Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

If there was more mellow stuff like Lonely Women and December's Boudoir, I'd probably enjoy it more. The upbeat stuff like Lucky and Lu didn't do anything for me. Eli's Comin' I know only because Three Dog Night remade it and made it a classic. Most enjoyable tracks: Lonely Women, Eli's Comin', Timer, Stone Cold Picnic, Emmie, and December's Boudoir. Some decent songs, but overall it didn't do much for me. Maybe if I knew it when it came out I'd feel differently. 2.5/5

Joni Mitchell, but way more whiny. I like it for a song, but the album is very vanilla after that.

Honestly not huge on this one. Obviously great voice, but the songs all kind of ran together

J'ai vraiment eu de la difficulté à passer au travers. La musique est pas trop mal, mais le chant est complètement insuportable. Pas qu'elle a une mauvaise voix, mais plus qu'il n'y a aucune direction, on dirait qu'elle a fait ça one shot sans pratique et qu'elle laisse juste sa voix aller, ce qui est quelque chose que je n'ai jamais embarqué. On dirait que la majorité du temps il n'y a pas d'idée claire d'où la chanson doit aller. 3/10

Laura Nyro sounds inebriated on the first track while yelling about getting lucky and digging potatoes

this isn't an album its a portfolio of Lauras singing abilities. i spent it veering wildly from enjoying her voice to wishing she'd shut up. the latter opinion wins out in the end.

Fucking annoying

Decent...she definitely had talent. One I had zero exposure to before hand. 2.5/5

Very jazzy voice as can be heard from the first few tracks, though I think it's utilised much less in later tracks.

Not good

Constantly alternating between pretty good and annoying, which is exhausting. I'd maybe enjoy this more if I heard one song at a time, instead of the whole album at once.

I was interested when this album came up because I'd never heard of it or even of Laura Nyro, so I was hoping it would be a hidden gem I'd be getting to discover. Unfortunately, it's not really my thing. I found it to be a little sleepy for the most part and only a couple of tracks stood out to me. This one was just a little too jazzy for my tastes but she's clearly a talented songwriter. Either way, I can't rate it too high because I can't see myself ever giving it another listen. Standout Tracks: Stoned Soul Picnic, Woman's Blues

Generic and uninteresting soul. Kinda reminds me of soap opera songs.

Bore off

I think I like what she's was going for, but not so much the execution. I wasn't feeling this at all.

I appreciate the care taken in the arrangements for these tracks. But, well, her voice is like nails on a chalkboard for about 75% of the album. Really tough listen at times. Favorite track: Woman's Blues

AJ: “RED YELLOW SASSAFRAS AND MOONSHINE!!” 🫠wtf!? What a voice. Had never heard of her before. Slow songs and high notes had me rolling my eyes a few times but her voice is ridiculous. Fucking weird, but ok. Horns and piano and vox soul picnic. Fucking New York hippies. Cat: This album is so much better if you picture Jan Levinson-Gould singing it. I’m normally all for the cheesy stuff, but her voice was killing me. Eli’s coming is the only one that made me move. Decembers Boudoir was pretty. AJ: December Boudoir has the word boudoir in it. 🚮 Cat: Decemberry? You made that up.

Not my vibes completely. Her timbre is kind of annoying..

This was not enjoyable

Yeah, I just wasn't able to enjoy this one at all.

Ugh, no. She's constantly howling. I could only listen to it because of background music.

Op een of andere manier dacht ik dat dit veel recenter was opgenomen dan 1968, maar dat maakt voor mijn oordeel dan toch weinig uit.

Beetje mixed feelings over dit plaatje. Klonk helemaal niet slecht, maar ging soms ook weer volledig van de rails. Naar beneden afronden bij twijfel.

Aimee Mann avant la lettre. Gemixt met Rad van fortuin.

Listened Before? N I didn't like this one much. It was okay, and she was very beautiful, but the music is just sort of not my style. It's very singer-songwriter but it seems disorganized. Probably won't listen again. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Stoned Soul Picnic

Whatever. Kind of just background noise. Not the biggest fan of her vocals.

meh

Bit on the plain side

Band is mixed way too down. Her voice just covered up everything and she shifts from a soft angelic beautiful tone, to a really shrill, almost amateur-esque, sound. She only had vibrato on long sustained half-note or longer notes, which I interpret as self-taught or otherwise formally untrained. Hate to be so hard, but her voice just struck me as untamed or a very very good amateur (not that I could do any better). Band was the best part, but her shrill voice just didn't do it for me. 1.5/5, rounding up to 2/5 for awesome band.

