Laura Nyro (with Labelle) - Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"I Met Him on a Sunday" (Doris Jackson, Addie Harris McPherson, Beverly Lee, Shirley Alston Reeves) - 1:55
"The Bells" (Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, Elgie Stover) - 2:56
"Monkey Time/Dancing in the Street" (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 4:57
"Désiree" (L.Z. Cooper, Danny Johnson) - 1:52
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson) - 4:07
"Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector) - 2:52
"Jimmy Mack" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) - 2:56
"The Wind" (Devora Brown, Bob Edwards, Nolan Strong) - 2:58
"Nowhere to Run" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) - 5:08
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Lou Stallman) - 3:24
Live bonus tracks on 2002 CD reissue
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson - 0:59
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler) - 3:01
"O-o-h Child" (Stan Vincent) - 1:30
"Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 3:11
Laura Nyro Band Members / Musicians
Laura Nyro - vocals, piano
Nona Hendryx, Patti Labelle, Sarah Dash - vocals
Norman Harris, Roland Chambers - guitar
Ronnie Baker - bass
Lenny Pakula - organ
Jim Helmer - drums
Vincent Montana Jr. - percussion
Larry Washington - bongos,
Nydia “Liberty” Mata - congas
Bobby Martin, Lenny Pakula, Thom Bell - string and horn arrangements
Tim Geelan - engineer
Gary Burden - art direction, design
Stephen Paley - front cover photography
Gonna Take a Miracle is the 5th album by New York City-born singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro, with assistance by vocal trio Labelle. It was released on Columbia Records in November 1971, one year after its predecessor Christmas and the Beads of Sweat. The album is Nyro's only all-covers album, and she interprets mainly 1950s and 1960s soul and R&B standards, using Labelle as a traditional back-up vocal group.
