Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
# Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone

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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.

## Track listing

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