Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:27
Size: 152.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 1971/2015
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. Here Comes The Sun
[4:48] 2. Just Like A Woman
[3:14] 3. O-O-H Child
[4:58] 4. Mr. Bojangles
[4:41] 5. New World Coming
[3:29] 6. Angel Of The Morning
[6:16] 7. How Long Must I Wander
[5:07] 8. My Way
[3:25] 9. Tanywey
[1:39] 10. My Father Dialog
[8:10] 11. Jelly Roll
[3:49] 12. Tell It Like It Is
[8:41] 13. 22nd Century
[4:31] 14. What Have They Done To My Song Ma

Just past the point where a great artist reaches too far for new material, 1971's Here Comes the Sun presented Nina Simone in a contemporary setting with eight covers of recent rock hits. Though the title track isn't very embarrassing -- her voice betrays a few technical faults -- there are few successes with the rest of the material. Simone's versions of "O-o-h Child," "Mr. Bojangles," "Just Like a Woman," and "My Way" are historical curiosities and sound terribly dated (the furious bongos and sweeping strings on the last is a dénouement). Much of the problem lies with the arrangements, though several times these passable rock songs get the best from Simone's interpretive skills. ~John Bush

Here Comes The Sun

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