Mood Indigo/The Other Woman/Love Me Or Leave Me/Don’t Explain/Little Girl Blue/Chauffer/For Myself/The Ballad Of Hollis Brown/This Year’s Kisses/Images/Nearer Blessed Lord
Let It All Out comprises wide ranging material from a variety of sources showcasing Nina Simone’s versatility as an interpreter of many different musical styles.
“Let It All Out is an odds-and-ends record comprised of material from various sessions. It features a mixture of live and studio recordings dating back to early 1964.”
“Generally, Nina Simone's albums appear to be less than the sum of their parts, and her diversity, variety, and consequent inconsistency, is a major factor in this. Overall Let It All Out is a decent, solid album featuring many delights.”
“This is one of her best. It is a must have if for nothing else than Love Me Or Leave Me which contains a Bach solo, the only classical piece Nina ever recorded. The recordings are true to character with Nina in her vocal and commercial prime, attacking her material with uncompromising honesty, and recording with her signature musical purity. The one and only Nina Simone at the top of her game.”
“The a cappella Images will stop you in your tracks. Beautiful record.”
“One of Nina Simone's more adult pop-oriented mid-'60s albums, with renditions of tunes by Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Irving Berlin and Rodgers & Hart. As ever, Simone ranges wide in her selection: Bob Dylan's The Ballad Of Hollis Brown, a swaggering adaptation of Chauffeur Blues and the gospel hymn Nearer Blessed Lord. Images is an a cappella adaptation of a poem about the beauty of blackness. All of Simone's Philips albums are solid, and this is no exception, while it isn't the best of them.”
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