Life on a String

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Life on a String
Studio album by Laurie Anderson
Released	2001
Recorded	2000-2001
Genre	Avant-garde, Experimental, Pop
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Laurie Anderson and Hal Willner
Professional reviews
Rolling Stone link
Laurie Anderson chronology
Talk Normal (2000) Life on a String (2001) Live in New York (2002)

Life on a String is an album by performance artist Laurie Anderson, released in 2001 on Nonesuch Records.

One of Anderson's predominantly musical (as opposed to spoken word) albums, Life on a String was recorded at the Lobby Studios in New York City, and produced by Anderson and Hal Willner. Guest musicians on the album include Mocean Worker, Mitchell Froom, Vinicius Cantuaria and Lou Reed.

The first three songs, "One White Whale", "The Island Where I Come From", and "Pieces and Parts", were taken from her show Songs and Stories from Moby Dick. The song "Slip Away" is about the death of her father.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Laurie Anderson; except where indicated

1. "One White Whale" – 2:03
2. "The Island Where I Come From" – 4:08
3. "Pieces and Parts" – 3:36
4. "Here With You" – 2:22
5. "Slip Away" – 5:50
6. "My Compensation" – 2:28 (Anderson, Skuli Sverrisson)
7. "Dark Angel" – 3:22
8. "Broken" – 3:19
9. "Washington Street" – 4:41
10. "Statue of Liberty" – 4:24
11. "One Beautiful Evening" – 5:05
12. "Life on a String" – 2:57