1966 - More Than a New Discovery 1968 - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession 1969 - New York Tendaberry 1970 - Christmas and the Beads of Sweat 1973 - The First Songs 1976 - Smile 1977 - Season of Lights 1978 - Nested 1984 - Mother's Spiritual 1989 - Live at the Bottom Line 1990 - Live from Mountain Stage 1994 - Live in Japan 2000 - Time and Love: The Essential Masters 2001 - Angel in the Dark 2002 - Live: The Loom's Desire 2004 - Spread Your Wings and Fly
1966 - More Than a New Discovery (1966, 2008, Rev-Ola)
01. Goodbye Joe (2:34) 02. Billy's Blues (3:18) 03. And When I Die (2:39) 04. Stoney End (2:44) 05. Lazy Susan (3:51) 06. Hands Off the Man (2:28) 07. Wedding Bell Blues (2:40) 08. Buy and Sell (3:35) 09. He's a Runner (3:39) 10. Blowin' Away (2:20) 11. I Never Meant to Hurt You (2:52) 12. California Shoeshine Boys (2:42)
1968 - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968, 1990, Columbia)
01. Luckie (3:03) 02. Lu (2:48) 03. Sweet Blindness (2:42) 04. Poverty Train (4:21) 05. Lonely Women (3:36) 06. Eli's Comin (4:00) 07. Timer (3:26) 08. Stoned Soul Picnic (3:50) 09. Emmie (4:25) 10. Woman's Blues (3:49) 11. Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) (3:01) 12. December's Boudoir (5:11) 13. The Confession (2:49)
1969 - New York Tendaberry (1969, 2002, Columbia-Legacy)
01. You Don't Love Me When I Cry (4:24) 02. Captain for Dark Mornings (4:39) 03. Tom Cat Goodby (5:33) 04. Mercy on Broadway (2:18) 05. Save the Country (4:35) 06. Gibsom Street (4:49) 07. Time and Love (4:26) 08. The Man Who Sends Me Home (2:52) 09. Sweet Lovin' Baby (3:56) 10. Captain Saint Lucifer (3:17) 11. New York Tendaberry (5:38) 12. Save the Country (single version) (mono) (2:28) 13. In the Country Way (2:11)
1970 - Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970, 2008, Sony-Japan)
01. Brown Earth (4:11) 02. When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag (2:46) 03. Blackpatch (3:37) 04. Been on a Train (5:52) 05. Up on the Roof (3:16) 06. Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (5:35) 07. Map to the Treasure (8:14) 08. Beads of Sweat (4:51) 09. Christmas in My Soul (7:05)
1973 - The First Songs (1973, 1990, Columbia)
01. Wedding Bell Blues (2:44) 02. Billy's Blues (3:20) 03. California Shoeshine Boys (2:45) 04. Blowin' Away (2:23) 05. Lazy Susan (3:53) 06. Goodbye Joe (2:38) 07. Flim Flam Man (2:29) 08. Stoney End (2:46) 09. I Never Meant to Hurt You (2:52) 10. He's a Runner (3:40) 11. Buy and Sell (3:38) 12. And When I Die (2:39)
1976 - Smile (1976, 2008, Sony-Japan)
01. Sexy Mama (2:43) 02. Children of the Junks (2:50) 03. Money (5:00) 04. I Am the Blues (5:45) 05. Stormy Love (4:32) 06. The Cat-Song (2:35) 07. Midnite Blue (3:07) 08. Smile (5:38) 09. Someone Loves You (1:59) 10. Get Me My Cap (2:54) 11. Coffee Morning (3:49)
1977 - Season of Lights (1977, 2008, Iconoclassic)
01. Money (6:03) 02. Sweet Lovin' Baby (2:20) 03. And When I Die (4:03) 04. The Morning News (2:31) 05. Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (4:56) 06. I Am the Blues (7:01) 07. When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag (3:43) 08. Captain St. Lucifer (5:56) 09. Smile (4:07) 10. Mars (3:24) 11. Sweet Blindness (3:47) 12. The Cat-Song (4:21) 13. Emmie (3:56) 14. The Confession (3:11) 15. Timer (6:15) 16. Midnite Blue (7:53)
1978 - Nested (1978, 2008, Iconoclassic)
01. Mr. Blue (The Song of Communications) (5:04) 02. Rhythm & Blues (3:02) 03. My Innocence (3:26) 04. Crazy Love (4:22) 05. American Dreamer (4:11) 06. Springblown (4:26) 07. The Sweet Sky (3:35) 08. Light (Pop's Principle) (2:55) 09. Child in a Universe (4:15) 10. The Nest (2:27)
01. To a Child... (3:54) 02. The Right to Vote (3:07) 03. A Wilderness (3:01) 04. Melody in the Sky (3:46) 05. Late for Love (3:02) 06. A Free Thinker (3:19) 07. Man in the Moon (2:58) 08. Talk to a Green Tree (3:41) 09. Trees of the Ages (3:49) 10. The Brighter Song (2:32) 11. Roadnotes (3:22) 12. Sophia (4:43) 13. Mother's Spiritual (3:18) 14. Refrain (1:12) 15. Man in the Moon (live) (3:29)
1989 - Live at the Bottom Line (1989, Cypress)
