Nina Simone - To Love Somebody - Covers - [Import] - LP
The Epic Voice. The Icon.
Nina Simone ably picked a variety of compositional classics from the new Rock era for her 1969 LP To Love Somebody. Opening with a beautiful, introspective version of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," Simone shows an obvious affinity for social statements with the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and a trio of Dylan standards: "I Shall Be Released," "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," plus a dramatic, meditative "The Times They Are A-Changin'."
Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Simone's musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
Tracks:
| A1 | Suzanne | 4:16 | |
| A2 | Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) | 3:37 | |
| A3 | Revolution (Part I) | 2:48 | |
| A4 | Revolution (Part II) | 1:48 | |
| A5 | To Love Somebody | 2:38 | |
| B1 | I Shall Be Released | 4:00 | |
| B2 | I Can't See Nobody | 3:06 | |
| B3 | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | 4:48 | |
| B4 | The Times They Are A Changin' | 5:59 |