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Silk & Soul

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Information about songs on this album
Track listing
Personnel
References

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| type = studio
| artist = Nina Simone
| cover = Ninasimonesilkandsoul.jpg
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| released = October 1967
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| venue =
| studio = RCA Victor's Studio B
| genre = R&B, blues, gospel, pop, vocal
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| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Danny Davis
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| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = 'Nuff Said!
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Silk & Soul is the thirteenth studio album by American musician Nina Simone released in October 1967 by RCA Victor. It features the cuts "Go To Hell" and a cover of "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free".

Information about songs on this album

In 1968, Simone got a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song "You'll Go to Hell" from this album. She lost to Aretha Franklin.
"It Be's That Way Sometime", a song written by Nina's brother Sam Waymon.
"The Look of Love", a song by Burt Bacharach, originally written for the movie Casino Royale (1967).
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", this song was written by Billy Taylor. It was later recorded by Solomon Burke and Levon Helm, and can be regarded as a civil rights anthem.
"Turning Point", which at first seems to be a child's song about making a new friend, later turns into a song questioning the origins of racism. Lyrics written by Martha Holmes.
"Consummation" is a love song written by Nina Simone that uses the melody of "For All We Know", a song she originally recorded in the late 50s.

Track listing

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| title1 = It Be's That Way Sometime
| writer1 = Sam Waymon
| length1 = 2:58
| title2 = The Look Of Love
| writer2 = Burt Bacharach, Hal David
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = Go To Hell
| writer3 = Morris Bailey, Jr.
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Love O' Love
| writer4 = Andy Stroud
| length4 = 5:06
| title5 = Cherish
| writer5 = Terry Kirkman
| length5 = 3:22
| title6 = I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
| writer6 = Billy Taylor
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = Turn Me On
| writer7 = John D. Loudermilk
| length7 = 2:26
| title8 = Turning Point
| writer8 = Martha Holmes
| length8 = 2:01
| title9 = Some Say
| writer9 = Charles Reuben
| length9 = 2:10
| title10 = Consummation
| writer10 = Nina Simone
| length10 = 4:10
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2006 reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = Why Must Your Love Well Be So Dry
| writer11 = Harold Thomas, Randie Evretts, Virdia Crawford
| length11 = 2:20
| title12 = Save Me
| writer12 = Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Curtis Ousley
| length12 = 3:22
}}

Personnel

Nina Simone – piano, vocals
Gene Taylor – bass
Sammy Lowe – arrangements, conductor
Ray Hall – engineer

References

4 : 1967 albums|Nina Simone albums|albums conducted by Sammy Lowe|RCA Victor albums

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