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After an uncharacteristic (for her) four-year hiatus from recording, Nina Simone returned to the fringes of the pop world with Baltimore, the only album she recorded for the CTI label. While it bears some of the musical stylings of the period -- light reggae inflections that hint of Steely Dan's "Haitian Divorce" -- the vocals are unmistakably Simone's. Like many of her albums, the content is wildly uneven; Simone simply covers too much ground and there's too little attention paid to how songs flow together. As a result, a robust torch piano ballad like "Music for Lovers" is followed immediately
| 1 | Baltimore | ♡ | 4:41 | Randy Newman | |
| 2 | Everything Must Change | ♡ | 4:00 | Benard Ighner / Lester Bowie | |
| 3 | The Family | ♡ | 4:59 | Ronnie Wilkins / John Hurley | |
| 4 | My Father | ♡ | 4:56 | Judy Collins | |
| 5 | Music for Lovers | ♡ | 3:43 | Traditional / Bart Howard / Howard | |
| 6 | Rich Girl | ♡ | 3:16 | Daryl Hall / LA Mitchell | Nina Simone / Jerry Friedman |
| 7 | That’s All I Want (From You) | ♡ | 2:55 | Fritz Rotter | |
| 8 | Forget | ♡ | 2:57 | David Matthews / Rocky Cole | |
| 9 | Balm in Gilead | ♡ | 2:26 | Traditional | |
| 10 | If You Pray Right (Heaven Belongs to You) | ♡ | 3:20 | Traditional / Nina Simone |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_N\Nina Simone\1978. Nina Simone - Baltimore [DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000644878
Credits
Arranged By — Dave Matthews, Nina Simone, Dave Matthews Backing Vocals — Albertine Robinson, Babi Floyd, Deborah McDuffie, Frank Floyd, Jo Armstead, Maeretha Stewart, Milt Grayson, Ray Simpson Bass — Gary King Cello — Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Jonathan Abramowitz Double Bass — Chuck Israels, Homer Mensch, John Beal Drums — Jimmy Madison Engineer — Joel Cohn, Dave Palmer Guitar — Eric Gale Music Director — Al Schackman Percussion — Nicky Marrero Producer — Creed Taylor Viola — Alfred Brown, Emanuel Vardi, LaMar Alsop Violin — Barry Finclair, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Herbert Sorkin, Marvin Morgenstern, Max Ellen, Richard Sortomme Vocals — Nina Simone Keyboards — Nina Simone
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