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This article is about the Nina Simone recording. For other uses, see A Single Woman (album) (disambiguation).
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Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[2]
Clash(favorable)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

A Single Woman is a studio album by singer Nina Simone.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Single Woman"Rod McKuen3:33
2."Lonesome Cities"Rod McKuen3:08
3."If I Should Lose You"Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin3:59
4."The Folks Who Live On the Hill"Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern3:39
5."Love's Been Good to Me"Rod McKuen3:57
6."Papa, Can You Hear Me"Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand4:22
7."Il n'y A Pas d'Amour Heureux"Louis Aragon, Georges Brassens6:26
8."Just Say I Love Him"Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff, Jack Val, Sam Ward4:29
9."The More I See You"Mack Gordon, Harry Warren2:42
10."Marry Me"Nina Simone2:51

Expanded version

11. "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3.32
12. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2.30
13. "Baseball Boogie" (Nina Simone) – 0.55
14. "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) – 3.13
15. "Do I Move You" (Nina Simone) – 3.16
16. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 0.56
17. "Sign 'O' The Times" (Prince) – 5.37

Trivia

Credits and personnel

  • Nina Simone - vocals & Piano
  • John Chiodini, Al Schackman - guitar
  • John Clayton, Buell Neidlinger, Christopher Hanulik, David Young, Jim Hughart, John Peña, Margaret Storer, Steve Edelman, Susan Ranney - bass
  • Mike Melvoin - piano
  • Jeff Hamilton, Paul Robinson, Andre Fischer - drums
  • Bill Summers, Larry Bunker, Darryl Munyungo Jackson - percussion
  • Gerald Albright - tenor saxophone
  • Jack Sheldon - trumpet
  • Frank Marocco - accordion
  • Ann Stockton, Carol Robbins - harp
  • Assa Drori, Connie Kupka, Gina Kronstadt, Gordon Marron, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Isabelle Daskoff, Israel Baker, Jay Rosen, Joel Derouin, Kathleen Lenski, Mari Tsumura, Mark Cargill, Shari Zippert, Yvette Devereaux - violin
  • Evan Wilson, Herschel Wise, Margot MacLaine, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale - viola
  • David Speltz, Frederick Seykora, Igor Horoshevsky, Marie Fera, Melissa Hasin, Suzie Katayama - cello
  • Bob Tricarico, Earl Dumler, Gary Foster, Jack Nimitz, Jeff Clayton, Jon Kip, Valarie King - woodwind, reeds
  • Brad Warnaar, Jeff DeRosa, Marilyn Johnson, Richard Todd - French horn
  • Gerald Vinci - concertmaster, violin
  • Jeremy Lubbock, John Clayton, Richard Evans, Nina Simone, Andre Fischer - arrangements
Technical
  • Andre Fischer - Producer
  • Al Schmitt - mixing, recording
  • Michael Alago - executive producer
  • Carol Friedman - photography

References

  1. ^ A Single Woman at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Nina Simone". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Clash
  4. ^ Berger, Arion (November 11, 1993). "Nina Simone A Single Woman Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  5. ^ Simone, Nina; Cleary, Stephen. I Put A Spell On You, 1992 (Da Capo Press), ISBN 978-0-306-81327-6
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