Product details
- Label Verve Records
- Artist Nina Simone
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2020
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Fodder On My Wings by Nina Simone.
Few records in Nina Simone's catalog feel as intimate and as searching as "Fodder On My Wings." This is an album made by an artist far from the familiar comforts of home, and that sense of displacement pours through every groove. From the opening declaration of "I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive," Simone lays bare a period of her life defined by upheaval, longing, and the quiet insistence on carrying forward.
The title itself echoes through "Fodder In Her Wings," a piece that gives the record its emotional center of gravity. Around it, Simone gathers songs that move restlessly between languages and moods, refusing to sit still. "Vous Etes Seuls, Mais Je Désire Etre Avec Vous" and "Il Y A Un Baume A Gilhead" find her singing in French, folding spiritual comfort and solitary yearning into melodies that feel spoken as much as sung.
There is a startling range across the two sides. "Liberian Calypso" brings a burst of rhythmic warmth and travel, a reminder of Simone's deep engagement with the wider African diaspora, while her reading of "Alone Again Naturally" reshapes a familiar tune into something wholly her own, weighted with personal loss rather than pop sentiment. These are not casual interpretations; they are lived-in performances that turn autobiography into music.
Side B deepens the mood considerably. "I Was Just A Stupid Dog To Them" carries a bruised, confessional edge, while "Color Is A Beautiful Thing" reaffirms the pride and defiance that ran through so much of Simone's work. "Le Peuple En Suisse" once again reaches into French, grounding the record in the European chapters of her life, and "Heaven Belongs To You" leans into the devotional current that surfaces throughout the collection.
The closing stretch is among the most affecting Simone ever committed to record. "Thandewye" and the terse, unsettling "Stop" build toward "They Took My Hand," a finale that lingers long after the needle lifts. Taken together, these final tracks distill the album's themes of belonging, abandonment, and resilience into their purest form.
"Fodder On My Wings" rewards listeners willing to sit with it as a complete statement rather than a collection of singles. It is Nina Simone unguarded, working through grief and hope at the piano, singing across borders and languages in search of solid ground. For collectors, it stands as one of her most personal artistic documents, a quietly essential entry in a legendary body of work.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive
A2. Fodder In Her Wings
A3. Vous Etes Seuls, Mais Je Désire Etre Avec Vous
A4. Il Y A Un Baume A Gilhead
A5. Liberian Calypso
A6. Alone Again Naturally
B1. I Was Just A Stupid Dog To Them
B2. Color Is A Beautiful Thing
B3. Le Peuple En Suisse
B4. Heaven Belongs To You
B5. Thandewye
B6. Stop
B7. They Took My Hand
Artist: Nina Simone
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Verve Records
Catalog Number: 00602508265334
Release Year: 2020
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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