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Catalogue# BSK 3674
Big Science is the 1982 debut album by American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson (Laura Phillips Anderson). It is best known for the 8-minute epic “O Superman”, which reached #2 in the U.K.
The album is minimalist and monochrome in sound, and like a great deal of Anderson's work is based largely on spoken word. It is a selection of highlights from her eight-hour production, United States Live, which was itself released as a 4-LP box set and book in 1984. United States Live was originally a performance piece, in which music was only one element. After Big Science music played a larger role
Vinyl LP
Catalogue# BSK 3674
Big Science is the 1982 debut album by American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson (Laura Phillips Anderson). It is best known for the 8-minute epic “O Superman”, which reached #2 in the U.K.
The album is minimalist and monochrome in sound, and like a great deal of Anderson's work is based largely on spoken word. It is a selection of highlights from her eight-hour production, United States Live, which was itself released as a 4-LP box set and book in 1984. United States Live was originally a performance piece, in which music was only one element. After Big Science music played a larger role in Anderson's work.
There was a backlash against Laurie Anderson in "serious" musical and artistic circles after the completely unexpected mainstream commercial success of her debut album, Big Science. A fair listen to Big Science leaves the impression that jealousy must have been at the root of the reception because it is in no way a commercial sellout. A thoughtful and often hilariously funny collection of songs from Anderson's work in progress, United States I-IV, Big Science works both as a preview of the larger work and on its own merits.
Big Science is a landmark release in the New York art scene of the '80s, and quite possibly the best art rock album of the decade.
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Records
Release date: 31 December 1969
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