Plainguet, Marc. Laurie Anderson Discography, March 1, 1996. E-mail: at231@yfn.ysu.edu (Marc Plainguet). Newsgroups: alt.fan.laurie.anderson, alt.music.alternative, rec.music.industrial, rec.music.misc,alt.emusic Following is a download from the above address. An "x" next to a line of release information indicates that it is out of print as far as I know. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY LEGEND: CA - Canada UK - United Kingdom US - United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORMAT LEGEND: 7" - 7" vinyl single 12" - 12" vinyl single CD - Audio Compact Disc CDR - CD-ROM CHBK - Chapbook CS - Audio Cassette HCBK - Hardcover Book LD - Laserdisc LP - 12" Vinyl Album MAG - Magazine SCBK - Softcover Book VHS - VHS Videotape ============================================================================= AUDIO ============================================================================= IT'S NOT THE BULLET THAT KILLS YOU - IT'S THE HOLE x 7" 1977 Holly Solomon Gallery ? US - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O SUPERMAN x 7" 1981 110 Records OTR-005 US x 7" 1981 Warner Bros. WBSP 49876 US x 12" 1981 Warner Bros. DWBS 49888 US O Superman / Walk The Dog - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BIG SCIENCE x LP 1982 Warner Bros. BSK 3674 US CS 1982 Warner Bros. ? US CD 1982 Warner Bros. ? US From The Air / Big Science / Sweaters / Walking & Falling / Born, Never Asked / O Superman (For Massenet) / Example #22 / Let X = X/It Tango - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LET X = X x FLEXI 1982 Art Forum ? US Note: This flexi-disc was included in the February 1982 issue of Artforum and is a different recording than the LP version. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MISTER HEARTBREAK x LP 1984 Warner Bros. 9 25077-1 US CS 1984 Warner Bros. 9 25077-4 US CD 1984 Warner Bros. 9 25077-2 US Sharkey's Day / Langue d'Amour / Gravity's Angel / Kokoku / Excellent Birds / Blue Lagoon / Sharkey's Night - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SHARKEY'S DAY x 7" 1984 Warner Bros. 929 435-7 US Sharkey's Day Note: This is an edited version. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - UNITED STATES LIVE x 5xLP 1984 Warner Bros. 9 25192-1 US 4xCS 1984 Warner Bros. 9 25192-4 US 4xCD 1984 Warner Bros. 9 25192-2 US PART ONE Say Hello / Walk The Dog / Violin Solo / Closed Circuits / For a Large and Changing Room / Pictures of It / The Language of the Future / Cartoon Song / Small Voice / Three Walking Songs / The Healing Horn / New Jersey Turnpike / So Happy Birthday / EngliSH / Dance of Electricity / Three Songs for Paper, Film, and Video / Sax Solo / Sax Duet / Born, Never Asked PART TWO From the Air / Beginning French / O Superman / Talkshow / Frames for the Pictures / Democratic Way / Looking for You; Walking and Falling / Private Property / Neon Duet / Let X=X / The Mailman's Nightmare / Difficult Listening Hour / Language is a Virus From Outer Space / Reverb / If You Can't Talk About it, Point to it / Violin Walk / City Song / Finnish Farmers PART THREE Red Map / Hey Ah / Bagpipe Solo / