Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Astor Place Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 706881400723
EAN: 0706881400723
ASIN: B000005EGP

Release Date: 1997-05-13

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RED BLACK & GOLD

Tracks:

Time And Love - Phoebe Snow
Stoned Soul Picnic - Jill Souble
Buy And Sell - Suzanne Vega
Save The Country - Rosanne Cash
When I Think Of Laura Nyro - Jane Siberry
Stoney End - Beth Nelson Chapman
Eli's Coming - Lisa Germano
Wedding Bell Blues - The Roches
And When I Die - Sweet Honey In The Rock
Poverty Train - Patty Larkin
He's A Runner - Jonatha Brooke
Sweet Blindness - Holly Cole
Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp - Leni Stern
Woman's Blues - Dana Bryant

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Customer Reviews:

What a drag.......2006-12-29

I typically like Laura Nyro's music when it's sung by others - I find Laura herself to sound weird when she sings. That being said, I would take her versions of these songs over the ones presented on the disc. Most are so slow and dreary that they'll put you to sleep, or kill you from boredom. Why do artists these days feel the need when remaking a song, to slow it down? Laura's are slow enough!

Why?.......2006-08-16

Most of these covers do not "get" Laura Nyro's music. They are boring deconstructions which miss the essence, the structure and the ambience of Nyro. Her artistry as a composer is dismissed and her artistry as a performer is glaringly unapproachable by these performers. Laura's music is so personal maybe it never was meant for anyone else to perform, or to put it another way, maybe I am such a major Nyro fan I will never accept anyone else doing her songs. On the other hand, they are great songs, and if only there was an original cast album of the show "Eli's Comin" which played briefly in New York a few years back Laura's songs would shine anew.

Top Notch Tribute.......2006-03-14

First of all, let me say that I can't believe that this album is viewed so negatively by some of the other reviewers. Maybe they want more "carbon copy" renditions or maybe they just want to hear their favorite old folkies (Baez, Judy Collins, etc.) instead of newer acts. Too bad. Get over it. This is one of the finest tribute albums I've ever heard. The women on this album use Nyro's best work as a jumping off point for their own talented versions. Beth Nielson Chapman's powerhouse take on "Stoney End" is so beautiful that it nearly makes me weep every time I hear it. The Roches' playful harmonies on "Wedding Bell Blues" would surely make Nyro smile. I heartily recommend this CD and put it in the same category as the Harry Nilsson Tribute, "Everybody Loves Harry."

Dirge music?.......2004-12-30

I finally got to hear this tribute album to the wonderful music of Laura Nyro. This album has very little of the joy of Laura's music. Except for Honey Cole's version of Sweet Blindness, the whole album sounds like a funeral. Most of the artist's voices were just too small to do justice to the music. Overall this is a very depressing album. I was sorely disappointed.

A very uneven work........2003-05-28

Much like "Tribute" albums to great's like Curtis Mayfield and others, this album is uneven at best. This entire collaboration has a "rushed" feel to me. I dislike the fact that it's a woman's only album, secondly I think the fact that the average age of participants is so young is a serious mistake. Laura deserved an "all-star" tribute, not a [...]slap dab put together.

A tribute album to Laura with no Patti Labelle, no Kenny Rankin, no members of the 5th Dimension, no Bonnie Raitt, no Carol King, no heavyweights? You gotta be kiddin' me!!!! Of the tracks listed I found three that I actually like. The version of "And When I Die" by Sweet Honey in the Rock is awe inspiring, as wonderfully different as it is faithful to the original. I also liked the renditions of "Save The Country" and "Stoney End". Other than that the album's a bust, nondescript cover's by unknowns. Sigh....

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