Bright Red
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Bright Red is the title of performance artist Laurie Anderson
's sixth album, released by Warner Bros.
in 1994.
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; the first, titled Bright Red, and the second part titled Tightrope.
The song "The Puppet Motel" was also featured on an interactive CD-ROM
titled Puppet Motel also released by Anderson in 1994. "Speak My Language" is a re-recording of a song Anderson previously performed on the soundtrack to the movie Faraway, So Close; and 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
; in the album credits his name is misspelled "Edwin". Lou Reed
duets with Anderson on the song "In Our Sleep" (and can be heard singing backup on many other songs).
Laurie Anderson
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
's sixth album, released by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
in 1994.
The album continues the more pop-oriented direction Anderson launched with Strange Angels. Produced by Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
(who also co-wrote several of the songs with Anderson), Bright Red is divided into two parts; the first, titled Bright Red, and the second part titled Tightrope.
The song "The Puppet Motel" was also featured on an interactive CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
titled Puppet Motel also released by Anderson in 1994. "Speak My Language" is a re-recording of a song Anderson previously performed on the soundtrack to the movie Faraway, So Close; and also featured in the 1995 film Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (1995 film)
Fallen Angels is a 1995 Hong Kong movie written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis, Charlie Yeung and Karen Mok.Fallen Angels can be seen as a companion piece to Chungking Express...
. The song "Beautiful Pea Green Boat" has additional lyrics from the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat
"The Owl and the Pussycat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871.- Background :Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds...
" by Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
; in the album credits his name is misspelled "Edwin". Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
duets with Anderson on the song "In Our Sleep" (and can be heard singing backup on many other songs).
Bright Red
- "Speechless (the Eagle and the Weasel)" – 5:20
- "Bright Red" – 3:12 (additional lyrics from IsaiahBook of IsaiahThe Book of Isaiah is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, preceding the books of Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the Book of the Twelve...
13:21) - "The Puppet Motel" – 3:09 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
- "Speak My Language" – 3:38
- "World Without End" – 2:47
- "Freefall" – 4:32
- "Muddy River" – 3:02 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
Tightrope
- "Beautiful Pea Green Boat" – 4:20 (additional lyrics from "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" by Edwin (sic) Lear)
- "Love Among the Sailors" – 2:49
- "Poison" – 3:47 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
- "In Our Sleep" – 2:31 (Anderson, Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
) - "Night in Baghdad" – 3:23
- "Tightrope" – 5:58 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
- "Same Time Tomorrow" – 3:51
Personnel
- Laurie Anderson - vocals, keyboards
- Phillip Ballou - background vocals (tracks 1, 7 & 8)
- Cyro BaptistaCyro BaptistaCyro Baptista is a Brazilian musician, teacher, and recording artist specializing in percussion in the genres of jazz and world music....
- percussion (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 13 & 14) - Joey BaronJoey BaronJoey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
- drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 & 11) - Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- treatments, keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 & 13) - Ben Fenner - bass (track 1)
- Guy KlucevsekGuy KlucevsekGuy Klucevsek is an American-born accordionist and composer.Klucevsek is one of relatively few accordion players active in jazz and free improvisation....
- accordion (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 12) - Gerry Leonard - guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8 & 11)
- Arto LindsayArto LindsayArthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....
- vocals (track 2) - Greg CohenGreg CohenA native of Los Angeles, bassist Greg Cohen has been playing in various acclaimed music groups since the '60s. He is perhaps best known for his work with John Zorn's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette Coleman, and performed on Coleman's much-praised Sound Grammar...
- guitar and bass (tracks 3, 4 & 6) - Jamie West-Oram - guitar (track 4, 6)
- Kevin Killen - treatments (tracks 5 & 8)
- Adrian BelewAdrian BelewAdrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
- guitar (tracks 6, 8, 10 & 12) - Neil Conti - shaker (track 6)
- Dougie Browne - drums (track 8)
- Marc RibotMarc RibotMarc Ribot born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.His own work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and composer John Zorn.-Biography:Ribot was...
- guitar (track 10) - Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
- vocal and guitar (track 11) - Peter Scherer - keyboards (track 12)