01. The Confession/High Heeled Sneakers (5:51) 02. Roll of the Ocean (4:33) 03. Companion (5:24) 04. The Wild World (3:39) 05. My Innocence/Sophia (3:13) 06. To a Child (3:57) 07. And When I Die (3:17) 08. Park Song (3:11) 09. Broken Rainbow (4:20) 10. Women of the One World (1:45) 11. Emmie (3:44) 12. Wedding Bell Blues (3:49) 13. The Japanese Restaurant Song (5:55) 14. Stoned Soul Picnic (3:40) 15. Medley: La La Means I Love You/Trees of the Ages/Up on the Roof (5:41)
1990 - Live from Mountain Stage (1990, Blue Plate)
01. Oh Yeah Maybe Baby (The Heebie Jeebies) (2:27) 02. My Innocence (2:17) 03. To a Child (3:19) 04. And When I Die (2:46) 05. Let It Be Me/The Christmas Song (2:43) 06. Roll of the Ocean (2:52) 07. Lite a Flame (3:13) 08. Emmie (3:13) 09. Japanese Restaurant (4:05) 10. I'm So Proud/Dedicated to the One I Love (3:05)
1994 - Live in Japan (1994, 2003, EMI)
01. Dedicated to the One I Love (3:29) 02. Ooh Baby Baby (2:17) 03. And When I Die (2:41) 04. Save the Country (2:54) 05. Wedding Bell Blues (2:17) 06. Walk On By (2:20) 07. Let It Be Me (2:56) 08. Light a Flame (The Animal Rights Song) (3:32) 09. Louise's Church (3:23) 10. Woman of the World (4:33)
1998 - Premium Best (1998, Sony-Japan)
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)
2000 - Time and Love: The Essential Masters (2000, Columbia-Legacy)
01. Sweet Blindness (2:39) 02. Wedding Bell Blues (2:55) 03. And When I Die (2:40) 04. Blowin' Away (2:21) 05. Eli's Comin' (4:00) 06. Goodbye Joe (2:43) 07. Stoney End (2:46) 08. It's Gonna Take a Miracle (3:25) 09. Stoned Soul Picnic (3:49) 10. Lu (2:47) 11. Save the Country (4:34) 12. When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag (2:48) 13. Blackpatch (3:37) 14. Time and Love (4:21) 15. Sexy Mama (2:44) 16. Up on the Roof (3:16)
2001 - Angel in the Dark (2001, Rounder)
01. Angel in the Dark (4:06) 02. Triple Goddess Twilight (4:02) 03. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (6:02) 04. He Was Too Good to Me (2:39) 05. Sweet Dream Fade (4:29) 06. Serious Playground (4:19) 07. Be Aware (3:04) 08. Let It Be Me (2:15) 09. Gardenia Talk (2:47) 10. Ooh Baby, Baby (3:27) 11. Embraceable You (2:10) 12. La La Means I Love You (4:21) 13. Walk On By (2:19) 14. Animal Grace (1:29) 15. Don't Hurt Child (3:25) 16. Coda (5:32)
2002 - Live: The Loom's Desire (2002, Rounder)
CD 1
01. Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby (3:09) 02. Dedicated to the One I Love (3:16) 03. Wind (2:10) 04. Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song) (3:31) 05. Walk the Dog and Light the Light (Song of the Road) (3:08) 06. To a Child (3:27) 07. And When I Die (2:49) 08. Japanese Restaurant Song (3:50) 09. My Innocence/Sophia (2:27) 10. Wedding Bell Blues (2:22) 11. Art of Love (3:36) 12. Emmie (4:29) 13. Let It Be Me (3:02)
CD 2
01. Angel in the Dark (4:23) 02. Gardenia Talk (2:53) 03. Save the Country (2:39) 04. Louise's Church (3:15) 05. Wild World (2:36) 06. A Woman of the World (4:16) 07. The Descent of Luna Rose (2:51) 08. Broken Rainbow (3:53) 09. Blowin' Away/Wedding Bell Blues (3:30) 10. Trees of the Ages/Emmie (6:18) 11. Ooh Baby, Baby (3:47)
2004 - Spread Your Wings and Fly (2004, Columbia)
01. American Dove (5:03) 02. Medley: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing/Natural Woman (4:10) 03. Spanish Harlem (3:19) 04. I Am the Blues (5:04) 05. Medley: Walk On By/Dancing in the Street (4:59) 06. Emmie (4:55) 07. Map to the Treasure (6:52) 08. Christmas in My Soul (5:38) 09. Save the Country (4:59) 10. Medley: Timer/O-o-h Child/Up on the Roof (8:41) 11. Medley: Lu/Flim Flam Man (3:42) 12. Mother Earth (7:58)
Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro, 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 Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock, and soul. She was praised for her strong emotive vocal style and 3-octave mezzo-soprano vocal range.
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", and "Save the Country"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul and 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's and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof".
In 2010, Laura Nyro was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2012, Nyro was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
