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Music : Remixed and Reimagined
Rating: 
- Nina Would so approove of these mixes!!
Messing with old tracks to bring them up to date for the next generation can sometimes go a bit off the wall but these gentle dancey new mixes of some of Nina Simones's best work really do bring her unique voice up to todays standards without that feeling of that it really shouldn't have been tried in the first place.
If you like Nina Simone or want an introduction to her bucketloads of back material then this is the perfect introduction for a first time listener to go and explore the actual original songs and albums from.
Uplifting and full of true soul. These mixes work so well as a group. The new mixes really compliment Ninas voice to the ears of a new generation and it works so well. If you just want to feel summery and nice then this is the one to put on for a perfect BBQ. The updated versions of "Here Comes The Sun" & "The Look Of Love" are truly sublime. The lesser known track "Obeah Woman" is mixed to a gently plodding marvel and is my personal favorite of the album. It's just so nice i want to cuddle it. And the mix of "Funkier Than a Mosquito's tweeter" is a gem.
The track arrangement is slightly wrong for my liking but it's a minor complaint to what is a truly glorious interpretation of Nina's songs.
The replay button on this one is going non stop and hopefully there will be a volume 2 of more mixes because there are so many of Nina's top other tunes that could do with upgrading to this standard as well that would really be something to look forward to. "My Baby Just cares for Me", "Baltimore", and "Wild Is The Wind" for starters would be on my request for the next volume if there was ever gonna be one"
If you wanna feel good buy it! It's a scorcher!!!
Rating:
- Purists will shudder....but some imaginative 'takes'
Whenever you see Greatest Hits Remixed you know it's going to split the listeners into two very distinct camps, and although this track-listing is hardly Nina's 'best' this compilation will do exactly the same thing! Remix albums of Gary Numan, Flock Of Seagulls and Shirley Bassey (Diamonds Are Forever) were generally strong and in part this was due to the structure of the original tracks. So when you try to reinvent a soulful torch song into either a 4:4 dance dub or an eclectic 'throw everything in despite the keys jarring' experiment, it's going to be a very mixed bag.
If you're a purist of Nina's originals, best to avoid this unless you've heard snippets first. Some tracks do liven up the originals whilst keeping a raw emotional element, but others try too hard to steer her into a direction she just shouldn't go in...in fact it's about 50:50 on this album. "I Can't See Nobody" is a safe and fairly true funked up version, so it works, as does Groovefinder's remix of "Ain't Got No...", the plaintive "My Man's Gone Now", "O-o-h Child", DJ Logic's sympathetic "ObeahWoman" and the surprisingly uplifting dub of "I Wish I Knew", by Rosario/Rival, which closes the set. However "Mosquito" is just too clever by half, "Save Me" is so-so, "Turn Me On" is failry uncomfortable and "Here Comes The Sun"/"Go To Hell" are simply out of tune with poor Nina's vocals. Difficult to overlay such a soulful raw voice onto a synth backing, and in these 2 tracks it unfortunately fails (if they had been dubs it would have been a different story).
If you are expecting some pumping dance mixes, or something of the calibre of MAW remix of "Ain't Got No.." then you may be disappointed with most of this album too. It is an interesting idea, with some real successes, but after hearing it 3 times now it still seems a bit unfulfilling, which is a pity... 3/5
Rating:
- Brilliant Remix
The fact that Nina Simone frequently re-evaluated her music does give this CD the go-ahead despite the fact I don't entirely approve as the originals are wonderful. Some of the tracks are less than effective as the remix can be apt to dominate or worse the voice is lost in what appears to be an instrumental and the use of digital drumming does irritate. But overall with 1-2 deletions from the playlist the album is quite wonderful. 'I can't see nobody' & 'Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter' are excellent. The remix of 'Here comes the sun' is perfect.
- Nina Would so approove of these mixes!!Messing with old tracks to bring them up to date for the next generation can sometimes go a bit off the wall but these gentle dancey new mixes of some of Nina Simones's best work really do bring her unique voice up to todays standards without that feeling of that it really shouldn't have been tried in the first place.
If you like Nina Simone or want an introduction to her bucketloads of back material then this is the perfect introduction for a first time listener to go and explore the actual original songs and albums from.
Uplifting and full of true soul. These mixes work so well as a group. The new mixes really compliment Ninas voice to the ears of a new generation and it works so well. If you just want to feel summery and nice then this is the one to put on for a perfect BBQ. The updated versions of "Here Comes The Sun" & "The Look Of Love" are truly sublime. The lesser known track "Obeah Woman" is mixed to a gently plodding marvel and is my personal favorite of the album. It's just so nice i want to cuddle it. And the mix of "Funkier Than a Mosquito's tweeter" is a gem.
The track arrangement is slightly wrong for my liking but it's a minor complaint to what is a truly glorious interpretation of Nina's songs.
The replay button on this one is going non stop and hopefully there will be a volume 2 of more mixes because there are so many of Nina's top other tunes that could do with upgrading to this standard as well that would really be something to look forward to. "My Baby Just cares for Me", "Baltimore", and "Wild Is The Wind" for starters would be on my request for the next volume if there was ever gonna be one"
If you wanna feel good buy it! It's a scorcher!!!
Rating:
- Purists will shudder....but some imaginative 'takes'Whenever you see Greatest Hits Remixed you know it's going to split the listeners into two very distinct camps, and although this track-listing is hardly Nina's 'best' this compilation will do exactly the same thing! Remix albums of Gary Numan, Flock Of Seagulls and Shirley Bassey (Diamonds Are Forever) were generally strong and in part this was due to the structure of the original tracks. So when you try to reinvent a soulful torch song into either a 4:4 dance dub or an eclectic 'throw everything in despite the keys jarring' experiment, it's going to be a very mixed bag.
If you're a purist of Nina's originals, best to avoid this unless you've heard snippets first. Some tracks do liven up the originals whilst keeping a raw emotional element, but others try too hard to steer her into a direction she just shouldn't go in...in fact it's about 50:50 on this album. "I Can't See Nobody" is a safe and fairly true funked up version, so it works, as does Groovefinder's remix of "Ain't Got No...", the plaintive "My Man's Gone Now", "O-o-h Child", DJ Logic's sympathetic "ObeahWoman" and the surprisingly uplifting dub of "I Wish I Knew", by Rosario/Rival, which closes the set. However "Mosquito" is just too clever by half, "Save Me" is so-so, "Turn Me On" is failry uncomfortable and "Here Comes The Sun"/"Go To Hell" are simply out of tune with poor Nina's vocals. Difficult to overlay such a soulful raw voice onto a synth backing, and in these 2 tracks it unfortunately fails (if they had been dubs it would have been a different story).
If you are expecting some pumping dance mixes, or something of the calibre of MAW remix of "Ain't Got No.." then you may be disappointed with most of this album too. It is an interesting idea, with some real successes, but after hearing it 3 times now it still seems a bit unfulfilling, which is a pity... 3/5
Rating:
- Brilliant RemixThe fact that Nina Simone frequently re-evaluated her music does give this CD the go-ahead despite the fact I don't entirely approve as the originals are wonderful. Some of the tracks are less than effective as the remix can be apt to dominate or worse the voice is lost in what appears to be an instrumental and the use of digital drumming does irritate. But overall with 1-2 deletions from the playlist the album is quite wonderful. 'I can't see nobody' & 'Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter' are excellent. The remix of 'Here comes the sun' is perfect.