Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone

Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone is the 10th studio album by American singer Meshell Ndegeocello, released in October 2012 on Naïve label.

Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
Studio album by Meshell Ndegeocello
Released	16 October 2012
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	53:37
Label	Naïve
Producer	Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce[1]
Meshell Ndegeocello chronology
Weather (2011) Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone (2012) Comet, Come to Me (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
PopMatters	[3]
Slant Magazine	[1]

Track listing

1. "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Claude Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus) – 4:08
2. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:27
3. "Real Real" (Nina Simone) – 3:08
4. "House of the Rising Sun" (Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes) – 3:36
5. "Turn Me On" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:08
6. "Feeling Good" (Anthony George Newley, Leslie Bricusse) – 4:10
7. "Don't Take All Night" (Benjamin, Marcus) – 3:28
8. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (traditional) – 2:37
9. "Be My Husband" (Andrew Benjamin Stroud) – 3:31
10. "Black Is the Colour of My True Loves Hair" (traditional) – 3:53
11. "See Line Woman" (George Bass, Nina Simone) – 5:51
12. "Either Way I Lose" (Van McCoy) – 3:29
13. "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone) – 3:16
14. "Four Women" (Nina Simone) – 5:02

Personnel

• Meshell Ndegeocello – bass
• Chris Bruce – guitar
• Jebin Bruni – keyboards, piano
• Deantoni Parks – drums
• Toshi Reagon – vocals on "Real Real" and "House of the Rising Sun"
• Sinéad O'Connor – vocals on "Don't Take All Night"
• Lizz Wright – vocals on "Nobody's Fault but Mine"
• Valerie June – vocals on "Be My Husband"
• Tracy Wannomae – soprano saxophone and flute on "See Line Woman" and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
• Eric Elterman – engineer (vocals)
• Pete Min – engineer, mixing, mastering
• Hilton Als – liner notes
• Charlie Gross – photography

References

1. Keefe, Jonathan (8 October 2012). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
2. Jurek, Thom (2012). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
3. Chiola, Enio (9 October 2012). "Meshell Ndegéocello: Pour une ame souveraine – A dedication to Nina Simone". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 June 2014.