Bright Red Music Cd

Laurie Anderson - Bright Red

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Bright Red      Artist : Laurie Anderson      List Price : $14.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1994-10-25      Studio : Warner Bros UK      Label : Warner Bros UK      Avg. Customer Rating : (7 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Bright Red      One of Laurie Andersons best      Rating:      I also find this album extremely well done. One of my most played in my collection, as well. When Ms. Anderson hits the nail on the head, it's a direct hit! Two tracks, in particular, are my favorites. 'World Without End' and 'Tightrope' are both tracks that I play over and over. They have the ability to grab you by your soul. The album has an overall dark characteristic (maybe Ms. Anderson needs to get out of the city occasionally?), but that same darkness is what makes these two tunes, in particular, so mesmerizing. Here voice is very immediate, right in your ear, as if she is speaking quietly just to you. I am also a big fan of Brian Eno, and his work on this album is the perfect compliment to Lauries keyboard work and lyrics. The magic is in the subtleties. I have liked most of Lauries albums previous to this one, but `Bright Red' shows how polished she has become over the years. This is one hard act to follow.     Customer Reviews for Bright Red Cd      The best of the best      Rating:      I don't normally write reviews (in fact, this is my first one!) however, having read some of the negative reviews for this album, I feel I must add my two cents. This is possibly the most played cd in my 500-strong collection. There are no dud tracks and it really is quite unlike other Anderson albums: generally her soundscapes are awesomely sparse, but Eno's influence on this is unmistakable and provides a richer, more musical 'background'. The two-tiered track Night in Baghdad/Tightrope is possibly the most incredible song(s) of all time. Her grasp of the profundities and inanities of life astound me. This song is the only one in my 30 years to have made me cry ("'Did you ever really love me?' 'Only when we danced'"). Bright Red is perhaps not the ideal introduction to Anderson (for that I'd recommend Home Of The Brave or Strange Angels, far and away her most 'accessible' album), but if you've heard and liked some of her previous output and are tossing up whether to make the purchase, do it. Definitely go for this rather than the more recent Life On A String which, for me, is a mediocre replica.