''Home of the Brave'' is the third studio album and first

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album by

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artist Laurie Anderson, released in 1986 by

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. The album is a soundtrack of her concert film of the same name. 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 ''United States Live'' is the first live album and third overall album by avant-garde singer-songwriter Laurie Anderson. Released as a 5-record boxed set (later reissued on four CDs), the album was recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in ...

'' (the soundtrack album omits the song's spoken word introduction, "Difficult Listening Hour", which had appeared on ''United States Live'' and which was also performed in the film). "Sharkey's Night" is a song from Anderson's previous album, ''

Mister Heartbreak ''Mister Heartbreak'' is the second studio album by avant-garde artist, singer and composer Laurie Anderson, released on February 14, 1984. Like its predecessor, it contains reworked elements of Anderson's ''United States'' ("Langue d'Amour", "Ko ...

''. 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 ''

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Track listing

All compositions written by Laurie Anderson. # "Smoke Rings" – 6:58 ''co-produced by

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'' # "White Lily" – 1:16 # "Late Show" – 4:30 # "Talk Normal" – 5:27 # "Language Is a Virus" – 4:10 ''Produced by Nile Rodgers'' # "Radar" – 2:03 # "Sharkey's Night" – 6:16 # "Credit Racket" – 3:31

Personnel

*Laurie Anderson – vocals, keyboards, violin,

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*Joy Askew – keyboards on 1, 7 and 8,

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on 4,

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on 4, DX-7 on 4 * Adrian Belew – guitar on 3, 4, 7 and 8 * David Van Tieghem – drums on 7,

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on 4 and 8 Additional personnel *Dolette McDonald – vocals on 1, 4, 7 *

Janice Pendarvis Janice Gadsden Pendarvis is an American singer, songwriter, and voiceover artist. She has worked with artists such as Sting, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Peter Tosh, Brandy, the O'Jays, Philip Glass, Jimmy Cliff, Laurie Anderson, the Naked Brothe ...

– vocals on 1 and 7 *

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– keyboards on 1,

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on 1 *

– synthesizer, guitar on 1 and 5, keyboards on 5, Synclavier on 5 *Jimmy Bralower – drums on 1 and 5 * William S. Burroughs – vocal sampling on 3 * Richard Landry – saxophone on 3, 4 and 7,

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on 4 *Robert Aaron – saxophone on 5 *Kevin Jones – Synclavier programming on 5 *Curtis King – backing vocals on 5 *Frank Simms – backing vocals on 5 *Diane Garisto – backing vocals on 5 * Tawatha Agee – backing vocals on 5 *Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno – backing vocals on 5 *Brenda White King – backing vocals on 5 *Daniel Ponce – percussion on 7 *Isidro Bobadilla – percussion on 7 * Bill Laswell – bass animals on 8 Technical *Leanne Ungar – engineer *Carolyn Cannon – art direction, design *Les Fincher – cover photography

Charts

References

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