Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

by Laura Nyro

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 March 1968
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:48
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing her incredible, utterly unpredictable piano mastery and soaring vocals, Laura Nyro's sophomore record is a tour de force of ambitious songwriting. 'Eli and the Thirteenth Confession' is fiercely passionate and wonderfully uplifting, blending deeply melodic, highly lush pop-soul with fiercely progressive jazz sensibilities and wildly uncommon time signatures.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, melodic, alcohol, female-vocals, piano, soulful, theatrical, vocal, storytelling, ballad, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Luckie (3:00)
  2. Lu (2:45)
  3. Sweet Blindness (2:36)
  4. Poverty Train (4:15)
  5. Lonely Women (3:30)
  6. Eli's Comin' (3:56)
  7. Timer (3:23)
  8. Stoned Soul Picnic (3:46)
  9. Emmie (4:19)
  10. Woman's Blues (3:45)
  11. Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) (2:56)
  12. December's Boudoir (5:04)
  13. The Confession (2:47)
  14. Lu - Demo (2:37)
  15. Stoned Soul Picnic - Demo (3:36)
  16. Emmie - Demo (4:25)

Credits

  • Laura Nyro - primary artist, producer, vocals, piano, accompanied by, written-by, composed by
  • Charlie Calello - arranged by, producer
  • Roy Segal - engineer
  • Stan Tonkel - engineer
  • David Geffen - management [agent and friend]
  • Bob Cato - photography by

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