The Essential Nina Simone

Tracklist

• 1
  My Baby Just Cares for Me
  3:37
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Mood Indigo
  4:01
  5.0 ★
• 3
  He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
  3:08
• 4
  Don’t Smoke in Bed
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Love Me or Leave Me
  3:21
  4.6 ★
• 6
  He Needs Me
  2:28
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Little Girl Blue
  4:17
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Plain Gold Ring
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 9
  House of the Rising Sun
  6:55
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
  4:39
• 11
  Gin House Blues
  4:54
• 12
  Ain’t No Use
  2:44
• 13
  Mississippi Goddam
  4:41
• 14
  See Line Woman
  3:46
• 15
  Four Women
  4:53
• 16
  I Sing Just to Know That I’m Alive
  3:24
• 17
  Fodder on Her Wings
  5:07
  3.0 ★
• 18
  I Loves You Porgy
  4:09
  3.5 ★

More by Nina Simone

Pastel Blues

Pastel Blues 1965

The Greatest Hits

The Greatest Hits 2003

The Diva Series

The Diva Series 2003

Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972

Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972 1998

Nina Simone

Nina Simone 1997

Legends

Legends 1994

Release credits

• Al Shackman
  bass [15]
• Albert “Tootie” Heath
  drums (drum set) [1-8, 18]
• Arthur Adams
  guitar [15]
• James E. Bond
  bass [2-4, 7-8], double bass [1, 5-6, 18]
• Nina Simone
  arranger [9], lead vocals [1-2, 4-12, 18], piano [1-8, 15, 18], vocal [3, 15]
• Paul Robinson
  drums (drum set) [15]

Issues

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  The Essential Nina Simone

  CD
  2 August 1999