ニーナ・シモン1965年のアルバム。スクリーミン・ジェイ・ホーキンスの「I Put a Spell on You」のカヴァーはホルンとストリングスを使ったスリリングなラブソングは、彼女の最も有名な曲の一つとなり、彼女はこの曲のタイトルを1992年の自叙伝「I Put A Spell On You」に使用。また、シャルル・アズナブールのオリジナルでジャック・ブレル作の"Ne Me Quitte Pas"の英語版"Tomorrow Is My Turn"、ブロードウェイ・ヒット"Feeling Good"のカヴァーなどを収録。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2020/09/28)
One of her most pop-oriented albums, but also one of her best and most consistent. Most of the songs feature dramatic, swinging large-band orchestration, with the accent on the brass and strings. Simone didn't write any of the material, turning to popular European songsmiths Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, and Anthony Newley, as well as her husband, Andy Stroud, and her guitarist, Rudy Stevenson, for bluesier fare. There are really fine tunes and interpretations, on which Simone gives an edge to the potentially fey pop songs, taking a sudden (but not uncharacteristic) break for a straight jazz instrumental with "Blues on Purpose." The title track, a jazzy string ballad version of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins classic, gave the Beatles the inspiration for the phrasing on the bridge of "Michelle." ~ Richie Unterberger
Rovi