Spread Your Wings

Track Listings

1. Where Love Resides

2. Spread Your Wings

3. WindChaser

4. Babyblue

5. HourGlass

6. Darkest B'fore the Dawn

7. The Minstrel's Opus

8. Cirrus

9. The Earth's Rejuvenation

10. Satyrians Enchantment

11. B'fore Time Has Past

12. Chapter One

Editorial Reviews
Performers
Amie Ridley - all instruments, any vocals

Product Description
60+ minutes of piano solos created from a culmination of dreams over a three year period that invite you to take flight into your own breeze of musical dreams. Debut album.

Spread Your Wings,Amie Ridley

Spread Your Wings

Tracks:

American Dove
Medley: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing/(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Spanish Harlem
I Am The Blues
Medley: Walk On By/Dancing In The Street
Emmie
Map To The Treasure
Christmas In My Soul
Save The Country
Medley: Timer/O-o-h Child/Up On The Roof
Medley: Lu/Flim Flam Man
Mother Earth

Customer Reviews:

intimate.......2007-07-25

It is rare that you can feel so close to a performer as you can with Laura Nyro. Her Spirit is right there in the moment, so real. I don't usually prefer "live" performances but this one is very special. Just Laura and her piano, a little rough at times. Check out some sample songs to see if this works for you.

. Unbelievably Outstanding.......2006-08-06

Every once in a while you come across something very special. If you came to this page then you have long ago or just recently discovered this highly underrated and extremely talented lady.

I am in awe of this piece of musical history and I am sure that you will be too. No wonder they had trouble finding a place for her in the music world of her time as she crosses from pop, jazz, rock and soul. No wonder David Geffen loved her so much. David this is proof positive in my mind of your reputation with "pitch." One wonders if she were singing today where she might be?

There is an original song on this album that is so wonderful it is amazing that no one else has recorded it. I could not find the lyrics online so I wrote them out for myself. The song is "Mother Earth" and it is exquisite.

let the filter of time float this to the top.......2006-03-11

I agree with those who think this should be blasted into space. Just ridiculously good. Her thoughts are not my thoughts but hey I kinda know about hers because hey she communicates. And it cuts pretty deep. This record is an example of the argument that less is more. I would say that this is one of the top 100 records ever published. As for nonsense about hoarseness or sound quality I mean what is that all about...? The scream in save the country is the best thing about save the country. This album is a map to the treasure from one of the best songwriters and performers I've had the pleasure of hearing.

A NYRO NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY: LAURA LIVES FOREVER!.......2005-10-13

It was a chilly night in February, 1971 at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida (yes, it does get cold there occasionally), when I first heard Laura Nyro in concert. Sadly, it was the only time I would see her, due to her untimely death in 1997. She only played for forty minutes due to the cold outdoor weather, but my life was changed forever. How fortunate it is for me and other Nyrophiles that this CD has been made available 34 years after her Fillmore concert. Imagine that, a live recording of a similar show I had seen only 3 months prior! It's all here: 2 new recordings (American Dove and Mother Earth), covers of songs written by Bacharach/David, Goffin/King, and the best reason to purchase this CD, Laura accompanying herself on the piano performing her own compositions as only she can.

I have read some criticism about the quality of this recording and I disagree. Laura's voice is strained and hoarse at times, but who cares? If you want perfection, buy a studio recording. One can hear audience responses and Laura answering them. It is interesting that as I write this on the eve of Yom Kippur, Laura references her own Jewish roots by expressing her love for her Fillmore audience after the end of "Save the Country", stating: (the positive actions you take)"goes down in the Book of Life". All in all, Laura's voice is magnificent and in fine form.

When I heard Laura in 1971, she performed a medley of : "Spanish Harlem", "Ooh, Child" (which sounds so much like a Nyro song, I thought she had written it), and "Up on the Roof". On this collection Laura's composition, "Timer" (which I think is one of the most beautiful songs ever written), is combined with the aforemenioned covers: "Ooh, Child", and "Up on the Roof". This medley alone is worth the price of the CD.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Laura's virtuoso piano performance on "Map to the Treasure"; the upbeat, raucous "Save the Country", an American anthem if there ever was one; "Emmie", and every other cut on this splendid CD. I challenge anyone to listen to "Spread Your Wings and Fly" with an open mind. Maybe you'll come to the same conclusion I have: Laura Nyro is the best singer/songwriter of her era. She just may change your life too.

