Released May 26, 1986 Label Warner Bros.25400 | Length 34:08 | |
Recorded 1985, Park Theater, Union City, NJ Genre Avant-gardeExperimental musicPop Producer Laurie AndersonRoma BaranNile Rodgers |
Home of the Brave was the fourth album overall and third studio album release by Laurie Anderson, issued in 1986. Released by Warner Bros. Records, it was a partial soundtrack album of her concert film of the same name.
Contents
Three of the eight tracks on the album were recorded in the studio and thus differ considerably from the filmed versions. A music video for "Language Is a Virus" was produced, using the soundtrack studio recording but footage of the live performance.
Two songs on the album were remakes of earlier works: "Language Is a Virus" was originally titled "Language is a virus from outer space - William S. Burroughs" and was performed on Anderson's earlier United States Live (the soundtrack album omits the song's spoken word introduction, "Difficult Listening Hour", which had appeared on United States Live but which was also performed in the film). "Sharkey's Night" is a song from Anderson's previous album, Mister Heartbreak. However this rendition is performed by Anderson herself (the original was vocalized by William S. Burroughs) as it is in the film. Burroughs' voice is heard on the track "Late Show," however. The soundtrack album omits the other live performances of songs from Mister Heartbreak that were featured in the movie.
An alternate, faster-paced version of "Smoke Rings" was recorded for release as a possible single, but there is no indication it was ever issued; it can be heard during Anderson's made-for-TV short film What You Mean We?
Track listing
All compositions written by Laurie Anderson.
- "Smoke Rings" – 7:00 co-produced by Nile Rodgers
- "White Lily" – 1:16
- "Late Show" – 4:30
- "Talk Normal" – 5:27
- "Language Is a Virus" – 4:10 Produced by Nile Rodgers
- "Radar" – 2:01
- "Sharkey's Night" – 6:16
- "Credit Racket" – 3:28
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