Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat
by Laura Nyro

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Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat by Laura Nyro
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-11-25
Overall rank: 6,463rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 58 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (111th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (989th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,463rd)

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Laura Nyro bestography

Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat is ranked 4th best out of 18 albums by Laura Nyro on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Laura Nyro is Eli And The Thirteenth Confession which is ranked number 1252 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,392.

Laura Nyro album bestography « Higher ranked (5,225th)
More Than A New Discovery This album (6,463rd)
Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat Lower ranked (7,333rd) »
Gonna Take A Miracle

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Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,463rd | 1970s rank: 989th | 1970 rank: 111th  Overall chart history
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78/100 (from 58 votes)
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This album has been referenced 13 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5454): By mianfei
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by mianfei () 1. (1976) 2. by (2004) 3. by (1994) 4. (1970) 5. by (1994) 6. (1970) 7. by (1975) 8. by (1979) 9. by (1969) 10. by (2000) 11. by (1974) 12. by (1971) 14. by (1969) 15. by (1992) 16. by (1975) 17. by (1985) 18. by (1968) 20. by…”
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From Brigand99 01/06/2025 05:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“1st listen. Phenomenal stuff I love this record! I see you haven't rated these yet - both great albums also: New Discovery has her best songs on it in my opinion. Christmas I'm not too crazy about except for about two songs, and the best track is the only one she didn't write, Up On the Roof. Most…”
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From PossiblyMichigan 12/14/2020 16:43 in PSA: Meghan Trainor's new Christmas album is the worst
“Yeah the Vince Guaraldi's a classic and I tend to agree re Suf in that some of the best stuff and worst stuff he's ever made are on those recordings. Laura Nyro's Christmas record is a classic too if that's a sound you're going for. I've always been partial to Nat King Cole's christmas releases and…”
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From 11/16/2013 17:00 | #92899 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Laura Nyro should be more widely appreciated - she did not produce one but string of great albums in the late 60s

Her vocal gymnastics sometimes go to far but that's what makes her always differnt and always interseting
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A great song writer Ms. Nyro has all but been forgotten. Groundbreaking upon it's initial release this is a adventurous record. Give it a listen.
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A wonderfully beautiful and intimate record, arguably her second best after her masterpiece Eli
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