Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat
by Laura Nyro

Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat by Laura Nyro
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-11-25
Overall rank: 6,321st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 58 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (109th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (983rd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,321st)

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Laura Nyro bestography

Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Laura Nyro on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Laura Nyro is Eli And The Thirteenth Confession which is ranked number 1228 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,417.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,321st | 1970s rank: 983rd | 1970 rank: 109th
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2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 19708/1005
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s95/1001
2026 baystateoftheartTop 92 Music Albums of 197014/924
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 197047/1003
2026Rm12398Top 50 Music Albums of 197024/503
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s95/1001
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197074/1001
2026mianfeiTop 100 Greatest Music Albums24/10074
2025 TheDude85Top 70 Music Albums of 197014/704
2025 slatsheitTop 73 Music Albums of 197018/734
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 197049/1003
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 197054/1002
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197055/1002
2025arnellarsenTop 99 Music Albums of 197020/994
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197064/1002
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (301 - 400) by U R C46/100 -
2025 RepoTop 96 Music Albums of 197049/963
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 75 Music Albums of 197015/754
2025JohnnyoGreatest Albums of 1970 by U R C34/56 -
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197036/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 52
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 209
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 58 votes)
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05/05/2026 13:10 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,45036/100
 
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02/28/2026 16:56 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
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01/05/2026 07:39 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,38870/100
 
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12/25/2025 00:49 Gedi  Ratings distribution  28083/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:25 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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90/100
From 08/10/2016 21:53 | #172711
A wonderfully beautiful and intimate record, arguably her second best after her masterpiece Eli
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From 02/07/2016 13:34 | #158936
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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From 11/16/2013 17:00 | #92899
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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