Mother's Spiritual

Description

Mother's Spiritual is the eighth studio album by New York singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. The album was released in early 1984, following a year of difficult and costly recording sessions, and came out more than five years after its well-received predecessor, 1978's Nested. Thanks to a small buzz surrounding Nyro's return to the spotlight after a period of semi-retirement, Mother's Spiritual became her last entry on the US charts, reaching #182 on the Billboard 200. Musically, the album stands out as the most serene and laid-back of all Nyro's works, presenting a more maternal tone compared to the wilder, more experimental nature of albums like Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry. Thematically, the focus shifts from personal exploration of passion and love to broader societal concerns, such as environmentalism, motherhood, and feminism. Laura Nyro was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.