Live: The Loom's Desire
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| Live: The Loom's Desire | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | May 7, 2002[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 24, 1993 and December 24, 1994 | |||
| Venue | The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | |||
| Length | 81:26 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Rounder | |||
| Producer | Laura Nyro | |||
| Laura Nyro chronology | ||||
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Live: The Loom's Desire is a posthumous live double album from American singer-songwriter Laura Nyro released by Rounder Records in 2002. The recordings are made up of Christmas Eve shows that she performed in 1993 and 1994 at The Bottom Line and received positive reviews from critics.
Recording and release
Reception
Writing for PopMatters, Matt Cibula sums up the recordings as "confident and bold at the same time that she is introspective and cryptic, mysterious and exuberant, the whole package of life wrapped up in one tiny woman who wrote some of the greatest songs of our time".[1]
Track listing
1993 Concert
- "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (Hank Hunter and Phil Spector) – 3:08
- "Dedicated to the One I Love" (Ralph Bass and Lowman Pauling) – 3:15
- "Wind" (Bob "Chico" Edwards, Quentin Eubanks, Juan Guitierrez, Willie Hunter, and Nolan Strong) – 2:10
- "Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song)" (Laura Nyro) – 3:31
- "Walk the Dog and Light the Light (Song of the Road)" (Nyro) – 3:07
- "To a Child" (Nyro) – 3:26
- "And When I Die" (Nyro) – 2:49
- "Japanese Restaurant Song" (Nyro) – 3:49
- "My Innocence" / "Sophia" (Nyro) – 2:27
- "Wedding Bell Blues" (Nyro) – 2:21
- "Art of Love" (Nyro) – 3:35
- "Emmie" (Nyro) – 4:29
- "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud and Pierre Delanoë) – 3:01
1994 Concert
- "Angel in the Dark" (Nyro) – 4:22
- "Gardenia Talk" (Nyro) – 2:52
- "Save the Country" (Nyro) – 2:39
- "Louise's Church" (Nyro) – 3:14
- "Wild World" (Nyro) – 2:35
- "A Woman of the World" (Nyro) – 4:16
- "The Descent of Luna Rosé" (Nyro) – 2:50
- "Broken Rainbow" (Nyro) – 3:52
- "Blowin' Away" / "Wedding Bell Blues" (Nyro) – 3:39
- "Trees of the Ages" / "Emmie" (Nyro) – 6:17
- "Ooh Baby, Baby" (Warren "Pete" Moore and Smokey Robinson) – 3:46
Personnel
- Laura Nyro – vocals, piano, vocal arrangement, production
- Chandra Armstead – harmony vocals
- David Bianchini – photography
- Scott Billington – mixing, editing
- Vivian Cherry – harmony vocals
- Robin Clark – harmony vocals
- Angela Clemmons – harmony vocals
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- David Farrell – mixing, editing
- Diane Garisto – harmony vocals
- Kooster McAllister – recording
- Steven Remote – recording
- Eileen Silver-Lillywhite – executive production, liner notes
- Dian Sorel – harmony vocals
- Jean Wilcox – design
- Diane Wilson – harmony vocals
See also
References
- ^ a b Cibula, Matt (August 29, 2022). "Laura Nyro: Live: The Loom's Desire". PopMatters. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
External links
- Live: The Loom's Desire at Discogs (list of releases)
- Live: The Loom's Desire at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