Forgettable.

I must admit, I had never heard of Laura Nyro before this record popped up. The influences on Joni Mitchell and the likes are obvious from the first listen. Nyro's vocal is impressive, but I really do not care for the swing-jazzy pop she delves into on the album. Some interesting songwriting for sure, but the sudden shifts in dynamics and tempo from track to track leave me exhausted.

I'm sure there are 1001 albums better than this. It was all strained and whining.

Budget Dusty. A bit good but also a bit shit. 2 stars

Didn't enjoy her voice

Not my style of music. Too razzy razzy.

Great vocal range, vocals maybe way too high in the mix. Sort of big band jazz.

Occasionally this album seems to stumble upon a path where is appears that it knows where it’s going and then suddenly falls off the rails again. Too random to enjoy. Her voice is both beautiful and wretched.

Not bad music just not my cup of tea

She’s got a good voice and is a solid musician, but the songs are almost cartoonish. Some of them sound like they belong in an SNL sketch.

No suena mal, pero es muy estilo "Hair", "Jesucristo Superstar" y cosas así. Está muy bien "Eli's comin'" pero no creo que sea algo imprescindible.

Initially this was grating and unpleasant but it has its moments that were pretty good. although unfortunately brief. and still not enough of those moments for me. It consistently fell like songs for a play? I'm sure my mother and her friends would love this, but for me it feels overly sappy and a bit shallow. Although she has a good voice, the vocals are trying to do something that it can't pull off. I ended up just listening to the first 20 seconds of most of the songs then skipped to the next song....

Sounding a lot like Carole King, she is no Carole King.

There’s a great voice there. Alas, the music reminds me of the stuff that bored the hell out of me in so many Broadway style musicals (and without the magic of a flashy show to take it down with).

Honestly, I can see why musicians might like her but I found her weedling and annoying. Her music seems self-consciously quirky, a tad dull, broadly annoying. She reminds me of carol king who evokes the same sensations for me. She's a bit Regina Spektor too. My life would not change if I never heard one of her songs ever again. It's not *bad* just not very good.

I feel badly about this, but I’m seeing Pearl Jam tonight so my ears don’t give a single shit about anything else. It’s all PJ all day and night for me. I put Laura on my shower radio and she just kinda killed my vibe. I know I’m not giving her a fair shake, and I feel badly about that, but it is what it is today. Eddie Vedder is my whole universe right now.

leuk maar ook enkel voor achtergrond imo

Why’s her voice so bad

Swing…mit nerviger Stimme.

It was OK, no stand outs for me. Very of its time. Sounds like a tune from a 70's film montage

I know she was talented, but I'm not a fan of the shrill, breathless style of singing. I do love her song Wedding Bell Blues (not on this album) but I didn't really enjoy listening to this very much. 2 stars.

Ok

I did not particularly care for the album but I did not skip any songs and I did not feel the need to skip any songs. It was relatively short which is good. The music has a soul feel to it. It is better than a two and not really a three. I will round down.

Technically good, but it doesn't do much for me. Just not my genre/era of music...

off-brand oldies. vocals have this almost comical, meme-like quality that I'm sure isn't intentional

Franchement ça m'a fatiguée

Alright to begin with, but I got bored of it.

No Carol King standards

i thought that the voice was overwhelming and obnoxious. i’m not sure if it’s because of i was listening through my phone but i just didn’t like her singing at all

Listening to this was like seeing art. I have no idea what I’m looking at but I guess a ton of artists sampled these songs? Just not my cup o tea

It's... Fine I guess? But you can't follow Bjork with this mellow schmooze really. Sorry Laura I'm sure you were revolutionary at the time.

2/5 sadly no.

I did not know her. I think she lacks a voice.

I feel like I should have liked this more than I did but for some reason I couldn't get into it and really struggled to get through it. Probably more on me than the record. Probably should be 3 stars but giving it 2.

Meh

Not my favorite, but I like her voice.

Couldn't get through it, seemed basic

Unique and fun album, but not my thing...glad I heard it though

I don’t hate it, but I really just can’t get into this

Nicht komplett gehört, hat mich nicht begeistert.

Not offensive but nothing to celebrate either. Why's it on this list?

She is obviously a talented singer, but not really my thing.

