Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You

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Jul 29, 2016 Sold Date

Jul 15, 2016 Start Date

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Article name: I Put a Spell on You
Genre: Jazz Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Verve Number of tracks: 12

Tracklist LP - 1

Simone, Nina - I Put A Spell On You (Album Version) 2:38 Simone, Nina - Tomorrow Is My Turn (Album Version) 2:53 Simone, Nina - Ne Me Quitte Pas (Album Version) 3:39 Simone, Nina - Marriage Is For Old Folks (Album Version) 3:34 Simone, Nina - July Tree (Album Version) 2:45 Simone, Nina - Gimme Some (Album Version) 3:02 Simone, Nina - Feeling Good (Album Version) 2:58 Simone, Nina - One September Day (Album Version) 2:52 Simone, Nina - Blues On Purpose (Album Version) 3:21 Simone, Nina - Beautiful Land (Album Version) 1:58 Simone, Nina - You've Got To Learn (Album Version) 2:44 Simone, Nina - Take Care Of Business (Album Version) 2:09

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One of her most pop-oriented albums, but also one of her best and most consistent. Most of the songs feature dramatic, swinging large-band orchestration, with the accent on the brass and strings. Simone didn't write any of the material, turning to popular European songsmiths Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, and Anthony Newley, as well as her husband, Andy Stroud, and her guitarist, Rudy Stevenson, for bluesier fare. There are really fine tunes and interpretations, on which Simone gives an edge to the potentially fey pop songs, taking a sudden (but not uncharacteristic) break for a straight jazz instrumental with "Blues on Purpose." The title track, a jazzy string ballad version of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins classic, gave the Beatles the inspiration for the phrasing on the bridge of "Michelle." ~ Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger