Wild is the Wind, Nina Simone, 1966, :38
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Nina Simone does torch songs. The genre's not one of my very favorites, but she's just so good at it. I discovered after listening to this album that it's actually a compilation of sessions left over from previous albums, but I wouldn't have known that without being told; there's a cohesiveness to it. And, I didn't know that the title song is the same as the David Bowie's song, the only cover he put on a studio album, as a tribute to Simone. Favorite tracks: "I Love Your Lovin' Ways," "Why Keep On Breaking My Heart," with its shuffling percussion, "Break Down And Let It All Out."