Forbidden Fruit (Nina Simone album)

Song information

• "Gin House Blues", Simone re-recorded this song in a more upbeat way on Nuff Said.
• "Work Song", written by Oscar Brown, Jr and Nat Adderley tells the story of a chain gang. This song also appears on Nina’s Choice, Nina Simone with Strings and, newly recorded, on High Priestess of Soul.
• "Forbidden Fruit", the title song, one of three on the album by Oscar Brown, Jr It's a "humorous up-tempo take on Adam and Eve was part nursery rhyme, part call and response."

  Track listing

1. "Rags and Old Iron", Oscar Brown, Jr )
2. "No Good Man"
3. "Gin House Blues", Henry Troy )
4. "I'll Look Around", Douglas Cross )
5. "I Love to Love", Herbert Baker )
6. "Work Song", Oscar Brown, Jr )
7. "Where Can I Go Without You?", Peggy Lee )
8. "Just Say I Love Him" , Enzo Fusco
9. "Memphis in June"
10. "Forbidden Fruit"

1. "Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now", DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin )
2. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"
3. "Gimme a Pigfoot"
4. "Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye"
5. "Spring Is Here", Lorenz Hart )
6. "Lonesome Valley"
7. "Golden Earrings", Ray Evans )
8. "My Ship", Ira Gershwin )
9. "'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do"
10. "Try a Little Tenderness"
11. "Od Yesh Homa"

    Personnel

• Nina Simone – vocals, piano
• Al Schackman – guitar
• Chris White – bass
• Bobby Hamilton – drums