Wild Is the Wind

by Nina Simone

Overview

This album was apparently a bit of a pastiche of leftovers from sessions for Nina Simone's four previous albums on Philips. But you'd never guess from listening; the material is certainly as strong and consistent as it is on her other mid-'60s LPs. As is the case with most of her albums of the time, the selections are almost unnervingly diverse, ranging from jazz ballads to traditional folk tunes ("Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair") to the near calypso of "Why Keep on Breaking My Heart" to the somber, almost chilling title track. Highlights are two outstanding pop-soul numbers written by the pre-disco Van McCoy ("Either Way I Lose," "Break Down and Let It All Out") and "Four Women," a string of searing vignettes about the hardships of four African-American women that ranks as one of Simone's finest compositions. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	08/25/2023
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602448556882
Rank:	18010

Tracks

1. I Love Your Lovin' Ways
2. Four Women
3. What More Can I Say?
4. Lilac Wine
5. That's All I Ask
6. Break Down and Let It All Out
7. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart
8. Wild Is the Wind
9. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
10. If I Should Lose You
11. Either Way I Lose

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nina Simone   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Lisle Atkinson   Bass (Upright),Bass
Horace Ott   Conductor
Rudy Stevenson   Flute,Guitar
Bobby Hamilton   Drums

Technical Credits

Hal Mooney   Audio Production,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Sol Marcus   Composer
James Alan Shelton   Composer
Bennie Benjamin   Composer
Wade Jr. Brown   Composer
Horace Ott   Arranger,Composer
Van McCoy   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Ralph Rainger   Composer
Nina Simone   Arranger,Composer
Bryan Koniarz   Producer
Ken Druker   Executive Producer
Leo Robin   Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
James Shelton   Composer
Allen McCoy   Composer
Hollis King   Art Direction
Jeff Willens   Mastering
Joe Shelton   Composer
Sid Mark   Liner Notes
Sherniece Smith   Art Producer
Kazumi Matsumoto   Series Design
Wade Brown Jr.   Composer