Simone/Lincoln]
6. Blacklash Blues [Hughes/Simone]
7. In the Dark [Green]
8. Consummation [Simone]
9. Go to Hell [Bailey]
10. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) [Dallas/Taylor]
11. Turning Point [Holmes]
12. Turn Me On [Loudermilk]
13. The Look of Love [Bacharach/David]
14. To Love Somebody [Gibb/Gibb]
15. I Can't See Nobody [Gibb/Gibb]
16. In the Morning [Gibb]
17. Do What You Gotta Do [Simone/Webb]
18. Ain't Got No (I Got Life) [MacDermot/Rado/Ragn]
19. Please Read Me [Gibb/Gibb]
20. Martin Luther King Suite: Sunday in Savannah [MacKay]
21. Martin Luther King Suite: Why (The King of Love Is Dead) [Taylor]
22. Martin Luther King Suite: Mississippi Goddam [Simone]
23. I Think It's Going to Rain Today [Newman]
24. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) [Carmichael]
25. Nobody's Fault but Mine [Simone]
26. Another Spring [Clifford/Badalament]
27. Compassion (aka Compensation) [Dunbar/Simone]
28. Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You [Franklin]
29. I Shall Be Released [Dylan]
30. To Be Young, Gifted and Black [Simone/Irvine]
31. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Dylan]
32. Suzanne [Cohen]
33. My Father/Dialog [Collins]
34. Jelly Roll [Traditional]
35. Tell It Like It Is [Diamond/Davis]
36. Mr. Bojangles [Walker]
37. Here Comes the Sun [Harrison]
38. O-o-h Child [Vincent]
39. Poppies [Bleecher/Wind]
40. 22nd Century

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.