Laura Nyro Time & Love: The Essential Masters 24 Karat Gold CD Audio Fidelity HDCD NEU OVP Sealed Limited Numbered Edition Nr. 1733

Erscheinungsdatum: 19. August 2010
Label: Audio Fidelity  (AFZ085)
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 1)

Tonträger HDCD
Besonderheiten Compilation, Limited Edition, Nummeriert, Pappschuber, Re-Release, Remastered, 24kt. Gold-CD
Jahr 2010
Orig. Release 2000
Zeit 51:15
Plattenfirma Audio Fidelity
Herstellungsland USA
Musikrichtung Pop
EAN-Nr. 780014208523
Katalog-Nr. AFZ 085

       Tracks


1. Sweet Blindness 2:38   
2. Wedding Bell Blues 2:55   
3. And When I Die 2:40   
4. Blowin' Away 2:20   
5. Eli's Comin' 3:59   
6. Goodbye Joe 2:42   
7. Stoney End 2:45   
8. It's Gonna Take A Miracle 3:24   
9. Stoned Soul Picnic 3:49   
10. Lu 2:46   
11. Save The Country 4:33   
12. When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag 2:48   
13. Blackpatch 3:37   
14. Time And Love 4:20   
15. Sexy Mama 2:43   
16. Up On The Roof 3:16

Produktbeschreibungen
Laura Nyro defies definition or comparison, she is where the female singer/songwriter movement begins. She didn't merge genres - she removed them, jazz meets pop meets country meets Broadway meets gospel,
"Time and Love: The Essential Masters" is an impressive retrospective of her work. The album compiles Nyro's distinctive renditions of sixteen of her most famous songs, as well as some lesser known selections from her songbook, only one of the recordings was made after 1970 before she was 25 years old.  The level of depth, insight, and intensity that emerged from a woman who was so young speaks to her incredible talent.
Every song is sung with joy, passion and pure belief - Nyro sang because it was in her soul to do so, she carries you along, celebrating her gifts as writer, pianist and vocalist. She wrote from her heart and soul and on her own recordings, she sang from there, too

"Laura Nyro virtually invented a ripped-from-the-soul, stream-of-conscious streetwise style that has inspired countless songwriters..."
Stephen Holden   NY Times

Review
by Richie Unterberger

As a 16-song, single-disc best-of, this does the job very nicely for those who want Nyro's best and most famous songs in one place. Only nine tracks into the CD you've already heard "Sweet Blindness," "Wedding Bell Blues," "And When I Die," "Blowin' Away," "Eli's Comin'," "Stoney End," and "Stoned Soul Picnic," which should be enough to convince anyone that Nyro was a major singer/songwriter. An argument could be made that, as an album-oriented performer whose career spanned about three decades, this is too brief a sampling of her discography, and too lopsided, as just one of the songs was recorded after 1970 (at which point she had yet to reach her 25th birthday). Still, the hard facts are that Nyro's best recordings and compositions were those from the beginning of her career. If you want greater breadth, there's the two-CD Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro compilation. But if a best-of's all you want, you don't lose much by springing for Time and Love instead, as disc two of Stoned Soul Picnic really isn't that good. Another good reason to consider this the first choice: Time and Love uses the original 1968 studio version of "Sweet Blindness" (a 1976 live rendition was used on Stoned Soul Picnic).