Laura Nyro - Eli & The 13th Confession
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Artist: Laura NyroEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-06-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Luckie
- Lu
- Sweet Blindness
- Poverty Train
- Lonely Women
- Eli's Comin'
- Timer
- Stoned Soul Picnic
- Emmie
- Woman's Blues
- Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)
- December's Boudoir
- The Confession
- Lu (Demo) (Bonus Track)
- Stoned Soul Picnic (Demo) (Bonus Track)
- Emmie (Demo) (Bonus Track)
Free Music Notes for Eli & The 13th Confession
Free Music Review: Haunting masterpiece~Bravo Laura Nyro!
Hit: 5 Stars
Opening exhilarating with "Luckie", it is clear the lucky ones are anyone lucky enough to be listening to this classic landmark collection clearly showing Laura Nyro among the greatest of singer/songwriters from her generation and beyond. Sublime beauty of Laura's passionate and soulful voice highlights the glorious "Lu" and easily one can see Ms. Nyro's performances are completely involved as Laura takes each and every one of her brilliant compositions turning them inside out with a voice that cuts to the core highlighted by brilliant piano playing inspired and original in grand dramatic style. Wondering where was radio when all these great original versions came out and why did the fools not play the hell out of this masterpiece? Seems they were afraid the great little lady would get too big...for shame and what a sad commentary the entire music industry let this incredible once in a lifetime wonderous talent down! Driving rhythm arrangement with an infectious jubilant vocal make "Sweet Blindness" the definitive version of Laura's own classic which should have been the hit version! Deep low-down blues make the aching "Poverty Train" a stunning and passionate odyssey being a one-of-a-kind classic that is incredibly raw and riveting. "Lonely Women" another complex soul-infused masterpiece clearly show this extraordinary singer/songwriter/pianist was not given her just due in the music world but fans knew all along Laura was a cut above the rest and a true original legendary musical wonder & anyone who loves real talent will be blown away by each and every musical journey in this dazzling collection of great original Laura compositions. A biting sense of urgency fills a brilliant "Eli's Comin'" creating an awesome experience and this should have been the "hit" version as it is clearly the rocking and riveting definitive one. "Timer" is fascinating with great tempo changes, funky rhythm, and a gorgeous sentimental Laura vocal that is a haunting heartbreaker. Definitive "Stoned Soul Picnic" is one of those great defining the sixties songs taking one back to that special time when the world was seemed more carefree with more real emotional meaning. Laura was wondrous to experience in concert at this time and I was fortunate to have this experience a number of times and she was the finest and the real deal in every way. Laura Nyro's incomparable level of artistry has not been diminished by time rather makes one long for the time when she was around as Laura Nyro is the most uniquely special of them all. "Emmie" is so gorgeous and spiritual that it becomes a magical listening experience that is incredibly moving with its deeply soulful ethereal vocal and wonderful tempo changes. Laura alway got to the core of a song and never more so than in the devastating classic "Woman's Blues" a riveting emotional tour-de-force that is peerless and fearless and totally hypnotic. Amazing tempo changes and a fiery vocal make the driving rhythm rocker "Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)" another rocking masterpiece while "December's Boudoir" is a soul-deep epic which is sweeping and engrossing with a magnificent vocal from Laura that is incomparable. Driving rhythm with an ethereal vocal make "The Confession" a stunning climax to a true timeless musical masterpiece. Again Laura Nyro was the most sensitive yet incredibly passionate talented musical figure of her generation or any other generation for that matter...we miss you Laura Nyro and thank you for baring your soul and sharing your remarkable talent and "Eli" is the ultimate musical treasure!
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Full title - Eli & The Thirteenth Confession. Reissue of 1968 album featuring 'Sweet Blindness', 'Stoned Soul Picnic' & 3 previously unreleased demo bonus tracks 'Lu', 'Stoned Soul Picnic' & 'Emmie'. 2002.Consider the curious fate of singer-songwriter Laura Nyro's 1968 big-label bow: though it contained no less than three songs ("Stoned Soul Picnic," "Sweet Blindness," and "Eli's Coming") that became hits (the first two for Fifth Dimension, the last for Three Dog Night), Nyro's own endlessly influential collection barely dented the Top 200. And in an era of supposed pop emancipation and enlightenment, Nyro was booed off the stage at the vaunted Monterey Pop Festival a year earlier. Those facts merely hint at the true gifts and stubborn instincts of an artist who took her cue for hook writing from the Brill Building's prime, then seamlessly fused it to her far-ranging passions for soul, jazz, gospel, and no small amount of personal drama. Carole King was seldom this exotic and compelling, nor Joni Mitchell so pop perfect. "Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)" even recalls Brian Wilson's most ambitious musical gambits, its suite format playfully interspersing three different tunes and styles, standing the standard verse-chorus-verse form on its head in the bargain. Long a treasured musical touchstone for other artists (Nyro influenced everyone from Phoebe Snow to Tori Amos), this reissued edition now contains beautiful, spare solo demos for "Lu," "Stoned Soul Picnic," and "Emmie" as bonus tacks, along with newly penned liner notes. --Jerry McCulley
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