I Put A Spell On You
by Nina Simone

I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-06-01
Overall rank: 1,572nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 206 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1965 (16th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (157th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,572nd)

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Nina Simone bestography

I Put A Spell On You is ranked 4th best out of 48 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 547 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,139.

Nina Simone album bestography « Higher ranked (733rd)
Little Girl Blue
This album (1,572nd)
I Put A Spell On You
Lower ranked (2,104th) »
Nina Simone Sings The Blues

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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I Put A Spell On You track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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I Put A Spell On You rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,572nd | 1960s rank: 157th | 1965 rank: 16th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 206 votes)
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08/10/2026 11:32 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,19871/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.


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80/100
Her most accessible work, and it doesn't take away from the quality. Not Pastel Blues, but still fantastic. (Edited)
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90/100
A great showcase of Simone's intrinsic understanding of the music she performs. A few stand-out tunes, especially tracks 1 and 7. The only weak track is #10. Everything about this album is class. 9/10! (Edited)
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95/100
Not quite on the level of Pastel Blues or of Sings the Blues, but no one does it like Nina. Helps that the highs on this thing are bone-crushing. Simply the best shit. (Edited)
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/26/2022 13:05 | #287835
Very soulful, grandiose and beautiful. (Edited)
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85/100
From 02/18/2020 14:39 | #247930
Se aproximando do pop Nina marca o jazz!!
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90/100
From 02/15/2020 22:51 | #247831
The best cover of "Feeling Good" goes to Ms Nina Simone; so powerful and emotional.
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Rating:  
90/100
I was impressed by this album way more than I thought I would be, jeez this woman has a voice. Feelin Good and I Put a Spell on You are both incredible songs and it's nice to see Simone give a nod to an amazing artist like Brel (she has an admirable accent for an American but as a French-speaking person it stills sounds fairly awkward). Nevertheless, this album is just incredible, underrated on this site, timeless music. (Edited)
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Rating:  
90/100
A superb album from Nina Simone. It's a quirky jazz pop album featuring some fantastic songs. Simone is excellent all the way through. Marriage is for old folks, is brilliant, as are, be me quitte pas, July tree, and the title track. Simone made some great albums in the sixties, this is one of them. (Edited)
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