To Love Somebody

by Nina Simone

To Love Somebody cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:48
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'To Love Somebody' finds Nina Simone interpreting contemporary popular songs, including material associated with the Bee Gees and Bob Dylan, through her distinctive vocal and piano language. The album reflects her late-1960s movement between protest, soul, pop repertory, and personal testimony. Its performances reframe familiar songs with a direct emotional and political weight.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, protest, existential, rhythmic, velvety, soulful, vocal, piano, cover, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Suzanne
  2. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
  3. Revolution (Part I)
  4. Revolution (Part II)
  5. To Love Somebody
  6. I Shall Be Released
  7. I Can't See Nobody
  8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  9. The Times They Are A Changin'

Credits

  • New Horizon - primary artist
  • Nature Ross - vocals
  • Andrew Ramanauskas - written-by, programmed by

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