Somewhat boring and lackluster. She sounds great and there are some high points (Second Half of Lonely Woman for example) but was hard to get through the whole album

too much singing.

Felt like it should and could have been better than it was.

4

Exciting voice, amazing lyrics, cool jazz vibes, clever arrangements... boring songs

Just too many words. Shhh love.

Was für den Soul Allnighter. Bisserl Dsiko. Nicht für mich, nicht durchhehört

Skillful, but grating vocals. A few decent songs, but lacking a royal run of tracks to make the list

Super soulful voice but its not my style.

I think this is another case of the poetry of lyrics being lost on me, based on the way the album was written up. She clearly has a great voice, and the instrumentation of strings is interesting, but overall this album didn't seem to catch me. I'm going to rate a 2.5 for now, with an understanding that a more thorough listen may be necessary later.

forgetable late 60s joni-mitchell-like

i'm glad i survived that. i do not believe i would have enjoyed that particular part of 1968. i doubt i would've felt the need to be shouted at in that way.

Again, just not for me.

meh

too dissonant

Shrill

passt mir nicht

Man, this was weird It had bits that I quite liked, but then it would switch and be absolutely horrific. There was no telling when the pain would come, but it was always round the corner It's a bit like being fed gummy bears but then randomly getting punched in the face while getting through the bag. An overall terrible experience.

Listened to on my Apple EarPods. You know, something of a habit has formed when typing these reviews up the day after I listen, in which I listen back to tracks from said album that have stood out to me or to just grab a refresher on things I want to talk about. For this album, I truly feel no urge to do so, in fact I would be pleased not to hear from this album again. This is the first album from my project that I have felt totally disconnected with, whether it's Laura Nyro's voice which I find abrasive and grating, the instrumentation which felt totally standard and lacking in energy, or the shifts in mood which conveyed very little emotionally, whether that be the random pushes into a full time rhythm groove before sinking back into half time, or the very spacious moments throughout where Laura's vocals shrink to the minimum output and the bands takes off almost entirely. Unfortunately, my biggest disconnect with the album does lay with Laura Nyro's voice. I just don't like it at all, and it made it really hard to focus on the lyricism behind it, which I didn't really find compelling when I could focus in. There were very few moments I actually enjoyed the album, and enjoyed might not even be the right word for it. It was more like respected, or interested, rather than outright enjoyment. This came in the overt mentioning of cocaine at the ending of 'Poverty Train', which combined with the lyrics and the delivery, surprised me due to the time period. And immediately following that came the one track that I found reasonable, which was 'Lonely Women', which felt very emotionally honest and laden with lament. These small moments could not save the album from my overall impressions, however. I just wasn't convinced throughout the overwhelming whole of the album, whether it be the vibe switches that didn't add to the tracks or Nyro's voice which I am not a fan of. This album reminds me a lot of Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell which I just recently listened to for this project. Though I didn't quite enjoy that one either, I could at least give it props for it's musical exploration feeling backed by talent, Mitchell's voice being so graceful and wonderful as it is, and the couple of tracks that I did dig from it. Here, however, on 'Eli and the Thirteenth Confession', I find very little I can actually take away from this album, not the voice, not the exploration, not the tracks. My least favorite album from this project thus far.

It was pretty … awful. And I thought her name was spelled Nero??

This is the first one I couldn’t finish. It was making me sick.

Awful

I mean with lyrics like: Let's go down by the grapevine Drink my daddy's wine, get happy How could we go wrong?

ouf.

On dit que la coriandre, tu aimes ou tu détestes. Avec Laura Nyro, tu n'as même pas deux options.

Nyro a le range dynamique d'un marteau piqueur. Y'a quelque chose qui marche pas. Pour moi, ça frise l'incitation à la violence. 1.49 étoiles

Erg vervelend, ik kan best tegen wat minder gebruikelijk stemgeluid, dat is het probleem niet. Het is niet het geluid maar de manier waarop ze zingt, een hele domme musical. Man wat haat ik dit. De bigband doet hier ook jolig aan mee. Theatraal is niet altijd erg maar dit wel

Huh

Found the voice really stressful and the music boring

As a vocalist, I appreciate a good singer, so I will give Miss Laura props there. But this album aint for me. It kinda gives me Linda Ronstadt too-muchery where its not easy on my ears.

There are very few Laurel Canyon type singer-songwriters I can stand. This isn't one of those. Boring, overproduced, warbly muzak.

She sounds like she wants to be Carol King but is so off key it's painful. I found this to be an unpleasant listen.

Not good

Olipa melkoinen levy. Laulaja lauloi kauniilla äänellä koko ajan ja täytti tilan niin, ettei mitään olisi mahtunut taustalle. Siellä kuitenkin oli hyviä soittajia, joita ei oikein päässyt kuulemaan. Kappaleet hajanaisia ja sovitukset huonolla tavalla kikkailevia, komppi vaihtuivat turhan tiuhaan sun muuta. Liian paljon informaatiota koko ajan.

cool girl not my fav music

no.

Na teoria, essa aqui deveria ter sido meu tipo de música: composição direta e confessional, mescla de gêneros e forte influência de jazz Porém, tudo o que eu ouvi foi gritaria, desordem, confusão. Uma mistura de ideias interessantes, mas sem foco ou direção

Directionless and pointless. Trying to be jazz, pop, rock even Broadway show tunes but none of it worked. A complete mess.

This just grates like someone scraping their nails on a blackboard. Awful stuff

Wants to be Carole King, fails.

Very annoying.

If Elton John wrote his most saccharine lyrics and put them to a bunch of poorly composed show tunes and then tried to make them sound soulful it would be much the same as this drech.

That first song was a bit of a train wreck. Sounded like a bit from SNL. The rest wasn’t that much better.

You know that episode of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ when Charlie writes “The Nightman Cometh”? Yeah, this is like that. But nowhere near as good. Properly cack.

Fun to listen to but not my thing

Not a fan. Her voice is yelly and a bit grating to my ears. Feels corny.

First impressions were "Get on with it woman". Then she did! Unfortunately when she did she stopped singing, and started shouting. It wasn't objectionable to listen to, but giving it a 2 would devalue most of the other 2's I have awarded, so 1 it is.

What a very strange vocal performance. I found her very difficult to listen to. Not sure who or what would actively seek this out for enjoyment.

Temu Joni Mitchell

Like a less catchy and more shrieky Carole King. This was all a bit much for me; I found it quite a struggle to get through.

really not very good

Feels like someone once told Ms Nyro that mid-song tempo changes were interesting, and she clung to that comment for dear life. This was not good.

Usch vilken hemsk röst. Kunde inte ens lyssna klart på en låt

This is an album that exists. It was released in 1968.

This was....horrible. I couldn't finish it.

Nope

Wieder nix!

Who is making this list?

Blech. Another one that makes me wonder if the author wouldn't have been better with a list of 500 or even 300 albums. Far too much trash on this list.

This was terrible. Aside from being a genre I can’t stand, she sounds like that one chick at karaoke who starts off sounding ok but then tries to hit the big notes and just screeches. Once again, this list has left me wondering WTF.

Holy bleh. At points I tried to say to myself that there was merit in her voice, but after awhile it became clear she just sounds like she is belting the same high notes over and over. This was not for me at all. Too showtune-y.

Couldn't listen to this. Dislike her voice a lot.

Is over-singing a word? I think I might like the instrumentation but Laura Nyro just sings and sings and sings in this sing-songy way that I find very grating. I am very glad that is over.

28/1001 :: Laura Nyro - Eli And The Thirteenth Confession Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 2 Fav Tracks: Sweet Blindness I wanted to like this. I didn’t. Cool thing about this album was I could hear shades of Tori Amos and Fiona Apple here but other than that it just wasn’t my thing. While I could see how important this was in the 60s it doesn’t feel as fresh now. I would probably like it if I spent more time with it but I don’t think I’m ever gonna get there unfortunately….

Dusting off a chestnut today, 56 yrs old and so far outside of my wheelhouse. The opening track, "Luckie" sounds like something from the lounge on Love Boat, she actually sounds like she's on a rollercoaster and trying to stay in time. "Poverty Train" was painful. I'm genuinely shocked by the number of listens on Spotify, it must have been popular back in the day and people are digging it up and reminiscing. I can't imagine how this made the list. It's not groundbreaking, it wasn't popular and bore no hits, it's overly loungy, her voice is like an icepick to my brain and I hated nearly every song. 1 star, I tried but it's awful

From that first sustained note I knew I was in for a long 46 minutes. And it was. Even worse than anticipated.

I don’t even know what to say. I do not like this style of music at all. It was painful.

Yeah this was tough, it just goes right to harse show tune singing quickly. Was not very enjoyable.

She had a nice voice but I just didn't connect to the music. Would be great to hear her sing a different genre.

I really didn't enjoy this at all. I don't know if it was the genre, the recording, or her, but I didn't like it.

Nej

Helt greit

The cover art is misleading. I wish this music were as mellow and laid back as the cover, but instead it’s a strange mix between a weird Las Vegas show and psychedelic singer/songwriter atmosphere. She switches between singing well and phrasing very annoyingly. I’ve listened to this before today also, but it never really managed to reel me in - I get annoyed by the whole thing

It took me 3 attempts to listen to this album in it's entirety. Now that I have, knowing I never have to again makes me happy. At times I feel like she's just yelling at me, other times it's like I'm listening to this on an old walkman that has batteries that are going flat and the tempo just randomly changes. The song 'poverty train' saves me mid album listen, but otherwise I just can't get my head around this one. It gets zero jazz hands from me

Too Jazzy and show tune like for me. The vocal has some quality, but just a very niche style that grates on me.

Woof. So much of this sounded like shrieking. Perhaps I’m being harsh but there were way too many moments that hurt my ear holes. Timer sealed the deal and it never recovered. That song sounds like David Lee Roth or Axl Rose singing live in 2025. Same with parts of Woman’s Blues. Heart aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaache.

Major Joni Mitchell vibes here…and that’s not a good thing. I was going to round up as a way to stick it to Joni, but truth is I really disliked this album. 1.5/5

this shit is actually lame. like carol king without the talent and soul.

Artiste inconnue. Je n'aime pas sa façon de chanter (désagréable et semble forcée) et l'orchestration me rebute. Et ce dès le premier morceau. Je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5

Very much not for me

60es, singer/songwriter und dann noch diese stimme - ok, ich höre was anderes.

Nicht so meines, zuviele Bläser und zu jazzig

Not my vibe, her voice isn't that great. Songs are basic

I don't get why this album is on the list at all. It's not good, nor was it a major hit. There are some moments that are quite pleasant, but it keeps drifting into amateur show tune territory, to the point where it becomes pretty annoying.

Not for me. 1/5

Jazz is boring. This is boring.

en muista juuri mitään jahas... noh kuuluuku 1001 listalle... I am the riddler and here is the riddle....

Skipped through most songs because I thought my ears may start to bleed. 1/5

Not quite

All the songs sound the same, with that terrible, warbly voice and far-too-quiet instrumentation. Wanted to turn it off.

this really bored me, I'll be honest i have already forgotten this album

Nope

Nice voice. Typical 60s female singer. Not my deal. Now that I’m through this it’s horrible. The lyrics mean nothing.

I don't know if there is some sort of cultural significance to this album. Was it cutting edge? Why? 1/5

Was a bit grumpy when I listened but I actually hated it so much

There were decent moments where she sounded like a decent jazz singer. Then, there was a whole bunch of show choir singing that ruined it. It was mostly the latter.

Vocals are discordant. Unpleasant.

I like a lot of the stuff that this album inspired but unfortunately I didn't like this album. It was like listening to a Glee cast album. Not for me

Her voice is like a gang of squirrels gang banging a didgeridoo.

Wow! Laura made some choices here!!! Arguably too many!!!! Yikes!!!

Well, this was obnoxious. I wanted to like this, but by the end of the album, her voice was so grating that I was quickly losing my patience with it. Boring, unmemorable songs and a shrill voice. Ugh.

meh

That was hard, her voice did my head in. Show tube shrill

i was not expecting to have such a visceral reaction to this. The music might actually be pretty good (each song features a lot of unexpected tempo and stylistic changes), but I can't tell because the singer won't shut up for even a second to let the music breathe. if i didn't hate the sound of her voice, it might not have bothered me so much, but, well. are we sure this isn't an SNL skit?

Ok

Nope, don’t like her voice at all. This one is not made for me.

Man there’s barely 3 seconds where this lady isn’t yapping. The songs are annoying. Not for me.

Shrieking, disco-stank, blue-eyed soul? Gross. Nyro's complete inability to sing a melody line without stumbling all over the scale like a drunkard on a boat? Angering. The fact that this was included on the list and we are therefore obliged to sit through 45 minutes of wailing nonsense? Criminal.

Nope. Hate it.

