Information about songs on this album

• "It Be's That Way Sometime", a song written by Nina's brother Sam Waymon.
• "The Look of Love", a song by Burt Bacharach
  Burt Bacharach
  Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
  
  , originally written for the movie Casino Royale
  Casino Royale (1967 film)
  Casino Royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. It is set as a satire of the James Bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.The film stars David Niven as the...
  
  (1967).
• "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
  I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (song)
  "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" is a song written by Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas, most well known for the recording by Nina Simone in 1967 on her Silk & Soul album. Billy Taylor's original version was recorded November 12, 1963 and released on his Right Here, Right Now album the...
  
  ", this song was written by Billy Taylor
  Billy Taylor
  Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and since 1994, he was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in...
  
   and first recorded by Nina Simone. It was later recorded by Solomon Burke
  Solomon Burke
  Solomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...
  
  , Ray Charles
  Ray Charles
  Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
  
   and Levon Helm
  Levon Helm
  Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....
  
  , and can be regarded as a civil rights
  Civil rights
  Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
  
   anthem
  Anthem
  The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music , or more generally, a song of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term "national anthem" or "sports anthem".-Etymology:The word is derived from the Greek via Old English , a word...
  
  .
• "Turning Point", what at first seems to be a child's song about making a new friend, later turns into a song questioning the origins of racism. Lyrics written by Martha Holmes.
• "Consummation" is a love song
  Love song
  A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...
  
   written by 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...
  
  .

Track listing

1. "It Be's That Way Sometime"
2. "The Look of Love
   The Look of Love (1967 song)
   "The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.-Songwriters:...
   
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3. "Go to Hell"
4. "Love O' Love"
5. "Cherish
   Cherish (The Association song)
   "Cherish" is a pop song written by Terry Kirkman and recorded by The Association. Released in 1966, the song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September of that year and remained in the top position for three weeks. In Canada, the song also reached number one...
   
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6. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
7. "Turn Me On"
8. "Turning Point"
9. "Some Say"
10. "Consummation"
11. "Why Must Your Love Well Be So Dry" (bonus track on 2006 reissue)
12. "Save Me" (bonus track on 2006 reissue)