Big Science (25th anniversary edition)

~ Release by Laurie Anderson (see all versions of this release, 15 available)

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Sub-Optimal Credits

Additional tracks recorded at:

The Hit Factory
assistant: Bob Musso
Skyline Studios
assistant: Arthur Payson
Sorcerer Sound
assistant: Al Fierstein

Annotation last modified on 2017-11-26 07:57 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Enhanced CD 1
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1From the Air
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Bill Obrecht
clarinet and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Peter Gordon (composer, producer and orchestrator)
drums (drum set):
David Van Tieghem
farfisa and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
farfisa [farfisa bass]:
Roma Baran
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
From the Air
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
44:35
2Big Science
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
analog synthesizer [OBXa], electronic instruments [electronics] and percussion:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
glass harmonica:
Roma Baran
percussion [bottles]:
Perry Hoberman
percussion [sticks]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
rototom [RotoToms] and timpani:
David Van Tieghem
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Big Science
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3.56:25
3Sweaters
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
bagpipe [bagpipes]:
Rufus Harley
drums (drum set):
David Van Tieghem
violin [violins]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Sweaters
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
2:23
4Walking & Falling
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
bagpipe [bagpipes]:
Rufus Harley
electronic instruments [electronics]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Walking & Falling
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
2:13
5Born, Never Asked
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
handclaps [claps]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
keyboard [keyboards] and violin [violins]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
marimba:
David Van Tieghem
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Born, Never Asked
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
4:59
6O Superman (For Massenet)
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
electronic instruments [electronics] and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
farfisa and synthesizer [Casio]:
Roma Baran
flute and saxophone [sax]:
Perry Hoberman
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
O Superman (in 1981)
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
publisher:
Difficult Music
is based on:
Le Cid : Acte III, scène 3. « Ah ! tout est bien fini » ... No. 13 Prière « Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père » (Rodrigue, Saint Jacques, voix du ciel)
4.48:27
7Example #22
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
accordion:
Roma Baran
alto saxophone [alto sax] and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Chuck Fisher (saxophonist)
baritone saxophone [bari sax], bass clarinet, bassoon, clarinet [Bb clarinet] and E-flat clarinet [Eb clarinet]:
Richard Cohen
drums (drum set) and percussion:
David Van Tieghem
farfisa and violin [violins]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
flute and piccolo:
Perry Hoberman
background vocals [backup vocals]:
Hoberman and Ungar
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
whistling:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Baran
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Example #22
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3:00
8Let X=X
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
analog synthesizer [OBXa], farfisa, marimba and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
handclaps [claps]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
rototom [RotoToms]:
David Van Tieghem
trombone:
George Lewis (Chicago-born trombonist and experimental composer)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Let X=X
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3:54
9It Tango
assistant engineer and assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
analog synthesizer [OBXa], farfisa and marimba:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
handclaps [claps]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
rototom [RotoToms]:
David Van Tieghem
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
It Tango
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3:00
Data tracks
10Walk the Dog
engineer:
Roma Baran
drums (drum set) [drums]:
D. Sharpe
electronic instruments [walkie talkies], flute, saxophone [sax] and whistle [soprano whistle]:
Perry Hoberman
farfisa, vocoder and whistle [tenor whistle]:
Roma Baran
violin [violins] and wood block [wood blocks]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
mixed at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
5:51
11O Superman
engineer:
Roma Baran
8:26

Credits

Release

art direction:Perry Hoberman
design/illustration:Cindy Brown (designer)
additional engineer:Vivian Stoll
additional assistant recording engineer:Al Fierstein
Bob Musso (musician, producer and engineer)
Arthur Payson
remastering:Greg Calbi (American mastering engineer)
recorded at:Skyline Studios in New York, United States
Sorcerer Sound in New York, United States
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
remastered at:Sterling Sound (original NYC studio; split/relocated to Nashville and Edgewater in 2018) in Chelsea, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1004193 [info]
ASIN:US: B000QCU9QW [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0001946750 [info]