Gold (2007)

About this title: Just one of three similarly titled collections -- all with entirely different track listings, including a Canadian version that has the same design template -- the American version of Nina Simone's Gold concentrates on the jazz iconoclast's recordings between 1964 and 1969. (The period covers her time on Philips and the first few years of her RCA contract, to which are added two 1987 tracks from Verve.) At the height of the protest movement, Simone was gaining new fans by the thousands with her strident performance of "Mississippi Goddam" or her suitably harrowing cover of Screamin' Jay ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Loves You Porgy [Live] [Heyward/Gershwin/Ge]
2. Images [Live] [Cuney/Simone]
3. See-Line Woman [Live] [Bass]
4. Mississippi Goddam [Simone]
5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [Benjamin/Caldwell]
6. A Monster [Marcus]
7. Don't Take All Night [Benjamin/Marcus]
8. I Put a Spell on You [Hawkins]
9. Ne Me Quitte Pas [Brel]
10. Tomorrow Is My Turn [Aznavour/Stellman]
11. Feeling Good [Newley/Bricusse]
12. Gimme Some [Stroud]
13. Take Care of Business [Stroud]
14. I Love Your Lovin' Ways [Benjamin/Marcus]
15. Be My Husband [Stroud]
16. Ain't No Use [Stevenson]
17. Sinnerman [Traditional]
18. Four Women [Simone]
19. For Myself [McCoy]
20. The Other Woman [Live] [Robinson]
21. Either Way I Lose [McCoy]
22. Break Down and Let It All Out [McCoy]
23. Don't You Pay Them No Mind [Ahlert/Scott]
24. I'm Gonna Leave You [Stevenson]
25. Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Berry]
26. Keeper of the Flame [Derringer]
27. I Hold No Grudge [Badalamenti/Cliffor]
28. Do What You Gotta Do [Webb]
29. Peace of Mind [Woods]
30. Ain't Got No-I Got Life [MacDermot/Rado/Ragn]
31. To Love Somebody [Gibb/Gibb]
32. Revolution, Pt. 1 [Simone/Irvine]
33. To Be Young, Gifted and Black [Simone/Irvine]
34. If You Know/Let It Be Me [Live] [Mann/Becaud/Delanoe]
35. My Baby Just Cares for Me [Live] [Donaldson/Kahn]

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