Great mix of bluesy barn burners, muted loungey numbers, and songs with a full jazz backing band. I think Nina is at her best when she’s showing off the full range of her voice and her emotions. Both are never more true than on the devastating track “Four Women,” a song about the horrors of the slave trade and generational trauma. On a “Wild is the Wind” and others, she demonstrates a more vulnerable, delicate register. There’s something about Nina and her voice that’s crushingly beautiful in a way her more glossy contemporaries can’t match. Happy to add this to my desert island discs list.
