To Love Somebody (album)


To Love Somebody is an album by jazz singer-songwriter/pianist Nina Simone. It was released as quickly as possible to prolong the unexpected success of 'Nuff Said! The title is taken from the Bee Gees song "To Love Somebody"; her cover of the song became her second British hit single after "Ain't Got No-I Got Life".

Information about songs on this album

I thought it was interesting that Nina Simone did a sort of answer to “Revolution.” That was very good–it was sort of like “Revolution,” but not quite. That I sort of enjoyed, somebody who reacted immediately to what I had said.

The song is split into two parts because Part 2 was featured on the B-side of the single. "Revolution" didn't do well in the UK charts, and only had a mild success in the United States R&B charts. Simone didn't expect this lack of success and said to Sylvia Hampton, author of the biography Break Down and Let It All Out about this:
I don't get it. It's about a revolution, man: not just colour, but everything! It's about barriers being broken down, and they sure as hell need getting rid of. We need a revolution to sort it all out and get back to God. You know how lost we are, man – it's sad.

  1. "Suzanne" - 4:21
  2. "Turn! Turn! Turn! " - 3:41
  3. "Revolution " - 2:53
  4. "Revolution " - 1:54
  5. "To Love Somebody" - 2:42
  6. "I Shall Be Released" - 3:55
  7. "I Can't See Nobody" - 3:10
  8. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - 4:52
  9. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" - 6:00

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