Pour une âme souveraine - A Dedication to Nina Simone

~ Release by Meshell Ndegeocello (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Remark on release date: 2012-10-12 is taken from Discogs, but this date is questionable. According to Wikipedia, the album was first released on Oct 16th. Probably at least day should be removed, but currently the digital download release on iTunes has an even earlier date given.

℗ & © 2012 Meshell Ndegeocello, under exclusive license to naïve.
www.meshell.com NV827011. Made in France.

CD sub-channel contains ISRCs and CD-Text. As CD-Text album title "for A Sovereign Soul" is entered.

Matrix

CA NV827011@
outer ring, small: IFPI L039 08/08/12 11:38:14 PM
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L039
Mould SID Code: IFPI 1288
(possible variants with IFPI 12**)

Annotation last modified on 2022-12-17 14:54 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
44:08
2Suzanne
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet) (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Ardmore & Beechwood Music Ltd., Project 7 Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Stranger Music Inc. and Writers Workshop Ltd.
44:27
3Real Real
engineer:
Eric Elterman (lead vocals) and Pete Min (producer and engineer)
mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
vocals:
Toshi Reagon
cover recording of:
Real Real
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
33:08
4House of the Rising Sun
engineer:
Eric Elterman (lead vocals) and Pete Min (producer and engineer)
mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
vocals:
Toshi Reagon
cover recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
43:36
5Turn Me On
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Turn Me On
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Loudermilk Music, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-09)
33:08
6Feeling Good
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Feeling Good
writer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Concord Music Ltd and Musical Comedy Prods.
part of:
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
44:10
7Don’t Take All Night
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
vocals:
Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer‐songwriter)
cover recording of:
Don’t Take All Night
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus
33:28
8Nobody’s Fault but Mine
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
vocals:
Lizz Wright (US jazz & gospel singer)
cover recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Filmtrax Mogull (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
42:37
9Be My Husband
engineer:
Eric Elterman (lead vocals) and Pete Min (producer and engineer)
mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
vocals:
Valerie June
cover recording of:
Be My Husband
lyricist and composer:
Andy Stroud (former husband of Nina Simone.)
is based on:
Rosie (Work camp song first recorded by Alan and John Lomax)
33:31
10Black Is the Color of My True Loves Hair
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
43:53
11See Line Woman
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
flute and soprano saxophone:
Tracy Wannomae
cover recording of:
See‐Line Woman
writer:
George Bass and Nina Simone
is based on:
Sea Lion Woman
45:51
12Either Way I Lose
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Either Way I Lose
writer:
Van Allen Mc Coy
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Van McCoy Music Inc.
43:29
13To Be Young, Gifted and Black
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
flute and soprano saxophone:
Tracy Wannomae
vocals:
Cody ChesnuTT
flute arranger and soprano saxophone arranger:
Tracy Wannomae
cover recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone
33:16
14Four Women
engineer and mixer:
Pete Min (producer and engineer)
cover recording of:
Four Women
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
45:02

Credits

Release

manufactured in:France
mastering:Pete Min (producer and engineer)
bass:Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
drums (drum set):Deantoni Parks (US drummer & composer, aka Technoself)
guitar:Chris Bruce
keyboard and piano:Jebin Bruni
vocals:Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
rights society:SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, French rights society for authors)
SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, French rights society representing original songwriters, composers, and music publishers)
SDRM (Société pour l’administration du droit de reproduction mécanique, French mechanical reproduction rights society)
SGDL (Société des gens de lettres de France, French rights society for authors)
licensed to:naïve (French independent label) (in 2012)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3941280 [info]