Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (Exp)
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Artist: Laura NyroEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
- You Don't Love Me When I Cry
- Captain for Dark Mornings
- Tom Cat Goodbye
- Mercy on Broadway
- Save the Country
- Gibsom Street
- Time and Love
- The Man Who Sends Me Home
- Sweet Lovin' Baby
- Captain Saint Lucifer
- New York Tendaberry
- Save the Country [Single Version][*]
- In the Country Way [#][*]
Music reviews of New York Tendaberry (Exp)
Music Review: Self-Indulgence, Thy Name is New York Tendaberry
Rating: 2 Stars
I've become aware in recent years that "New York Tendaberry" is considered by many observers gifted with the hindsight of four decades to be Laura Nyro's greatest achievement. Utter poppycock!
This record all but defines what happened to '60s pop musicians who were given enough rope by the recording industry at a time when the industry was desperately flailing about in its attempts to understand the shifting market driven by a radically changing young America. Nyro was given that rope by Columbia and delivered a messy, direction-less LP whose incoherence forced the discerning listener to rethink the "genius" label that she had deservedly acquired for her superb and unprecedented songwriting on "More Than a New Discovery" and "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession."
To make my opinion clearer, to this day I still consider "Eli" to be the single greatest LP ever recorded by a woman pop singer. Sadly, Nyro never came close to that level of quality in her subsequent releases. By the time of "Christmas and the Beads of Sweat" -- an initially enticing effort that did not wear well over time -- it was clear that she (by age 20!) had already said everything she had to say.
"Tendaberry" is often draped in sentiments like "Nyro's gift to New York City," et. al. But if you listen closely, this is romantic fiction -- the songs have very little to do with New York specifically, and that interpretation is a lame cover story for Nyro's shockingly undisciplined approach to the production of this record. Producer Ray Halee made a colossal mistake by allowing "Tendaberry"'s basic tracks to be driven entirely by Nyro's piano playing, sometimes with disastrous results when arranger Jimmie Haskell was summoned later in a desperate attempt to "sweeten" the final product. Contrast this to the tight, magnificent rhythm tracks in the Charlie Calello-produced "Eli," where Nyro was forced to make her innovative ideas about tempo and drama intelligible to session players. The arrangements on "Eli" are also far superior, and Nyro delivered vocally so much more effectively than on "Tendaberry," notable for the first really ugly recorded sounds to come out of her throat. Nyro had the potential to be a great singer, but never came close to realizing it. She simply didn't have the discipline or the self-critical faculties.
But what's really wrong with "Tendaberry" is not her singing. It's the songs. They're just not very good. ... There are more musical ideas in the verse of "He's a Runner" from her first LP than there are on all of "Tendaberry." ... It's a shame; she really had a lot of talent.
Description of New York Tendaberry (Exp)
Japanese Blu-Spec CD pressing of this classic album. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD's which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Sony.Though Laura Nyro was one of the most successful American songwriters of the late '60s, penning hits like Streisand's "Stoney End," Blood, Sweat & Tears' "And When I Die," Three Dog Night's "Eli's Coming," and the Fifth Dimension's "Wedding Bell Blues," her buoyant, genre-blending major-label debut clicked with only a small, if influential, cult audience. But even Nyro's faithful must have been taken by surprise by its 1969 follow-up. A mature, deeply impressionistic ode to her hometown, New York City, Nyro's creation captures the city's multicultural soul and emotionally jagged edges so well it's hard to believe this 22-year-old daughter of a jazz musician who couldn't read a note of music concocted it. Stripping her music down to the bare essentials of her expressive, occasionally explosive soprano and fervent piano work somehow expanded its dramatic potential exponentially. Indeed, there are few pop albums whose protominimalist use of studio flourishes and production sheen have been as brief or effective; Nyro called them "colors," and that's exactly the function they serve here, adding crucial glimmer to the stark, jazzy drama of the singer's evocative songs. The bonus, "Save the Country," cut as a full studio production prior to Nyro rethinking the approach, fairly blares by comparison. Rooted in the singer's beloved '50s R&B and pop, yet infused with her brave, singular vision and the chutzpah to stick to it, this album remains Nyro's masterpiece. --Jerry McCulley
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