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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA presents a complete performance piece that includes songs featured on Anderson's other albums. It was presented in four parts (Transportation, Politics, Money, Love) which were presented in sections of two per evening. Each CD or cassette presents a single part.

UNITED STATES is Laurie Anderson's masterwork, a 78-track testimonial to her experimental genius. Most of the material on these four discs was recorded live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in early 1983. Reprising nearly all of the tracks her 1982 debut album, BIG SCIENCE--sometimes in radically altered form--and previewing "Blue Lagoon" and "Hothead (La Langue D'Amour)" (both of which would turn up on 1984s MR. HEARTBREAK), this is a comprehensive collection.

UNITED STATES showcases all things Anderson, from her unique self-built instruments (both "Pictures Of It" and "Three Walking Songs" highlight her tape-bow violin) to the skewed sense of logic that informs her lyrics. Anderson often assumes the stance of an unusually incisive and witty stand-up comedienne. She introduces many of her compositions with lengthy stories. These usually conclude with bizarre punch lines, often at right angles to the rest of the tale. When taken individually, the pieces on UNITED STATES don't appear to be directly interrelated. As a whole, however, the album conveys Anderson's dryly comic statement about American--and, by extension, Western--culture.



Recorded at The Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Brooklyn, New York, February 7-10, 1983.

Personnel: Laurie Anderson (vocals, tamboura, violin, electric violin, synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, Synclavier, Jew's harp, tambourine); Peter Laurence Gordon (vocals, synthesizer); Joe Kos, Geraldine Pontius (vocals); Shelley Karson (soprano, soprano saxophone); Bill Obrecht (flute, saxophone); Rufus Harley (bagpipe); Roma Baran (accordion, drums, percussion); Chick Fisher, Chuck Fisher (clarinet, saxophone); Anne DeMarinis (synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, Synclavier); David Van Tieghem (drums, percussion).

Photographer: Allan Tannenbaum.

Unknown Contributor Role: Laurie Anderson .

Personnel includes: Laurie Anderson (vocals, electric violin, Jew's harp, toy saxophone Synclavier, vocorder); Peter Gordon (vocals, synthesizer); Shelley Karson, Geraldine Pontius, Joe Kos (vocals); Rufus Harley (bagpipes); Chuck Fisher (clarinet, saxophone); Bill Obrecht (saxophone); Ann DeMarinis (Synclavier, synthesizer); David Van Tieghem (drums, percussion).

Met dank aan de orginele spotters 981 dagen geleden Ik heb  het van verschillende spotters bijelkaar gezocht . niet alles was meer binnen te halen Helaas het is niet anders