A Single Woman (album)
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| A Single Woman | ||||
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| Released | March 1993 | |||
| Recorded | August–December 1992 | |||
| Venue | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Studio | Oceanway Studios, Mad Hatter Studio | |||
| Genre | Vocal, soul, jazz, pop | |||
| Length | 39:06 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | André Fischer[1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Music Week | [5] |
| New York Daily News | [6] |
| The Observer | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
A Single Woman is the final studio album by the singer Nina Simone, released in 1993 via Elektra Records.[9][10]
In November of 2025, Omnivore Records released A Single Woman: The Complete Elektra Recordings- a double-album featuring the complete collection of material that Simone recorded during those sessions. It features covers of Bob Dylan, Prince, The Beatles, and Bob Marley, originally intended for a follow-up album that never happened. [11]
The Times wrote: "Despite the strings, the woodwinds, the French accordions or the 'My Way' overtones of many of these songs, [Simone] speaks with bleak honesty and unashamed recalcitrance to many people who value such qualities above sham professionalism or artifice."[12]
Reviewing a reissue, Clash wrote that Simone's "voice is richer and deeper; her phrasing resembles more than ever the tender voicing of a jazz trumpet."[13]
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" | Prince | 5:37 |
