Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You (1965/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You (1965/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:23 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Philips

One of Nina Simone’s classics from her days at Philips, this 1965 album includes three songs that have come to be closely identified with her: Ne me quitte pas by Jacques Brel, Feeling Good and the title track, a cover of the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins song, which became a successful R&B single for her. In fact Simone was so closely associated with the song she chose to use the same title for her 1990 autobiography.

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. 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”.

Tracklist:
1-1. Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You (Album Version) (02:37)
1-2. Nina Simone – Tomorrow Is My Turn (Album Version) (02:52)
1-3. Nina Simone – Ne Me Quitte Pas (Album Version) (03:38)
1-4. Nina Simone – Marriage Is For Old Folks (Album Version) (03:33)
1-5. Nina Simone – July Tree (Album Version) (02:44)
1-6. Nina Simone – Gimme Some (Album Version) (03:02)
1-7. Nina Simone – Feeling Good (Album Version) (02:57)
1-8. Nina Simone – One September Day (Album Version) (02:51)
1-9. Nina Simone – Blues On Purpose (Album Version) (03:20)
1-10. Nina Simone – Beautiful Land (Album Version) (01:57)
1-11. Nina Simone – You’ve Got To Learn (Album Version) (02:44)
1-12. Nina Simone – Take Care Of Business (Album Version) (02:03)

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