★妮娜．西蒙擁有寬廣深厚的嗓音，與將靈魂樂風融入爵士演唱的高超技巧，還能演奏鋼琴及填詞作曲，是少見的全方位爵士女伶。

★深入靈魂詮釋傳世亙古的永恆名伶，樂界一致少數能和Billie Holiday相比較的頂尖女歌手。

★AMG三星優選評價，橫跨爵士、流行、靈魂、藍調、福音、民謠甚至百老匯的傳奇歌手/鋼琴家/創作者，永恆而獨特的「妮娜之音」。

出身茱利亞音樂學院的妮娜．西蒙主修古典鋼琴，是50年代當時極少數能進入此學院的非裔美籍人士之一，但膚色和貧窮讓她生存不易，在酒吧兼差演奏進而成為美國人權運動時期最重要的女歌手。妮娜的創作及演唱曲式跨越了多樣領域，從流行、福音、藍調到民謠都有並駕馭自如，同時也強調的對人性的關懷、種族與性別平等的議題。在本輯中的選曲則是相當屬於跨界領域的妮娜最鮮明的色彩，從爵士抒情到民歌曲調，無一不美，最令人驚豔的則是出自本人之手的〈Four Women〉，深刻動人。

曲目：

1. I Love Your Lovin' Ways
2. Four Women
3. Lilac Wine
4. Break Down And Let It All Out
5. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart
6. Wild Is The Wind
7. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
8. If I Should Lose You
9. Either Way I Lose

This album was apparently a bit of a pastiche of leftovers from sessions for Nina Simone's four previous albums on Philips. But you'd never guess from listening; the material is certainly as strong and consistent as it is on her other mid-'60s LPs. As is the case with most of her albums of the time, the selections are almost unnervingly diverse, ranging from jazz ballads to traditional folk tunes ("Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair") to the near calypso of "Why Keep On Breaking My Heart" to the somber, almost chilling title track.