Big Science Music Cd

Laurie Anderson - Big Science

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Big Science      Artist : Laurie Anderson      List Price : $15.98 USD        Your Price : $13.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2007-07-17      Studio : Nonesuch      Label : Nonesuch      Avg. Customer Rating : (9 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Big Science      A deeply cynical and disturbing genre classic      Rating:      I saw Laurie Anderson perform many of these pieces as part of her 1982/3 tour through Washington, DC. I'd never seen so many people rise so quickly to give her a standing ovation. My older friend, whom I invited, looked at me (seated) and said inquiringly over the din "I don't get it. What's this all about"? Big Science, and the related United States works, established her as the leading avant-garde minimalist lending repetitive quirky iconic visuals to deeply disturbing tone-poems of societal mis-communications and broken attachments. A number of groups such as the Talking Heads dealt with similar themes in more musically engaging ways, but Laurie Anderson cuts out all the melodic fluff and laid bare the emptiness engulfing modern America. I rate the contents five stars (perhaps without Walk the Dog, the B-side to the 45 rpm release of O Superman) owing to its enduring impact and single-minded attempt to reach through the speakers and combat your dissociated slumber.     Customer Reviews for Big Science Cd      music 8      Rating:      I bought tis for my son who is a music major. He loved it Editorial Reviews for Big Science Audio Cd      Album Description      *UPDATE* from Nonesuch Records - The initial run of Laurie Anderson's Big Science reissue on compact disc contained a slight problem in the mastering that has now been resolved. On the 2nd track, "Big Science," the introduction to the song was missing the first of two wolf howls. If you purchased one of the CDs that contains the 'dropped' wolf howl, please return it (disc only!) to Nonesuch, 1290 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY 10104, attn: Big Science Reissue Exchange, with a return address, and we will send you the revised version. The re-mastering of Laurie Anderson's Big Science still resonates just as deeply as the original. Articulating a dream-like American society amidst social and political anxiety, Anderson's work is both comforting and sinister at the same time.