Let It All Out

Let It All Out
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	1966
Recorded	New York City, March 21, April 1 and April 6, 1964 (live), on September 30 October 1, 1965, and other dates.
Genre	Jazz Blues Folk R&B
Length	37:03
Label	Philips
Producer	Hal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Pastel Blues (1965) Let It All Out (1966) Wild Is the Wind (1966)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.5/10[2]

Let It All Out is an album by Jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. Released in 1966, it was her fifth album with Philips Records. Some of the tracks are live recordings, yet it is unclear which.

Information about songs on this album

• "Images", sung a cappella by Simone, based on a poem by Waring Cuney. It was a live recording sung a cappella during the same performance of songs that featured on Nina Simone In Concert (1964).
• "Love Me or Leave Me" and "Mood Indigo" were also featured on Simone's debut album Little Girl Blue (1958); these are new performances and different arrangements.

Track listing

1. "Mood Indigo" (Irving Mills, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington)
2. "The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson)
3. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
4. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.)
5. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
6. "Chauffeur" (Andy Stroud)
7. "For Myself" (Van McCoy)
8. "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" (Bob Dylan)
9. "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin)
10. "Images" (Nina Simone, Waring Cuney)
11. "Nearer Blessed Lord" (Stroud)

Personnel

• Nina Simone - piano, vocals
• Al Shackman - guitar
• Rudy Stevenson - guitar, flute
• Lisle Atkinson - bass
• Bobby Hamilton - drums
• Horace Ott - arranger, conductor

Charts

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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