℗ 2012 Naive
| Released | October 8, 2012 |
| Duration | 53m 44s |
| Record Label | Naive |
| Catalogue No. | NV827012 |
| Genre | Rock |
Pour une âme souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
Meshell Ndegeocello
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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1.1
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Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
4:08 | |||
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1.2
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Suzanne
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
4:27 | |||
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1.3
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Real Real (feat. Toshi Reagon)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Toshi Reagon; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:08 | |||
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1.4
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The House Of The Rising Sun (feat. Toshi Reagon)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Toshi Reagon; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:36 | |||
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1.5
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Turn Me On
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:08 | |||
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1.6
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Feeling Good
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
4:10 | |||
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1.7
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Don't Take All Night (feat. Sinead O'Connor)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Sinead O'Connor; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:28 | |||
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1.8
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Nobody's Fault but Mine (feat. Lizz Wright)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Lizz Wright; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
2:37 | |||
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1.9
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Be My Husband (feat. Valerie June)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Valerie June; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:31 | |||
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1.10
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Black Is the Color of My True Loves Hair
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:53 | |||
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1.11
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See Line Woman (feat. Tracy Wannomae)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Tracy Wannomae; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
5:51 | |||
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1.12
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Either Way I Lose
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:29 | |||
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1.13
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black (feat. Cody ChesnuTT)
Meshell Ndegeocello; Cody ChesnuTT; Tracy Wannomae; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
3:16 | |||
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1.14
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Four Women
Meshell Ndegeocello; Chris Bruce; Jebin Bruni; Deantoni Parks |
5:02 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... shimmies itself with the comforting sounds and warm melodic structures that we’ve come to know from Ndegéocello."
- PopMatters.com
Critically-acclaimed soul singer/rapper and bassist Meshell Ndegéocello honours one of her biggest influences, singer-songwriter Nina Simone on Pour une âme souveraine. She shares the spotlight here with friends, inviting guest vocalists including Sinead O'Connor, Lizz Wright and Cody Chesnutt to join her in the studio. The material on the album was selected specifically to include songs written by Simon so her estate would benefit from royalties.
"It means 'for a sovereign soul.' She was one of the people, but I felt she was like royalty. Simone is our people's Bach. She is the foundation for making popular music interesting and her activist side makes her a heroine to us."
- Meshell Ndegéocello
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naive Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.49 -0.54 to -0.25 | -12.32 -13.96 to -10.37 | -10.04 -11.80 to -8.50 | 7 6 to 9 | |
| 1 | Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | -0.48 | -12.57 | -10.4 | 7 |
| 2 | Suzanne | -0.51 | -12.02 | -9.5 | 8 |
| 3 | Real Real (feat. Toshi Reagon) | -0.54 | -11.12 | -8.9 | 6 |
| 4 | The House Of The Rising Sun (feat. Toshi Reagon) | -0.51 | -12.87 | -10.3 | 9 |
| 5 | Turn Me On | -0.54 | -13.96 | -11.8 | 8 |
| 6 | Feeling Good | -0.54 | -13.43 | -11.4 | 8 |
| 7 | Don't Take All Night (feat. Sinead O'Connor) | -0.48 | -11.51 | -9.2 | 7 |
| 8 | Nobody's Fault but Mine (feat. Lizz Wright) | -0.48 | -12.63 | -9.8 | 8 |
| 9 | Be My Husband (feat. Valerie June) | -0.51 | -13.07 | -10.8 | 7 |
| 10 | Black Is the Color of My True Loves Hair | -0.48 | -12.38 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 11 | See Line Woman (feat. Tracy Wannomae) | -0.54 | -12.41 | -10.3 | 8 |
| 12 | Either Way I Lose | -0.54 | -11.90 | -9.8 | 7 |
| 13 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black (feat. Cody ChesnuTT) | -0.25 | -12.19 | -9.3 | 7 |
| 14 | Four Women | -0.48 | -10.37 | -8.5 | 6 |