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Bright Red

1994 studio album by Laurie Anderson

This article is about the album. For the colour itself, see Red.

Bright Red is the fifth studio album by American avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson, released by Warner Bros. in 1994.

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The album continues the more pop-oriented direction Anderson launched with Strange Angels. Produced by Brian Eno (who also co-wrote several of the songs with Anderson), Bright Red is divided into two parts: "Bright Red" and "Tightrope".

The song "The Puppet Motel" was also featured on an interactive CD-ROM titled Puppet Motel, released by Anderson in 1994. "Speak My Language" is a re-recording of a song Anderson previously performed on the soundtrack to the 1993 film Faraway, So Close and was also featured in the 1995 film Fallen Angels. The song "Beautiful Pea Green Boat" has additional lyrics from the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear (misspelled "Edwin" in the album's liner notes). Lou Reed duets with Anderson on the album's lone single, "In Our Sleep", and can be heard singing backup on many other songs. Reed and Anderson later married.

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Laurie Anderson, except where otherwise indicated.

Bright Red
  1. "Speechless (The Eagle and the Weasel)" – 5:20
  2. "Bright Red" (additional lyrics from Isaiah 13:21) – 3:12
  3. "The Puppet Motel" (lyrics: Anderson; music: Anderson, Brian Eno) – 3:09
  4. "Speak My Language" – 3:38
  5. "World Without End" – 2:47
  6. "Freefall" – 4:32
  7. "Muddy River" (lyrics: Anderson; music: Anderson, Eno) – 3:02
Tightrope
  2. "Beautiful Pea Green Boat" (additional lyrics from "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear) – 4:20
  3. "Love Among the Sailors" – 2:49
  4. "Poison" (lyrics: Anderson; music: Anderson, Eno) – 3:47
  5. "In Our Sleep" (lyrics: Anderson, Lou Reed; music: Anderson) – 2:31
  6. "Night in Baghdad" – 3:23
  7. "Tightrope" (lyrics: Anderson; music: Anderson, Eno) – 6:02
  8. "Same Time Tomorrow" – 3:51

Personnel

Musicians
Technical
  • Brian Eno – producer
  • Laurie Anderson – co-producer
  • Kevin Killen – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Cohen – music director
  • Joe Ferla – additional basic tracks engineer
  • Ben Fenner – overdubs engineer (Westside)
  • Alec Head – additional overdubs engineer (The Lobby)
  • Hiro Ishihara – assistant engineer
  • Andy Baker – assistant engineer
  • Danton Supple – assistant engineer
  • Miles Green – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Yolanda Cuomo – design
  • Monika Rittershaus – cover photo
  • Neil Selkirk – inside front cover photo
  • Stephen Cohen – back cover photo
  • John Walker – video images
  • Annie Leibovitz – MRI image
  • Samantha Levin – snapshots

References

  1. [1]
    Mason, Stewart (1994-10-25). "Bright Red - Laurie Anderson : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  2. [2]
    "Laurie Anderson: Bright Red : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". RollingStone.com. 1994-12-15. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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