A landmark album from Nina Simone – a set that really pushes her far past just the standard realm
of jazz vocals, and which also helped really establish her role as one
of the most righteous singers
of the 60s! The set's maybe extremely noteworthy for Nina's original tune "Four Women" – a righteous portrait
of four different women and their struggles – unique for its time, and a key part
of the early Women's
Liberation movement! The rest
of the album has a similar political undercurrent – sometimes subtle, but there nonetheless – as Nina works magic on tunes that include "Break Down & Let It All Out", "Either Way I Lose", "Black Is The Color
Of My True Love's Hair", and "That's All I Ask".