℗ 2013 UMG Recordings; A Verve Label Group Release
| Released | 1966 |
| Duration | 38m 38s |
| Record Label | Verve Reissues |
| Genre | Jazz |
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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I Love Your Lovin' Ways
Nina Simone |
2:29 | |||
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1.2
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Four Women
Nina Simone |
4:24 | |||
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1.3
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What More Can I Say?
Nina Simone |
2:49 | |||
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1.4
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Lilac Wine
Nina Simone |
4:15 | |||
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1.5
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That's All I Ask
Nina Simone |
2:27 | |||
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1.6
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Break Down And Let It All Out
Nina Simone |
2:38 | |||
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1.7
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Why Keep On Breaking My Heart
Nina Simone |
2:33 | |||
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1.8
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Wild Is The Wind (Live In New York/1964)
Nina Simone |
6:57 | |||
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1.9
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Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Live In New York/1964)
Nina Simone |
3:26 | |||
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1.10
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If I Should Lose You
Nina Simone |
3:58 | |||
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1.11
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Either Way I Lose
Nina Simone |
2:42 |
Billboard R&B Chart - #12, 1966
"... special merit pick ... sets up an exceptional romantic mood that offers top listening delight."
- Billboard
"... the singular Simone at the height of her creative power ..."
- JazzTimes.com
"... (Four Women is) an instantly accessible analysis of the damning legacy of slavery, that made iconographic the real women we knew and would become."
- The Village Voice
Nina Simone recorded the title track, originally popularized by Johnny Mathis, twice: it appears on her 1959 live album and again on this 1966 release. David Bowie's mid-1970s cover version was inspired by the rendition on this album and was recorded after Bowie met Simone. Also included is one of Simone's signature tunes, the stereotype-fighting Four Women, her only original number on the album. An anthem for the Civil Rights movement, the single was banned upon release by a New York jazz radio station due to what was considered controversial lyrical content at the time.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Verve Reissues Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.47 -4.13 to -0.20 | -18.82 -22.47 to -16.14 | -15.79 -19.70 to -13.10 | 10 9 to 12 | |
| 1 | I Love Your Lovin' Ways | -0.20 | -16.56 | -13.1 | 11 |
| 2 | Four Women | -0.20 | -18.77 | -15.8 | 12 |
| 3 | What More Can I Say? | -1.70 | -18.87 | -15.8 | 9 |
| 4 | Lilac Wine | -2.36 | -20.12 | -17.4 | 11 |
| 5 | That's All I Ask | -1.63 | -17.59 | -14.6 | 10 |
| 6 | Break Down And Let It All Out | -1.20 | -16.14 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 7 | Why Keep On Breaking My Heart | -0.20 | -16.81 | -13.8 | 10 |
| 8 | Wild Is The Wind (Live In New York/1964) | -1.20 | -19.56 | -16.1 | 11 |
| 9 | Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Live In New York/1964) | -1.58 | -22.47 | -19.7 | 10 |
| 10 | If I Should Lose You | -4.13 | -22.31 | -19.1 | 10 |
| 11 | Either Way I Lose | -1.83 | -17.80 | -15.1 | 9 |