Nyro manages to demonstrate an impressive lack of musical talent on this uninteresting, inartistic, inoffensive, and technically unimpressive album. It is certainly music, but Nyro does not have the actual musical abilities to make anything on the album sound good. I probably wouldn't be jumping to turn the music off if I heard this album again, but I definitely won't be listening to it again any time soon.

Wikipedia gives the genre as Blue-Eyed Soul / Folk Jazz and I would agree. Laura Nyro has a great voice but the album is boring.

Per me, inascoltabile!

I'm not gonna lie, Nyro's voice irritates the hell out of me. Some of the lyrics are not bad, but that voice and the sort of jazz derived rhythms are grating and difficult. It's like a completely opposite take to someone like an Eva Cassidy whose voice is in a very similar notal range and jazz derived style, but instead is completely soothing, lush, powerful, and gorgeous. In short, I can see why Nyro never was met with the success that she felt she deserved. Now do yourself a favor and listen to Cassidy absolutely NAILING a jazz standard: https://open.spotify.com/track/3k42wvwwogIJyZ4HK5YswY?si=bf6e381748e7423a

not my thing again

This feels like the album wants to be jazz but is afraid to try. It's blues, I guess, but I don't think that the genre choice was intentional, and in my opinion, that really hurts it. If they were intentional about their style and sound this might be good, but it is just meh. Eli's Coming puts the train back on the tracks, so to speak, but I'm already pretty checked out.

Not for me. Interesting but wobbly vocals.

Truly annoying.

Flat

Gudars skymning vilket tråkigt album.

Trina: “she’s awful what’s wrong with her voice” Utter shite Couldn’t finish it

Too Folksy(?) if that's the right term. Not for me, sorry Miss Nyro.

A shrieking mess. Barely listenable. Must admit I nearly gave up on this one

Good God help me. Was begging for this to end. Such a shrill voice. Like Joni Mitchell on crack. Singing high and loud does not automatically mean good. Hard pass

This one was not good

Samasta historiallisesta hetkestä peräisin kuin Carole King, mutta jazzahtavampaa ja (PALJON) epäkoukukkaampaa. Eipä Nyro minua mitenkään erityisesti hierrä, mutta en näe tilannetta, jossa kuuntelisin tätä uudelleen. Miinusta sanoituksista.

This album was definitely not for me. I did not enjoy it. Instrumentally, there were some interesting songs. The lyrics and the vocals were off-putting.

Has moments but they’re fleeting. Feels like background music for a coffee shop

Sounds like Carole King or Joni Mitchell but with none of the talent or charm.

Jazzy, voice goes up and down constantly and it’s just not my taste

This is the ultimate try too hard album. An aural assault.

Just about the worst thing ever.

Absolutely grating! Guess tastes are really subjective, I simply cannot enjoy the vocals, quite the opposite. Sounds dreadful to me. Had to turn it off pretty soon.

No.

Album about ex lovers

Oei neje

Didn’t really get this. Late sixties singer-songwriter stuff. The doo-wop one was pleasant but the rest didn’t do anything for me.

Long forgotten. Should have remained so.

no

Nope.

This reminded me a lot of Joni Mitchell and Carole King: neither of whom I like at all. There was only one song where Laura wasn't forcing her singing to a level of intensity that didn't match the music. A meandering mess.

Not my thing.

Carole King wannabe

I imagine that she’s constantly winking as she performs. Pass

No ty

nope

mærkelig sing/songwriter, country, Pj harvisk

no

0/5 why you do this to me

Honestly don’t understand how this was selected - but then I’ve always hated this kind of tripe - fuck the 60s

This is one of three albums I get to listen to on an island in hell. Things that sound better: Open mouthed pork rind crunching on a public bus, mosquito stuck in your ear canal and the always reliable fingers on a blackboard. I tried to find something good about this cloying 70sesque drivel, but not much here. The opening seconds of “Poverty Train” we’re ok.

Well she has a good singing voice but her campy, bouncy jazzy pop style was really grating and annoying to me. I couldn’t get thru this one

Worst one so far. My brain hurts from trying to listen to it

This I hate.

I think there's a reason this never really gained popularity... Nyro is clearly talented vocally but her songwriting is just not that good and it sounds like show tunes, which is kind of insufferable. Really campy. I can't finish the album :/

jazzy; yllättävän hyvä, mut silti vähän tylsä; ei yhtään biisii, jonka kuunteleminen ois ärsyttäny