Impressions

Impressions is the first compilation retrospective album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was released in the UK in 1980 and features material from her first four albums for Verve and Columbia Records, completely omitting material after 1970. The album was released seemingly without Nyro's approval or knowledge, but flopped and Impressions remains out of print, having never been issued on CD. At the time Nyro was in a ... more

Impressions is the first compilation retrospective album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was released in the UK in 1980 and features material from her first four albums for Verve and Columbia Records, completely omitting material after 1970. The album was released seemingly without Nyro's approval or knowledge, but flopped and Impressions remains out of print, having never been issued on CD. At the time Nyro was in a period of semi-retirement, living with her young son in Danbury. She did not release another album until 1984. Nyro curated her own retrospective album, Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro, shortly before her death in 1997. Impressions brings together both some of Nyro's best-known songs and also hidden gems, making it more adventurous than standard retrospectives and more representative of her work - but despite its 1980 release date, only included material from her first four albums - More Than A New Discovery (1967), Eli and the... less