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Eli & The 13th Confession (Remaster) (CD)

By: Laura Nyro (Artist)

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Laura Nyro Artist Snapshot:

Laura Nyro was one of the true innovators of 1960s pop, an influential singer-songwriter who merged jazz, gospel, R&B, and girl-group sounds and created an oeuvre that was both highly sophisticated and instantly accessible. Although she wrote several classic and somewhat straight-ahead songs for others in the `60s and `70s ("And When I Die" for Blood, Sweat & Tears and "Stoney End" for Barbra Steisand, among many others), her solo work was notable for its eccentricity, with unusual lyrics, shifting time signatures, and a deeply confessional nature. After her initial prolificacy, Nyro recorded only sporadically through the `80s and `90s, and passed away in 1997.

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DISC 1 for Eli & The 13th Confession (Remaster) (CD) Album By Laura Nyro (Artist)
1   Luckie
2   L.U.
3   Sweet Blindness
4   Poverty Train
5   Lonely Women
6   Eli's Comin
7   Timer
8   Stoned Soul Picnic
9   Emmie
10   Woman's Blues
11   Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)
12   December's Boudoir
13   Confession, The
14   Lu - (previously unreleased, demo)
15   Stoned Soul Picnic - (previously unreleased, demo)
16   Emmie - (previously unreleased, demo)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (9/28/68, p.29) - "...Laura Nyro's music is a mixed marriage of diverse styles. Her melodies and lead vocal betray a Bacharach-David type of sophistication...the mark of an original and brilliant young talent..."
Q (10/02, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A passionate mix of Brill Building pop, show tunes, blue-eyed soul and uninibited poetics..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Laura Nyro (vocals, piano); Charlie Calello (arranger, conductor).

Recorded in January & February 1968. Bonus track demos recorded on November 29, 1967.

Includes liner notes by Rick Petreycik.

Widely regarded as one of the finest moments in a stellar recording career, ELI & THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION was a bold, original amalgam of jazz, soul, folk, and rock. Nyro's freewheeling, open-ended arrangements were brought into sharp focus by her clear, gospel-derived singing and incisive, poetic lyrics. There is a strong spiritual undercurrent at work here, investing even the darker songs with a timeless, celebratory feel. A testament to Nyro's songwriting abilities, ELI contained several songs that became hits for other artists, including "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Eli's Comin," popularized by the Fifth Dimension and Three Dog Night, respectively.

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