Amelia

by Laurie Anderson

Amelia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 August 2024
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:51
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary multimedia artist presents a sprawling, spoken-word monodrama centered around the ill-fated final flight of Amelia Earhart. Combining haunting modern classical orchestration with intricate electroacoustic sound design, the deeply historical narrative is delivered with her signature deadpan, philosophical cadence. 'Amelia' is a breathtakingly introspective, cinematic meditation on mortality and exploration.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Soundtrack, conceptual, history, monologue, atmospheric, death, experimental, avant-garde, spoken-word, electronic, vocal, orchestral, melodic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. To Circle the World (1:02)
  2. I See Something Shining (feat. ANOHNI) (0:29)
  3. Take-off (1:06)
  4. Aloft (feat. ANOHNI) (1:10)
  5. San Juan (1:49)
  6. Brazil (1:00)
  7. Crossing the Equator (feat. ANOHNI) (2:07)
  8. The Badlands (0:39)
  9. Waves of Sand (1:52)
  10. The Letter (1:54)
  11. India And On Down to Australia (feat. ANOHNI) (3:51)
  12. This Modern World (0:34)
  13. Flying at Night (3:18)
  14. The Word for Woman Here (2:11)
  15. Road to Mandalay (1:48)
  16. Broken Chronometers (0:46)
  17. Nothing But Silt (0:49)
  18. The Wrong Way (feat. ANOHNI) (1:06)
  19. Fly Into the Sun (2:51)
  20. Howland Island (1:07)
  21. Radio (feat. ANOHNI) (1:58)
  22. Lucky Dime (1:13)

Credits

  • Tony Scherr - bass
  • Gabriel Cabezas - cello
  • Dennis Russell Davies - conductor, arranged by
  • Marc Ribot - guitar
  • Kenny Wollesen - percussion
  • Trimbach Trio - strings
  • Martha Mooke - viola
  • Nadia Sirota - viola

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