Mixed Emotions, Perfect Nyro Production.......2005-08-16

Honestly, there are some songs
on this album that just didn't
impress me very much. HOWEVER,
there are others that absolutley
make me want to crown Nyro as the
Singer/Songwriter of the Century.
Apples or oranges, really;
but what I loved most about this
recording is the intimacy between
Laura Nyro and piano, and then the
audience and Laura Nyro. Without
a doubt, she is totally in her
element. I felt that she was kind
of subdued, maybe even nervous at
first, but in a matter of minutes
she is soaring and spreading her
creative wings over an enthusiastically
receptive audience.
This is not a perfect performance. There
are minor breaks and she forces her voice
beyond point break at times. However, there
are other moments in her delivery that
are elements of musical genius and
vocal godliness.
Though I'm divided over some of the tracks
(once again, apples and oranges, one's own
personal taste)there is no denying that
this is a satisfying, worthwile CD performance.
It captures the pure essence of a rare musical
genius at a crucial moment in her career.

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Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly
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Monkey vs. Robot
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ASIN: B000H9I114
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

Evil Prelude
Cocaine
Stash In A Box
Britney's Silver Can
Wash Your Ass
Bad Song
Albert's My Friend
This Is How We Rock In America
Rainbow Love
Chooglin' To The Nth Degree
Fascist Bikes
The Vault
Why Is The Sky Blue?
Spread Your Evil Wings And Fly

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Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake.......2007-02-13

"Cocaine" and "Britney's Silver Box" are the standout tracks here in my opinion. The production is really good and the backup vocals really add to the stereo spectrum. Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake.

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Musically interesting Christmas alternative
Koppangen
Jesus is born again!
Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable
Great Christmas album

Home for Christmas
Adolphe-Charles Adam , Alice-Charlotte Tegner , Goran Danielsson , Svante Henryson , Jakob Lindberg , Jan Bengston , Ulf Farsberg , Torbjorn Helander , Ulrika Jansson , Mats Rondin , and Jansson, Bengan
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Tracks:

Koppangen (English)
The Christmas Song
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Stille Nacht
O Jesuslein Sus
il es ne, le devin enfant
Noel
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Staffansvisa & for redeliga man
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I wonder as I wander
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Deck the Hall / Utterns polska
O come, All ye faithful
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Christmas albums by opera divas hardly make an exalted genre. Usually they involve overblown arrangements, hackneyed material, and singers sight-reading music they don't particularly like and making lame attempts at singing in English. With all her integrity, Anne Sofie von Otter would never do such a thing, and she hasn't here. This disc is a personal, eclectic mix, with the mezzo-soprano sounding sincere and approachable by sticking to the lower end of her range using small-ensemble arrangements you might hear in an evening sitting around the fire. In fact, rarely has Otter sung with such warmth as in Pereic Moraeus's "Koppangen," accompanied by accordion, guitar, violin, and mandolin. Not only is her English good but she seems to connect with the language emotionally. Amid the cozy, jazzy renditions of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" and "Silent Night," there are a few lapses into eccentricity, such as an atonal string ensemble arrangement of "White Christmas" that easily could've been done by Alban Berg, and some Nordic-language forays in which Otter seems to be getting in touch with her primitivistic Viking roots. With good taste displayed elsewhere, she's allowed. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Musically interesting Christmas alternative.......2004-12-09

I've been in charge of holiday music for the extended family for the last decade or so, and I generally buy a half-dozen or so CDs every year from a wide range of genres. This is perhaps my favorite of them all. It manages the almost impossible feat of engaging an audiophile like me who's looking for something different while simultaneously enthralling more tradition-minded family members. The CD stands out in most of the critical areas in the holiday field. First, the selection of songs is brilliant--a few English-language standards with some foreign-language songs people may know (Il est ne, le divine enfant) and a handful of really engaging Swedish tunes. Second, the spare but warm instrumentation conveys the coziness van Otter is seeking. Last, and most important, van Otter's low mezzo is put to incredibly expressive use. For those who are turned off by overly operatic recordings that sound completely alien from the renditions of carols that we know and love, this is a much more low-key, accessible form of art music.

This disc is worth buying for the first and last tracks alone, a haunting Swedish number that is now so much part of my Christmas that I can't believe I'd never heard of the song until a few years ago (one track is the Swedish version, the other an English translation). Much as I love holiday music, I have to say that this is one of the only holiday discs I'll listen to throughout the year.

Koppangen.......2004-10-18

Like another reviewer, I bought the CD solely for one song, Koppangen, which I had heard on a flight, and listened to over and over and over throughout the flight. It's a song that greatly moves me: the melody and interpretation. And yes I'd say for having a different sort of Christmas album to play during the holidays, this would be a good choice.

Jesus is born again!.......2004-01-10

I did never take my time to write a review but for the cd time is worth it.

This cd is superb. I also saw her concert with his cd life.
It gives you a old fasioned feeling of a warm /close Christmas.

Christmas with a heart.

With her voice Anne Soie does do magic.

She is classical singer number 1 !
It's my best Christmas cd!

Yopu will have a lot of good feelings with this cd,

It is really, really by far worth it's money.
What is money in this case...

