Broadway-Blues-Ballads

Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Studio album by
Nina Simone
ReleasedNovember 1964
RecordedNew York City, 1964
GenreVocal, soul, jazz, folk, blues
Length37:22
LabelPhilips
ProducerHal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Nina Simone in Concert
(1964) 		Broadway-Blues-Ballads
(1964) 		I Put a Spell on You
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[3]

Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by the singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone, released in 1964.[2] The album features Simone singing a few standards and folk songs, as well as six compositions by Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus2:46
2."Night Song"Lee Adams, Charles Strouse3:06
3."The Laziest Gal in Town"Cole Porter2:19
4."Something Wonderful"Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers2:46
5."Don't Take All Night"Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus2:54
6."Nobody"Alex Rogers, Bert Williams4:18
7."I Am Blessed"Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus2:57
8."Of This I'm Sure"Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus2:37
9."See-Line Woman"Traditional American folk, George Bass, Nina Simone2:38
10."Our Love (Will See Us Through)"Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus3:01
11."How Can I?"Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus2:05
12."The Last Rose of Summer"Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken, Nina Simone3:08
CD release bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."A Monster"Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus2:47

Personnel

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 470.
  3. ^ Wallace, Carvell (July 30, 2016). "Nina Simone : Broadway-Blues-Ballads". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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