Laura Nyro - Premium Best [Japan CD] (1998) mp3@320 {1337x}-kawli

Laura Nyro (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th Dimension recording her songs. Her style was a hybrid of New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock, and soul.

Between 1968 and 1970, a number of artists had hits with her songs: The 5th Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Save the Country", and "Black Patch"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul & Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night and Maynard Ferguson with "Eli's Comin'"; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End", "Time and Love", and "Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)". Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof".
In 2012, Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Premium Best was released Nov 21, 1998 on the Sony label. Japanese Exclusive Best Compilation.

Tracklist:

01. Save the Country (single mix) (2:28)
02. Eli's Comin' (4:00)
03. Stoned Soul Picnic (3:50)
04. New York Tendaberry (5:37)
05. Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (5:37)
06. It's Gonna Take a Miracle (3:28)
07. Wedding Bell Blues (2:56)
08. And When I Die (2:42)
09. Blowin' Away (2:23)
10. Stoney End (2:48)
11. Smile (5:40)
12. Sweet Blindness (live) (3:55)
13. Mr. Blue (5:04)
14. Mother's Spiritual (3:20)
15. To a Child (3:35)
16. A Woman of the World (4:13)

Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.99
MPEG-1 layer 3



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