Title: Smile despite heartbreak.
Product review: I do believe that this one of her most under-rated albums. Laura Nyro released this album after her 5 year hiatus from recording. I am sure that people were expecting all of the bells and whistles of her previous masterpieces. While it doesn't have the intensity of Eli & New York Tendaberry, I feel it was part of her evolution from "Funky Madonna of New York Soul" to Earth Mother. She had recorded Smile during the end of her marriage to David Bianchini and the death of her mother. You can feel the heartbreak in this album. I would call this album her heartbreak album. I love all of the songs on Smile, especially "Money", (which gives a hint of her feelings towards ex-manager & "friend" David Geffen), "Midnite Blue" and the last song on the album "Smile". The track Smile is actually a wonderfully soothing one, with it's Japanese flavors. Quite original.
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