Name: Wild Is The Wind [LP]
Brand: Decca Records
SKU: 105161153
Price: 62.1 USD
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Wild Is The Wind [LP]

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Album: Wild Is The Wind [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Love Your Lovin' Ways	More Info...
2)	Four Women	More Info...
3)	Lilac Wine (From 'Dance Me A Song')	More Info...
4)	Break Down And Let It All Out	More Info...
5)	Either Way I Lose	More Info...
6)	Why Keep On Breaking My Heart	More Info...
7)	Wild Is The Wind	More Info...
8)	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair	More Info...
9)	If I Should Lose You	More Info...
2)	Four Women	More Info...	0:04
3)	What More Can I Say	More Info...	0:03
4)	Lilac Wine	More Info...	0:04
5)	That's All I Ask	More Info...	0:02
6)	Break Down and Let It All Out	More Info...	0:02
7)	Why Keep On Breaking My Heart	More Info...	0:02
8)	Wild Is the Wind	More Info...	0:07
9)	Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair	More Info...	0:03
10)	If I Should Lose You	More Info...	0:04
11)	Either Way I Lose	More Info...	0:02

Album: Wild Is The Wind [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Love Your Lovin' Ways	More Info...
2)	Four Women	More Info...
3)	Lilac Wine (From 'Dance Me A Song')	More Info...
4)	Break Down And Let It All Out	More Info...
5)	Either Way I Lose	More Info...
6)	Why Keep On Breaking My Heart	More Info...
7)	Wild Is The Wind	More Info...
8)	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair	More Info...
9)	If I Should Lose You	More Info...
2)	Four Women	More Info...	0:04
3)	What More Can I Say	More Info...	0:03
4)	Lilac Wine	More Info...	0:04
5)	That's All I Ask	More Info...	0:02
6)	Break Down and Let It All Out	More Info...	0:02
7)	Why Keep On Breaking My Heart	More Info...	0:02
8)	Wild Is the Wind	More Info...	0:07
9)	Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair	More Info...	0:03
10)	If I Should Lose You	More Info...	0:04
11)	Either Way I Lose	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

This album was apparently a bit of a pastiche of leftovers from sessions for Nina Simone's four previous albums on Philips. But you'd never guess from listening; the material is certainly as strong and consistent as it is on her other mid-'60s LPs. As is the case with most of her albums of the time, the selections are almost unnervingly diverse, ranging from jazz ballads to traditional folk tunes ("Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair") to the near calypso of "Why Keep on Breaking My Heart" to the somber, almost chilling title track. Highlights are two outstanding pop-soul numbers written by the pre-disco Van McCoy ("Either Way I Lose," "Break Down and Let It All Out") and "Four Women," a string of searing vignettes about the hardships of four African-American women that ranks as one of Simone's finest compositions. ~ Richie Unterberger

Professional Reviews

No Depression (p.113) - "WILD IS THE WIND is simply transfixing, in part for a sequencing that alternates between orchestral flashed and the subtle groove of her regular combo..."