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Forbidden Fruit/Nina Simone at Newport

 
Album Review: Forbidden Fruit/Nina Simone at Newport

  • Artist: Nina Simone
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: July 28, 1998
  • Total Time: 77:36
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Vocal Music

Review

In 1998, Collectables released Forbidden Fruit/Nina Simone at Newport, which contained two complete albums -- Forbidden Fruit (1961, originally released on Colpix) and Nina Simone at Newport (1960, also originally released on Colpix) -- by Nina Simone on one compact disc. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Rags and Old Iron Manny Curtis, Oscar Brown, Jr. Nina Simone (4:07)
No Good Man (Lyrics) Irene Higginbotham, Dan Fisher, Sammy Gallop Nina Simone (3:37)
Gin House Blues (Lyrics) Henry Troy, Fletcher Henderson, Joe Henderson, Troy Nina Simone (3:01)
I'll Look Around (Lyrics) George Cory, Douglass Cross Nina Simone (5:00)
I Love to Love Baker Nina Simone (3:21)
Work Song (Lyrics) Nat Adderley, Nat Adderley, Jr., Oscar Brown, Jr. Nina Simone (2:31)
Where Can I Go Without You? Peggy Lee, Victor Young Nina Simone (2:49)
Just Say I Love Him Sam Ward, Rodolfo Falvo, Jack Val, Martin Kalmanoff, Jimmy Dale Nina Simone (6:32)
Memphis in June Paul Francis Webster, Hoagy Carmichael Nina Simone (2:35)
Forbidden Fruit Oscar Brown, Jr. Nina Simone (3:45)
Trouble in Mind (Lyrics) Richard M. Jones Nina Simone (5:32)
Porgy George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Jimmy McHugh, DuBose Heyward Nina Simone (5:10)
Li'l Liza Jane Traditional, Public Domain Nina Simone (4:30)
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Lyrics) Cole Porter Nina Simone (5:40)
Flo Me La Traditional, Nina Simone Nina Simone (7:08)
Nina's Blues Nina Simone Nina Simone (6:07)
In the Evening by the Moonlight Traditional Nina Simone (6:11)

Credits

David Nathan (Liner Notes)
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