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Nina Simone with Strings
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Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></i></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Nina Simone with Strings</i> is an album by <a href="/facts/Nina_Simone/SQtrwEbs">Nina Simone</a>. After her contract with <a href="/facts/Colpix_Records/2yzPy2Kb">Colpix Records</a> had expired, the label took unissued recordings by Simone and sweetened them with a <a href="/facts/String_ensemble/eHvITkpM">string ensemble</a>. The album was released after the singer had left the label. </p><p>In the UK, the album's version of "<a href="/facts/I_Loves_You,_Porgy/WFo9vPlm">I Loves You Porgy</a>" was used in television commercials in 1997 by the mobile telephone operator <a href="/facts/Orange_(UK)/2oUx8Hwf">Orange</a>. </p>