Good Luck,
Peacefull Christmas,

Alfons Bosch
The Netherlands

Something different -- provacative, but very enjoyable.......2002-12-16

Home for Christmas is not your run-of-the-mill "listen to me, I'm an opera singer lavishing my gorgeous voice on these pretty Christmas songs" recording.

Anne Sofie von Otter's fans have long-since learned to expect the unexpected from this exceptional singer and, on this recording, now several years old, that's what she offers - the unexpected. With only a couple of exceptions, the songs are traditional Christmas fare, though usually with an added twist: the distorted rhythm that makes "Tomorrow will be my dancing day" really dance, or the jazz blue notes that take "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" to the cocktail lounge. (In this, as well as White Christmas, Ms. von Otter bears more than a passing resemblance to another great cross-over artist, the late Eileen Farrell.) In this free rhythmic treatment, Deck the Halls, arranged for accordion and violin accompaniment, is much less a fa-la-la madrigal than an introspective folk-song that builds on its own momentum. In contrast, the simple hymn, Beautiful tone Star of Bethlehem, which Ingvar Wixell recorded many years ago on his Christmas offering, shows Ms. von Otter's lush voice to full effect.

Her subtle use of vibrato in "I wonder as I wander" (along with a provocative arrangement) captures the Scotch-Irish influence on the folk music of Appalachians without being a condescending parody while the marimba accompaniment and fiddle obbligato to the French "Il est le divin enfant" evoke an unidentifiable folk music - is it Spanish or French countryside? Or, is the point that it is universal?

True, a couple of the arrangements stretch beyond my endurance: Although Ms. von Otter does lavish some beautiful tone on Cantique de Noel (O, Holy Night) I found the over-echoed, new-wave arrangement irritating and White Christmas, rather than being nostalgic verges on surreal.

In total, there are twenty songs, each a little gem of interpretation. As I mentioned above, sometimes I don't really like the interpretations or arrangement; however, I never doubt for a moment, that Ms. von Otter believes what she is singing; her commitment to communicating through music is never in doubt. By the way, her English diction is exemplary - a lesson for many singers for whom English is first language.

Great Christmas album.......2001-11-27

I have never been one to buy much Christmas music -- why bother when for the month of December I can hear the stuff everywhere I go whether I want to or not. So, it's a real treat to find a disc like this one that I just want to listen to over and over again. I bought it last year and it was kind of depressing when the season was over and I had to stop listening to it until next Christmas. Anyway, the other raves for "Koppangen" are spot on: it really is a very warm and moving song and I'm glad it appears twice on this disc. There are several carols that are unfamiliar to most English listeners (me included) but they soon become favourites. And even the weird arrangement of "White Christmas" with its minimalist and almost slithering string accompaniment grows on you after a while if only for its ability to amuse. Definitely a must-have for fans of Anne Sofie von Otter or those looking for something a little different.

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Truely Inspired Music

Spread Your Wings

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004Z4KB
Release Date: 1997-04-13

Tracks:

Where Love Resides
Spread Your Wings
WindChaser
Babyblue
HourGlass
Darkest B'fore the Dawn
The Minstrel's Opus
Cirrus
The Earth's Rejuvenation
Satyrians Enchantment
B'fore Time Has Past
Chapter One

Album Description

60+ minutes of piano solos created from a culmination of dreams over a three year period that invite you to take flight into your own breeze of musical dreams. Debut album.

Customer Reviews:

Truely Inspired Music.......2000-10-09

A real feast for the senses is created by Amie Ridley's music, the mental images alone created by just listening to the music make it a wholley enjoyable experiance. The music is lively, but it is also relaxing. Clearly it is inspired by the muses, I thoroughly reccommend it. The track 'Spread Your Wings and Fly' is inspiring and creates the mental image of some great bird of prey in flight. The music is balenced between the piano and other types of intruments to create a unique sound. I would say don't hesitate to buy it, and if her second album is as good then buy that as well. I think my favourite selection on this album is 'Where Love Resides' it has a wonderful 'feel' to it.

I believe that there is a site on the Internet wher you can sample this music, I think it is at something called Crystal Moon. Have a look, or rather a listen and see for yourself.

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Release Date: 2007-09-25

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brotherly harmony at it's best

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Wondering
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Customer Reviews:

brotherly harmony at it's best.......2004-09-06

I bought "Another Night of Waiting" first and just had to have more of the fantastic blood harmony of these two brothers. Eric and Leigh have a unique sound that is just fantastic. Their basic chording makes it easy to play their songs as well. I have listened to this CD ( as well their other three) over and over again and would be hard pressed to choose just one song as my most favorite. If you ever get the chance to catch these boys live- Go For It! These guys have definitely got that bluegrass sound.

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Edward "Duke" Ellington , Per-Erik Styf , Liddle , Egil Hovland , Jan Haaken Aaberg , Reinhold Svensson , Kristina Stobaeus (soprano) , and Torsten Holmberg (organ)
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