| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [2] |
| Clash | (favorable)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
A Single Woman is the final studio album by singer Nina Simone.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Single Woman" | Rod McKuen | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Lonesome Cities" | Rod McKuen | 3:08 |
| 3. | "If I Should Lose You" | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | 3:59 |
| 4. | "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Love's Been Good to Me" | Rod McKuen | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand | 4:22 |
| 7. | "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" | Louis Aragon, Georges Brassens | 6:26 |
| 8. | "Just Say I Love Him" | Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff, Jack Val, Sam Ward | 4:29 |
| 9. | "The More I See You" | Mack Gordon, Harry Warren | 2:42 |
| 10. | "Marry Me" | Nina Simone | 2:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "The Long and Winding Road" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:32 |
| 12. | "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young | 2:30 |
| 13. | "Baseball Boogie" | Nina Simone | 0:55 |
| 14. | "No Woman, No Cry" | Bob Marley | 3:13 |
| 15. | "Do I Move You" | Nina Simone | 3:16 |
| 16. | "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | Bob Dylan | 0:56 |
| 17. | "Sign o' the Times (song)" | Prince | 5:37 |
Personnel
- Nina Simone – vocals, piano
- John Chiodini, Al Schackman – guitar
- John Clayton, Buell Neidlinger, Christopher Hanulik, David Young, Jim Hughart, John Peña, Margaret Storer, Steve Edelman, Susan Ranney – bass
- Mike Melvoin – piano
- Jeff Hamilton, Paul Robinson, Andre Fischer – drums
- Bill Summers, Larry Bunker, Darryl Munyungo Jackson – percussion
- Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone
- Jack Sheldon – trumpet
- Frank Marocco – accordion
- Ann Stockton, Carol Robbins – harp
- Assa Drori, Connie Kupka, Gina Kronstadt, Gordon Marron, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Isabelle Daskoff, Israel Baker, Jay Rosen, Joel Derouin, Kathleen Lenski, Mari Tsumura, Mark Cargill, Shari Zippert, Yvette Devereaux – violin
- Evan Wilson, Herschel Wise, Margot MacLaine, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale – viola
- David Speltz, Frederick Seykora, Igor Horoshevsky, Marie Fera, Melissa Hasin, Suzie Katayama – cello
- Bob Tricarico, Earl Dumler, Gary Foster, Jack Nimitz, Jeff Clayton, Jon Kip, Valerie King – woodwind, reeds
- Brad Warnaar, Jeff DeRosa, Marilyn Johnson, Richard Todd – French horn
- Gerald Vinci – concertmaster, violin
- Jeremy Lubbock, John Clayton, Richard Evans, Nina Simone, Andre Fischer – arrangements
Technical
- Andre Fischer - Producer
- Al Schmitt - mixing, recording
- Michael Alago - executive producer
- Carol Friedman - photography
References
- ^ A Single Woman at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "CG Book '90s: S". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. ISBN 0312245602. Retrieved March 30, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Clash
- ^ Berger, Arion (November 11, 1993). "Nina Simone A Single Woman Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 19, 2015.