Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone is the 10th studio album by American singer Meshell Ndegeocello, released in October 2012 on Naïve label.
| Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone | ||||
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| Released | 16 October 2012 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 53:37 | |||
| Label | Naïve | |||
| Producer | Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce[1] | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
| Slant Magazine | [1] |
Track listing
- "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Claude Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus) – 4:08
- "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:27
- "Real Real" (Nina Simone) – 3:08
- "House of the Rising Sun" (Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes) – 3:36
- "Turn Me On" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:08
- "Feeling Good" (Anthony George Newley, Leslie Bricusse) – 4:10
- "Don't Take All Night" (Benjamin, Marcus) – 3:28
- "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (traditional) – 2:37
- "Be My Husband" (Andrew Benjamin Stroud) – 3:31
- "Black Is the Colour of My True Loves Hair" (traditional) – 3:53
- "See Line Woman" (George Bass, Nina Simone) – 5:51
- "Either Way I Lose" (Van McCoy) – 3:29
- "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone) – 3:16
- "Four Women" (Nina Simone) – 5:02
Personnel
- Meshell Ndegeocello – bass
- Chris Bruce – guitar
- Jebin Bruni – keyboards, piano
- Deantoni Parks – drums
- Toshi Reagon – vocals on "Real Real" and "House of the Rising Sun"
- Sinéad O'Connor – vocals on "Don't Take All Night"
- Lizz Wright – vocals on "Nobody's Fault but Mine"
- Valerie June – vocals on "Be My Husband"
- Tracy Wannomae – soprano saxophone and flute on "See Line Woman" and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
- Eric Elterman – engineer (vocals)
- Pete Min – engineer, mixing, mastering
- Hilton Als – liner notes
- Charlie Gross – photography