| Fodder on My Wings | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nina Simone |
| Cover: | Ninasimonefodderonmywings.jpg |
| Released: | 1982 |
| Recorded: | January 1982 |
| Studio: | Studio Davout, Paris |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 36:22 |
| Label: | Carrere |
| Producer: | Yves Chamberlan, Giancarlo Cerri |
| Prev Title: | Baltimore |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Nina's Back |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
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 (1978) as one of her better achievements of that period.[1] It is however a rather obscure album and not widely distributed. The album is one of Simone's most introspective and personal works, with songs about her father's death and her (not always pleasant) stay in Liberia, Trinidad, and Switzerland. There is some confusion about the actual title of the album and the song with almost the same title on the album, being called "Fodder on My Wings", "Fodder in My Wings", "Fodder in Her Wings" interchangeably. In 2015, the album was reissued on CD in the US by Sunnyside.[2] In April 2020 the album was reissued on vinyl, CD and digital format with an alternative track-listing and new album artwork.
"Le peuple en Suisse", on this track Simone talks about the people in Switzerland, where she lived for several years. This was not a happy time for her, and Simone found the people in Switzerland very empty and unloving.[3]
The album cover shows a painting made by Gabriel Jarnier.
All songs written by Nina Simone except where noted.
Original LP
Additional CD tracks
The bonus tracks were first released on the digital reissue of the album in 1988 on the French CY Records label. The CD's track order varies from the original LP.
2020 Reissue
In April 2020, the album was reissued on vinyl, CD, and digital format by Verve/UMe/Universal with an alternative track listing and new album artwork.