Album · 2000
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
Tracklist
1
Love Me or Leave Me
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
4:07
2
Wild Is the Wind
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
7:00
3
I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
2:38
4
Work Song
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
3:09
5
Don't Explain
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
4:22
6
The Other Woman
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
3:05
7
Mississippi Goddam
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
4:55
8
Four Women
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
4:27
9
Pirate Jenny
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
6:42
10
I Loves You, Porgy
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
2:33
11
This Year's Kisses
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
3:01
12
Little Girl Blue
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
4:21
13
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
2:48
14
Ne me quitte pas
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
3:38
15
Don't Smoke in Bed
Nina Simone’s Finest Hour
5:24
In print
First pressed 2000, still pressed 2015 — 7 pressings across 5 countries.
Credits
Hollis King
Art Direction · creative director [verve]
Robert Appleton
Art Direction
Horace Ott
Conductor
Bobby Hamilton
Instrument · drums
Lisle Atkinson
Instrument · bass
Nina Simone
Instrument · piano, vocals
Rudy Stevenson
Instrument · flute
Billy Vera
Liner Notes
Peter Keepnews
Liner Notes
Jeff Willens
Mastering
Don Cropper
Photography
Ray Avery Archive
Photography
Hal Mooney
Producer
John Wriggle
Producer · compilation producer [assistant], research [assistant]