Wild Is The Wind (studio album)
by Nina Simone

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 752nd   
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 259 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1966 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1960s (85th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (752nd)

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Nina Simone bestography

Wild Is The Wind is ranked 2nd best out of 47 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 560 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,100.

Nina Simone album bestography « Higher ranked (560th)
Pastel Blues
This album (752nd)
Wild Is The Wind
Lower ranked (762nd) »
Little Girl Blue

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Wild Is The Wind track list

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

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Wild Is The Wind rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 752nd | 1960s rank: 85th | 1966 rank: 8th

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Wild Is The Wind ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 259 votes)
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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 80.6/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 01/15/2023 22:01 | #292895
Nina Simone is to my ears the greatest vocalist to have ever done it and this album is a prime example of that.
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70/100
From 04/25/2022 17:55 | #284650
Nice singing and great lyrics about important topics at the time.
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90/100
From 11/23/2021 19:19 | #276600
Wonderful and reveals a true artist at her very best.
Exceptional and recommended
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85/100
From 04/16/2021 00:40 | #268593
Emoção pura, epítome do soul!
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From 12/06/2020 15:14 | #262132
Gripping and haunting at times. A little too slow for me at others.
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From 10/13/2020 03:33 | #259230
70/100

Best tracks: I Love Your Lovin Ways, Four Women, What More Can I Say?
Worst tracks: Lilac Wine, That's All I Ask, If I Should Lose You
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90/100
From 08/12/2019 20:46 | #241102
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.
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From 01/17/2018 03:25 | #205851
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.
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From 04/05/2015 21:41 | #138904
Very unique, distinctive voice. Great record to just chill out to.
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Best Albums of 1966
1. Revolver by The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
3. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
4. Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
5. Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
6. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
7. Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
8. Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
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12. Fresh Cream by Cream
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15. Black Monk Time by Monks (US)
16. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
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18. Da Capo by Love
19. Blues Breakers by John Mayall & Eric Clapton
20. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo by Ennio Morricone
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