Wild Is The Wind
by Nina Simone

Album
Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
Year: 1966
Release date: 1966-09-16
Overall rank: 720th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 270 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1966 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1960s (81st)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (720th)

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Nina Simone bestography

Wild Is The Wind is ranked 2nd 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.

Nina Simone album bestography « Higher ranked (549th)
Pastel Blues This album (720th)
Wild Is The Wind Lower ranked (729th) »
Little Girl Blue

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Wild Is The Wind 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 Love Your Lovin' Ways
Average Rating: 81 (53 votes)Comments: View 0
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Four Women
Average Rating: 87 (84 votes)Comments: View 0
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What More Can I Say?
Average Rating: 85 (59 votes)Comments: View 0
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Lilac Wine
Average Rating: 85 (73 votes)Comments: View 0
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That's All I Ask
Average Rating: 83 (59 votes)Comments: View 0
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Break Down And Let It All Out
Average Rating: 81 (53 votes)Comments: View 0
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Why Keep On Breaking My Heart
Average Rating: 80 (52 votes)Comments: View 0
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Wild Is The Wind
Average Rating: 88 (81 votes)Comments: View 1
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Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Average Rating: 83 (65 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
If I Should Lose You
Average Rating: 80 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Either Way I Lose
Average Rating: 82 (53 votes)Comments: View 0

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Wild Is The Wind rankings

Wild Is The Wind rankings summary
Overall rank: 720th | 1960s rank: 81st | 1966 rank: 8th  Overall chart history
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Wild Is The Wind ratings

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80/100 (from 270 votes)
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 !		10/16/2026 04:19 AvalancheGrips  Ratings distribution  78884/100
 
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 !		10/07/2026 02:59 OldWiseOne1969  Ratings distribution  16082/100
 
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 !		09/26/2026 23:46 dsavard  Ratings distribution  68177/100

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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 80.4/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.


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Wild Is The Wind forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 26 hours ago in Monthly Overall Chart Movements - October 2026
“The is ever on 1st January 2020 affecting the scoring of overall charts). SINCE LAST MONTH OVERALL CHART MOVEMENTS TOP 100 CHANGES Top 100 Biggest Climbers: (Rank today: 47 | Last month: 50 | +3 places) (Rank today: 70 | Last month: 73 | +3 places) (Rank today: 92 | Last month: 95 | +3 places)…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AvalancheGrips () 1. by (2015) 2. (2021) 3. by (1970) 4. by (2003) 5. (2013) 6. by (1988) 7. by by by (1980) 10. (2006) 11. by (2000) 12. by (1969) 13. by (2000) 14. by by by by by (2000) 19. by (1974) 20. by (2024) 21. by (2024) 22. by…”
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From Romanelli 10/20/2026 21:58 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
“With the addition of the first three albums, I now have, in my physical collection, all of the top 695 on the BEA overall chart. Next is #696, I now have 869 of the BEA Top 1000 in my collection. Also added these to my collection: |”
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From 01/17/2018 03:25 | #205851 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
What I find remarkable is how she was able to put so much passion into everything she did. I recommend listening to "Four Women" and "What More Can I Say?" Amazing. (Edited)
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From 04/05/2015 21:41 | #138904 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Very unique, distinctive voice. Great record to just chill out to. (Edited)
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From 10/10/2014 12:59 | #123863 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
She sounds so lively, so contemporary , I love her songs and her voice. (Edited)
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From 08/12/2019 20:46 | #241102 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Some say that "I Put a Spell on You" is the closest that Nina Simone gets to pop, but I think this album has a great pop sensibility that keeps pushing track after track of tight, melodic songs. Highly recommended. (Edited)
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From 01/15/2023 22:01 | #292895 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Nina Simone is to my ears the greatest vocalist to have ever done it and this album is a prime example of that. (Edited)
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