Nina Simone – Baltimore (1978 Remaster) (2001)
Nina Simone – Baltimore (1978 Remaster) (2001)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) - 231 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 100 MB | Covers Included | 37:06
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: Sony Music | Catalog: 5127912
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) - 231 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 100 MB | Covers Included | 37:06
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: Sony Music | Catalog: 5127912
After an uncharacteristic (for her) four-year hiatus from recording, Nina Simone returned to the fringes of the pop world with Baltimore, the only album she recorded for the CTI label. While it bears some of the musical stylings of the period – light reggae inflections that hint of Steely Dan's "Haitian Divorce" – the vocals are unmistakably Simone's. Like many of her albums, the content is wildly uneven; Simone simply covers too much ground and there's too little attention paid to how songs flow together. As a result, a robust torch piano ballad like "Music for Lovers" is followed immediately by one of Simone's more awkward moments, an attempt to keep up with a jaunty rhythm track on a cover of Hall & Oates' "Rich Girl." Still, one must give her credit for always being provocative in her cover song choices, as she clearly scores on the Randy Newman-penned title track and a dramatic reading of Judy Collins' "My Father." Her voice throughout is in fine form, even when she phones it in on the album-closing traditional gospel tunes, but arranger David Matthews is a mismatch for her: He blows the arrangements with excessive string overlays and needlessly blaring background vocals. Simone herself all but disavowed the album shortly after its release, testament to her eternally contrarian, iconic nature. Despite her misgivings, though, Baltimore is an occasionally spellbinding if erratic album, a challenging and worthwhile listen for people ready to dip into the lesser-known entries in Nina Simone's vast catalog.
Nina Simone – Baltimore (1978 Remaster) (2001)
Track List:
01. Baltimore (4:41)
02. Everything Must Change (3:59)
03. The Family (5:00)
04. My Father (4:56)
05. Music For Lovers (3:42)
06. Rich Girl (3:16)
07. That's All I Want From You (2:54)
08. Forget (2:56)
09. Balm In Gilead (2:25)
10. If You Pray Right (3:18)
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 4. November 2008, 20:39
Nina Simone / Baltimore
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EAC extraction logfile from 4. November 2008, 20:39
Nina Simone / Baltimore
Used drive : LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:40.42 | 0 | 21041
2 | 4:40.42 | 3:59.00 | 21042 | 38966
3 | 8:39.42 | 4:59.73 | 38967 | 61464
4 | 13:39.40 | 4:56.02 | 61465 | 83666
5 | 18:35.42 | 3:42.28 | 83667 | 100344
6 | 22:17.70 | 3:15.42 | 100345 | 115011
7 | 25:33.37 | 2:53.38 | 115012 | 128024
8 | 28:27.00 | 2:56.35 | 128025 | 141259
9 | 31:23.35 | 2:24.72 | 141260 | 152131
10 | 33:48.32 | 3:17.55 | 152132 | 166961
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Filename I:\share\NS B\Nina Simone - Baltimore.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC B730DD36
Copy CRC B730DD36
Copy OK
No errors occurred
End of status report
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