Forbidden Fruit (Nina Simone album)

Forbidden Fruit
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	1961
Recorded	New York City 1961
Genre	Vocal Jazz, jazz, blues, folk
Label	Colpix
Producer	Cal Lampey
Nina Simone chronology
Nina Simone at Newport (1960) Forbidden Fruit (1961) Nina at the Village Gate (1962)

Forbidden Fruit is an album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was her second studio album for Colpix. The rhythm section accompanying her is the same trio as on both live albums prior to and after this release.

Information about songs on this album

• "Gin House Blues", Nina would re-record this song in a more rhythmic way on Nuff Said (1968).
• "Work Song", written by Oscar Brown, Jr and Nat Adderley tells the story of a chain gang. This song is also featured on Nina’s Choice (1963), Nina Simone with Strings (1966), and High Priestess of Soul (1967).
• "Forbidden Fruit", the title song, one of three on the album by Oscar Brown, Jr^[1] It's a "humorous up-tempo take on Adam and Eve was part nursery rhyme, part call and response."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Rags and Old Iron" (Norman Curtis, Oscar Brown, Jr)
2. "No Good Man" (Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop)
3. "Gin House Blues" (Fletcher Henderson, Henry Troy)
4. "I'll Look Around" (George Cory, Douglas Cross)
5. "I Love to Love" (Herbert Baker, Lennie Hayton)
6. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr)
7. "Where Can I Go Without You" (Peggy Lee, Victor Young)
8. "Just Say I Love Him" (Enzo Fusco, Rodolfo Falvo; Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff, Sam Ward)
9. "Memphis in June" (Paul Francis Webster, Hoagy Carmichael)
10. "Forbidden Fruit" (Oscar Brown, Jr)

Personnel

• Nina Simone - vocals, piano
• Al Shackman - guitar
• Chris White - bass
• Bobby Hamilton - drums

References

Nina Simone
Studio albums	Little Girl Blue Nina Simone and Her Friends The Amazing Nina Simone Forbidden Fruit Nina Simone Sings Ellington Broadway-Blues-Ballads I Put a Spell on You Pastel Blues Nina Simone with Strings Wild Is the Wind High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone Sings the Blues Silk & Soul Nina Simone and Piano To Love Somebody Here Comes the Sun Baltimore Fodder on My Wings A Single Woman
Compilation albums	Nina's Choice The Soul of Nina Simone The Very Best of Nina Simone
Live albums	Nina Simone at Newport Nina at the Village Gate Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall Folksy Nina Nina Simone in Concert Black Gold Live at Ronnie Scott's The Great Show Live in Paris Emergency Ward!
Live and studio albums	Nina Simone at Town Hall Let It All Out 'Nuff Said! It Is Finished
Remix albums	Remixed and Reimagined
Related articles	I Put a Spell on You (book) What Happened, Miss Simone?
Songs and singles "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" "Alone Again (Naturally)" "Angel of the Morning" "Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)" "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Cherish" "Cotton-Eyed Joe" "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" "Exactly Like You" "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" "Feeling Good" "Fine and Mellow" "For All We Know" "Four Women" "Go Limp" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Here Comes the Sun" "The House of the Rising Sun" "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" "I Loves You, Porgy" "I Put a Spell on You" "I Shall Be Released" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" "If I Should Lose You" "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" "It Might as Well Be Spring" "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" "Just Like a Woman" "Lilac Wine" "Little Girl Blue" "The Look of Love" "Love Me or Leave Me" "Mississippi Goddam" "Mood Indigo" "The More I See You" "Mr. Bojangles" "My Baby Just Cares for Me" "My Sweet Lord" "My Way" "Ne me quitte pas" "Nobody" "Nobody's Fault but Mine" "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" "The Pusher" "Rich Girl" "(In My) Solitude" "Satin Doll" "Sea Lion Woman" "Sign o' the Times" "Since I Fell for You" "Sinnerman" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Something Wonderful" "Spring Is Here" "Strange Fruit" "Summertime" "Suzanne" "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" "That's All" "That's All I Want from You" "The Times They Are a-Changin'" "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" "To Love Somebody" "Trouble in Mind" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" "Wild Is the Wind" "Willow Weep for Me" "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
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