Turiya Sings is an album by Alice Coltrane, recorded in 1981 during a marathon fifteen-hour session, and initially released in 1982 on privately-pressed cassette for her Vedantic Center's students.
[3][4] Although unofficial LP and CD versions of the album exist, it was never officially reissued in its original form because the Coltrane family has been unable to locate the master synthesizer tracks.
"[9] Red Bull Music Academy's Britt Robson called Turiya Sings a "resplendent outlier" in Coltrane's recorded output, "arguably her most peaceful and soothing album," and praised her "hauntingly beautiful vocals.
"[10] Will Sheff, leader of the band Okkervil River, stated: "there's something so beautiful about hearing a musician do something where their soul is reaching out to God and they put it out to people who share the same faith as they do as a prayer aid... At no point in that process does 'I want to be rich' or 'I want to be famous' or 'I want to be well-thought-of' come into that... That's very refreshing because those are the biggest prizes of our culture right now.
"[11] Virginia Lee of Yoga Journal stated that Coltrane "brings all her musical talent... to life" on the album, and described it as "ethereal and enchanting," calling for "total surrender on the part of the listener."