Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro — Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

Limited edition Hybrid Multichannel SACD

Packaged in mini LP cardboard sleeve

The second album by New York City-born singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro, released in 1968. Nyro's stunning second album contains some of her best-known songs, later covered by other artists. "Eli's Comin'" — a 1969 hit for Three Dog Night — opens with spooky organ and intimate crooning and then explodes into ebullient soul pop fueled by whooping brass and Nyro's sprightly piano. 

The 5th Dimension took "Sweet Blindness" and "Stoned Soul Picnic" up, up, and away, but Nyro's original versions are a revelation, driven by sashaying rhythms, splashing tambourine, pealing bah-bah-bahs, sensual lyrics, and her joyously untethered vocals. 

1. Luckie

2. Lu

3. Sweet Blindness

4. Poverty Train

5. Lonely Women

6. Eli's Comin'

7. Timer

8. Oned Soul Picnic

9. Emmie

10. Man's Blues

11. Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)

12. December's Boudoir

13. The Confession

14. Lu

15. Stoned Soul Picnic

16. Emmie

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