Silk & Soul is the thirteenth studio album by American musician Nina Simone released in October 1967 by RCA Victor. It features the cuts "Go to Hell" and a cover of "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free".

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Silk & Soul
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	October 1967
Studio	RCA Studio B, New York City
Genre	R&B, blues, gospel, pop, vocal
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Danny Davis
Nina Simone chronology
Sings the Blues (1967) Silk & Soul (1967) 'Nuff Said! (1968)

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• In 1968, Simone got a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song "Go to Hell" from this album. She lost to Aretha Franklin.
• "It Be's That Way Sometime" was written by Nina's brother Sam Waymon.
• "The Look of Love" is a song by Burt Bacharach, originally written for the movie Casino Royale (1967).
• "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" song was written by Billy Taylor. It was later recorded by Solomon Burke and Levon Helm, and can be regarded as a civil rights anthem.
• "Turning Point", which 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 written by Nina Simone that uses the melody of "For All We Know", a song she originally recorded in the late 50s.

• Nina Simone – piano, vocals
• Gene Taylor – bass
• Eric Gale, Rudy Stevenson - guitar
• Ernie Hayes - piano, harpsichord
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Sammy Lowe – arrangements, conductor

Technical

• Ray Hall – engineer