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| | Laura Nyro |
 | | Nyro's first record in years, and right away she lets you know she's changed, with a sweet song of desire I believe is intended for another woman ("Sexy Mama," by Ray, Goodman and Robinson, the only song on the record she didn't write). |
 | | Nyro may be more noteworthy as a trailblazer than a composer or performer - despite her distinctive vocal style and soul-baring lyrics, I don't find her songs communicate to me anything like Mitchell or Jones do, partly because she can be so damn hard to understand. |
 | | Add Nyro's piano (more technically advanced than on previous releases), edgy vocals and moody compositions, and the result is a smooth, satisfyingly complex ride that presages the pop-fusion of the mid-Seventies, without the overreaching and awkwardness of her earlier work. |
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