Homeland (Laurie Anderson album)
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| Studio album by Laurie Anderson | ||||||||||
| Released | June 22, 2010 | |||||||||
| Recorded |
2007–2010 at Masterdisk, NYC | |||||||||
| Genre |
Avant-garde Experimental music Pop music | |||||||||
| Length | 66:00 | |||||||||
| Label |
Nonesuch/Elektra Records 79991 | |||||||||
| Producer | Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Roma Baran | |||||||||
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Homeland is a 2010 album by Laurie Anderson. It is her first album of new material since 2001's Life on a String.
The record was produced by Anderson, Lou Reed and Roma Baran. Anderson has been touring the project since late 2007, and the album was slated for release since as early as 2008. Because the project kept changing in form, the release was pushed back several times. The final release was a two-disc set consisting of a CD of music and a DVD.
The song "Only an Expert" was released as a 12" vinyl single on May 18, 2010. A song titled "Pictures and Things" was the single's B-side.[2]
Track listing
- "Transitory Life" (6:52)
- "My Right Eye" (5:01)
- "Thinking of You" (4:12)
- "Strange Perfumes" (4:46)
- "Only an Expert" (7:26)
- "Falling" (3:19)
- "Another Day in America" (11:24)
- "Bodies in Motion" (7:10)
- "Dark Time in the Revolution" (5:19)
- "The Lake" (5:39)
- "The Beginning of Memory" (2:45)
- "Flow" (2:15)
DVD
- "Homeland: The Story of the Lark" (41:00)
- "Laurie's Violin" (7:00)
Personnel
- Laurie Anderson – vocals, keyboards, percussion, violin (on tracks 3, 7, 12), radio (9)
- Peter Scherer – keyboards
- Rob Burger – keyboards (2-5, 8, 9), orchestron (2-3, 8), accordion (3, 4, 9, 10), marxophone (4)
- Eyvind Kang – viola
- Tuvan group Chirgilchin – vocals (1, 11), igil (1)
- Lou Reed – additional percussion (2), guitar (5)
- Antony Hegarty – vocals (4), background vocals (7)
- Shahzad Ismaily – percussion (4)
- Kieran Hebden – keyboards (5)
- Omar Hakim – drums (5)
- Skúli Sverrisson – bass (7, 9), guitar (8)
- Ben Witman – percussion and drums (7)
- John Zorn – alto saxophone (8, 11)
- Lolabelle – piano (8)
- Joey Baron – drums (9)
- Mario J. McNulty – percussion (11)
- Produced by Laurie Anderson with Lou Reed and Roma Baran
- Engineered by Laurie Anderson, Pat Dillett, Mario J. McNulty, and Marc Urselli
- Mixed by Mario J. McNulty
- Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, New York, NY
DVD
- Directed by Braden King
- Produced by Katie Stern Truckstop Media
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Drowned in Sound | link |
| Los Angeles Times | link |
| musicOMH | link |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.3/10) link |
| PopMatters | link |
| Rolling Stone |  link |
| Slant Magazine | link |
| Robert Christgau |  link |
Nina Power, previewing the album in The Wire magazine, claimed that Homeland "reminds us why Anderson, now in her sixties, is the (modulated) voice of America's conscience."[3]
Margaret Wappler of The Los Angeles Times wrote of the album, "'Homeland' isn't so much an album as it is a poetic capturing of the still moments of a restless mind".[4]
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | German Albums Chart | 62 |
| 2010 | Greek Album Charts | 41 |
References
- ↑ Only an Expert by Laurie Anderson
- ↑ Only an Expert by Laurie Anderson
- ↑ The Wire Magazine, UK, June 2010
- ↑ Los Angeles Times review