Bright Red

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Bright Red
Studio album by Laurie Anderson
Released	1994
Genre	Avant-garde, Experimental, Pop
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Brian Eno Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson chronology
Strange Angels (1989) Bright Red (1994) The Ugly One with the Jewels (1995)

Bright Red is the title of performance artist Laurie Anderson's sixth album, released by Warner Bros. in 1994.

The album continued the more musical/pop direction Anderson launched with Strange Angels. Produced by Brian Eno (who also co-wrote several of the songs with Anderson), Bright Red was actually a two-part album. The first half was titled Bright Red while the second half was entitled Tightrope.

Lou Reed performs with Anderson on the song "In Our Sleep" (and in the background of every other song). Another song, "Speak My Language", is a rerecording of a song Anderson previously performed on the soundtrack to the movie Faraway, So Close; it was also featured in the 1995 film Fallen Angels. "The Puppet Motel" was also featured on an interactive CD-ROM titled Puppet Motel that Anderson produced at about the same time as Bright Red.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bright Red 1.2 Tightrope 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Laurie Anderson; except where indicated

[edit] Bright Red

1. "Speechless" – 5:20
2. "Bright Red" – 3:12
3. "The Puppet Motel" – 3:09 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
4. "Speak My Language" – 3:38
5. "World Without End" – 2:47
6. "Freefall" – 4:32
7. "Muddy River" – 3:02 (Anderson, Brian Eno)

[edit] Tightrope

1. "Beautiful Pea Green Boat" – 4:20
2. "Love Among the Sailors" – 2:49
3. "Poison" – 3:47 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
4. "In Our Sleep" – 2:31 (Anderson, Lou Reed)
5. "Night in Baghdad" – 3:23
6. "Tightrope" – 5:58 (Anderson, Brian Eno)
7. "Same Time Tomorrow" – 3:51

[edit] Personnel

Laurie Anderson - vocals, keyboards

• Joey Baron - drums
• Guy Klucevsek - accordion
• Phillip Ballou - background vocals
• Cyro Baptista - gong
• Ben Fenner - bass
• Gerry Leonard - guitar