Home of the Brave

Laurie Anderson

About Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave was the fourth album overall and third studio album release by Laurie Anderson, issued in 1986. Released by Warner Bros. Records, it was a partial soundtrack album 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 (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. 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. 


Year:
1986
#SongDuration
17:04 
2
White Lily
1:16 
34:33 
3  
4
Talk Normal
5:32 
5
Language Is a Virus
4:16 
62:03 
7
Sharkey's Night
6:26 
8
Credit Racket
3:32 
9
Sharkey's Day
  
11
Kokoku
  
13
Gravity's Angel
  
14
Langue d'Amour
  

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