and US No. 13 with "Sweet Blindness". Legacy The legacy of the album is evident on the 1997 compilation Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro, which includes 6 songs from the 1968 album. Six songs from Eli and the Thirteenth Confession are included in the ballet Quintet performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Rolling Stone ranked it No. 463 in the 2020 edition of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Reissues Eli and the Thirteenth Confession was reissued in expanded and remastered format during the summer of 2002. The reissue was produced by Al Quaglieri, with Laura Grover as project director. The reissue featured three previously unreleased demos recorded on November 29, 1967. The 20-year-old Nyro performed the spare, solo demos of "Lu", "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Emmie" on piano and multi-tracked her own voice to add harmonies. The accompanying booklet includes photographs and recording details, as well as liner notes by Rick Petreycik and a back-cover recollection by Phoebe Snow. The remastered version was issued alongside remastered/expanded editions of New York Tendaberry and Gonna Take a Miracle. In August 2011, the album was re-released in audiophile vinyl by label "Music on Vinyl", using high-resolution digital audio at 96 kHz / 24 bit. In June 2016, Audio Fidelity reissued the album on hybrid Super Audio CD. It contains the original stereo version in high-resolution digital audio as well as a previously unreleased 4-channel quadraphonic mix, which was created in 1971. Prior to this release only one track, "Eli's Comin'", had been released in quad on a rare Columbia Records sampler LP. Track listing Personnel Laura Nyro – piano, keyboards, vocal, harmonies, "witness to the confession" Ralph Casale, Chet Amsterdam – acoustic guitar Hugh McCracken – electric guitar Chuck Rainey, Chet Amsterdam – bass Artie Schroeck – drums, vibes Buddy Saltzman – drums Dave Carey – percussion Bernie Glow, Pat Calello, Ernie Royal – trumpet George Young, Zoot Sims – saxophone Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Ray DeSio – trombone Joe Farrell – saxophone, flute Paul Griffin – piano on "Eli's Comin'" and "Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)" Technical Charlie Calello – producer, arrangements Roy Segal, Stan Tonkel – engineer David Geffen - management "agent and friend" Bob Cato – photography Bibliography Michele Kort, Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro, References External links [ AllMusic Laura Nyro biography entry] Laura Nyro official