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'Nuff Said! (Nina Simone album)

Field	Value
name	'Nuff Said!
type	live
artist	Nina Simone
cover	Ninasimone nuffsaid.jpg
released	1968
recorded	Live at Westbury Music Fair on April 7, 1968
tracks 1, 8 and 11: RCA Studios New York City May 13, 1968
genre	Jazz, blues, folk, pop
length	33:37
label	RCA Victor
producer	Joe René for Stroud Productions
prev_title	Silk & Soul
prev_year	1967
next_title	Nina Simone and Piano
next_year	1969

tracks 1, 8 and 11: RCA Studios New York City May 13, 1968

Nuff Said! is an album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was recorded—excluding tracks 1, 8, and 11—at Westbury Music Fair, April 7, 1968, three days after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. The whole program that night was dedicated to his memory. The album featured one of Simone's biggest hits in Europe, "Ain't Got No, I Got Life".

Songs

"Backlash Blues", a Civil Rights song first recorded on Nina Simone Sings the Blues.
"Gin House Blues", first recorded on Forbidden Fruit.
"Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)", written by Simone's bass player Gene Taylor after the news of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death had reached him. It was performed here for the first time. The song was heavily cut from the longer original recording, which featured a lot of Simone's monologue.
"Ain't Got No, I Got Life", a medley from the musical Hair (Rado, Ragni, MacDermot). It became a hit in Europe, reaching number two on the British charts and number one on the Dutch charts. Compared to the single, the album version has applause from the Westbury Music Fair concert crossfaded over the beginning and end, additional overdubbed drums, and towards the end of the song the vocal is double-tracked.
"In the Morning", an early Bee Gees song, is also a studio recording, with added applause and the compere's introduction from the Westbury Music Fair concert.
"I Loves You Porgy" is a song from George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (George & Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward). It was first recorded by Simone on her debut album Little Girl Blue.
"Do What You Gotta Do", written by Jimmy Webb, is a studio recording, also issued as the B-side to "Ain't Got No, I Got Life". It is used in the film Bridget Jones's Diary and it appears in the second soundtrack album. A sample of "Do What You Gotta Do" can be heard on Kanye West's track "Famous" from the album The Life of Pablo.
"Please Read Me" is a cover of another early Bee Gees song from the 1967 album Bee Gees' 1st.

Track listing

(The order of tracks can vary)

Personnel

Nina Simone – vocals, piano
Rudy Stevenson – guitar
Samuel Wayman – organ
Gene Taylor – bass
Buck Clarke – drums
Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on "Do What You Gotta Do" Technical
Ed Begley – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer on "Do What You Gotta Do"

Charts

Chart (1968)	Peak position	US Hot R&B LPs
44

References

{{ill. Dutch Nr. 1 hits 1969. nl. Nummer 1-hits in de Nederlandse Top 40 in 1969
CD sleevenotes to ''Sings the Blues / Nuff Said'', BMG, 2001.
"Credits for ''The Life of Pablo''".
"Nina Simone - Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop albums)".

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