Baltimore is an album by singer/pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

/songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...

. It is part of her later works and can be regarded alongside Fodder On My Wings

Fodder On My Wings

Fodder on My Wings is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It is part of her later works, and can be regarded alongside Baltimore as one of her better achievements of that period . It is however a rather obscure album and not widely distributed. The album is one of Dr...

(1982) as one of her better achievements of that period. After completing the album, Nina expressed her dissatisfaction about it on numerous occasions, mainly because she had no say in the arrangements, selection of songs and the cover picture. Despite this, critics were positive about the album and it gave a resurgence to Nina's then fading career.

Information about songs on this album

• "Baltimore" was composed by Randy Newman
  Randy Newman
  Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
  
   and originally appeared on his 1977 album Little Criminals
  Little Criminals
  Little Criminals is a 1977 album from Randy Newman. Like most of Newman's work, the album eschews traditional pop-music themes in favor of musical story-telling, often featuring quirky characters and cynical views. The first song on the album — "Short People" — became a hit single in its own right...
  
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• "If You Pray Right" is also called "Heaven Belongs To You"

Track listing

1. "Baltimore" (Randy Newman
   Randy Newman
   Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
   
   ) - 4:39
2. "Everything Must Change" (Benard Ighner) - 3:58
3. "The Family" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) - 4:58
4. "My Father" (Judy Collins
   Judy Collins
   Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...
   
   ) - 4:54
5. "Music For Lovers" (Bart Howard
   Bart Howard
   Bart Howard was the composer and writer of the famous jazz standard "Fly Me To The Moon", which has been performed by singers Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Diana Krall, June Christy and Astrud Gilberto...
   
   ) - 3:41
6. "Rich Girl
   Rich Girl (Hall & Oates song)
   "Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. On March 26, 1977, it became their first number one single on Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.-Content:...
   
   " (Daryl Hall
   Daryl Hall
   Daryl Hall is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates . Hall scored several Billboard chart hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, and is regarded as one of the best blue eyed soul singers...
   
   ) -
7. "That's All I Want From You
   That's All I Want from You
   "That's All I Want from You" is a popular song by Fritz Rotter , published in 1955.The song was recorded by a number of artists, but became a major hit for Jaye P. Morgan, reaching #3 on the Billboard chart in the United States...
   
   " (Fritz Rotter) - 2:52
8. "Forget" (Rocky "Cole" Coluccio, David Matthews
   David Matthews (keyboardist)
   David Matthews is a keyboardist, pianist, and arranger, born in Sonora, Kentucky, United States.A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor's degree in composition, Matthews has composed television soundtracks as well as albums with the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. He is the leader of...
   
   ) - 2:54
9. "Balm In Gilead" (Traditional) - 2:24
10. "If You Pray Right" (Traditional) - 3:18