Bright Red

by Laurie Anderson

Bright Red cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 October 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:28
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Co-produced by Brian Eno, 'Bright Red' steers the avant-garde performance artist's work into considerably darker, more ambient territory. Anderson's signature spoken-word poetry, exploring themes of memory, death, and modern anxiety, floats over incredibly sparse, meticulously layered electronic soundscapes, creating an eerily intimate late-night atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, spoken-word, minimalist, experimental, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Speechless (5:21)
  2. Bright Red (3:12)
  3. The Puppet Motel (3:08)
  4. Speak My Language (3:39)
  5. World Without End (2:48)
  6. Freefall (4:31)
  7. Muddy River (3:06)
  8. Beautiful Pea Green Boat (4:20)
  9. Love Among the Sailors (2:49)
  10. Poison (3:45)
  11. In Our Sleep (2:31)
  12. Night in Baghdad (3:23)
  13. Tightrope (5:57)
  14. Same Time Tomorrow (3:50)

Credits

  • Lou Reed - lyrics by, vocals, guitar
  • Greg Cohen - music director, bass, guitar
  • Guy Klucevsek - accordion
  • Phillip Ballou - backing vocals
  • Joey Baron - drums
  • Gerry Leonard - guitar
  • Cyro Baptista - temple block, gong, surdo, shaker, surdo, shaker, triangle, surdo, tambourine, drum [ceramic drum], percussion [tubes], shaker, triangle
  • Arto Lindsay - vocals

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