Let It All Out

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Let It All Out
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1966
RecordedMarch 1964 – October 1965
Length37:03
LabelPhilips
ProducerHal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Pastel Blues
(1965)
Let It All Out
(1966)
Wild Is the Wind
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10[2]
Record MirrorStarStarStar[3]
Tom HullB+[4]

Let It All Out is an album by Nina Simone, released by Philips Records in February 1966.[1][5][6]

The song "Chauffeur" is an adaptation of Memphis Minnie's "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" (1941), which Simone first heard Big Mama Thornton sing.[7] Thornton released her version as "Me and My Chauffeur" on the B-side of her "Before Day" single on James Moore's Sharp label in 1964.[8] Simone's version is credited to Andy Stroud, her husband and manager at the time, who adapted it and "Nearer Blessed Lord" for her.[7]

"Images", sung a cappella by Simone, is based on a poem by Waring Cuney.[1][7]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 
Total length:37:03

Source: AllMusic[1]

Personnel

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

Charts

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Chart (1966) Peak position
Hot R&B LPs 19[9]

References

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