Forbidden Fruit (studio album)
by Nina Simone

Forbidden Fruit by Nina Simone
Year: 1961
Overall rank: 8,376th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 52 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1961 (32nd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (618th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,376th)

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Nina Simone ‎– Forbidden Fruit - Colpix Records – SCP 419 - 1961 - LP
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Nina Simone bestography

Forbidden Fruit is ranked 11th best out of 47 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 565 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,075.

Nina Simone album bestography « Higher ranked (7,586th)
High Priestess Of Soul
This album (8,376th)
Forbidden Fruit
Lower ranked (9,967th) »
'Nuff Said!

(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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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 52 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
7. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
8. Showcase by Patsy Cline
9. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
10. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
11. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
12. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
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14. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
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16. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
17. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
18. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
19. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
20. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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