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Laurie Anderson's album: United States I-IV

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This thing is the bomb. The music is surprising and endlessly thought-provoking. It is the recording of her 8 hour concert in New York in the early 80s. You can hear the audience clap and laugh and react. That's really neat; something you don't get on her other recordings. It's really long-- I've never listened to the whole thing in one sitting, but it would be neat to try- maybe on a long car trip sometime. It's mostly spoken word with music. There is very little singing on this CD. If your favorite of Laurie's albums is Strange Angels, you might not find this worth the money. If you like her other stuff, then eventually you need to get this thing. In my opinion, this was the height of her originality and creativity. There's nothing on earth like it, except for her "Big Science" album, which is cleaned up studio versions of about 10 of these tracks. Warning: This is major weird avant-garde stuff. If you try to play it in public while working out or something people will give you funny looks. Enjoy!

Thanks to Richard Newland ( RNewland1@compuserve.com) for scanning in these album covers!

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