Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone

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

 * 1) "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Claude Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus) – 4:08
 * 2) "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:27
 * 3) "Real Real" (Nina Simone) – 3:08
 * 4) "House of the Rising Sun" (Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes) – 3:36
 * 5) "Turn Me On" (John D. Loudermilk) – 3:08
 * 6) "Feeling Good" (Anthony George Newley, Leslie Bricusse) – 4:10
 * 7) "Don't Take All Night" (Benjamin, Marcus) – 3:28
 * 8) "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (traditional) – 2:37
 * 9) "Be My Husband" (Andrew Benjamin Stroud) – 3:31
 * 10) "Black Is the Colour of My True Loves Hair" (traditional) – 3:53
 * 11) "See Line Woman" (George Bass, Nina Simone) – 5:51
 * 12) "Either Way I Lose" (Van McCoy) – 3:29
 * 13) "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone) – 3:16
 * 14) "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