Nina Simone Sings The Blues
by Nina Simone

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Nina Simone Sings The Blues by Nina Simone
Year: 1967
Release date: 1967-00-00
Overall rank: 2,131st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 172 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1967 (33rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (197th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,131st)

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Nina Simone bestography

Nina Simone Sings The Blues is ranked 5th best out of 48 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 549 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,114.

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Nina Simone Sings The Blues rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,131st | 1960s rank: 197th | 1967 rank: 33rd  Overall chart history
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From 06/25/2016 20:11 | #169820 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Another impressive album from the brilliant Nina Simone. Sings the blues, is exactly what it says on the tin. Do I move you, backlash blues, and, blues for mama, are the standouts. Raw and atmospheric. (Edited)
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From 06/10/2023 01:25 | #297527 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Top to bottom perfection. A marriage of virtuosity and personality of deceptive modesty, but brimming with passion and intention in every beat of this thing. No one sings like Nina Simone, which is not to say no one else sounds like her. Rather, you hear a lifetime of experience in everything she says. All the heartbreak, the longing, the humor, the wit, and the power in each word. A miracle of a record. (Edited)
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From 10/11/2014 12:43 | #124022 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The title says it all ! A great blues album Nina at her best. Standout tracks are "A little sugar ....." "Do I Move You" "In The Dark " "Since I Fell For You " and "Blues For Mama" but to top all of those is the amazing "My Mans Gone Now ". A brilliant album.
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Best Albums of  1967
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors by The Doors
4. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. Forever Changes by Love
6. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
7. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
8. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
9. Axis: Bold As Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
10. Strange Days by The Doors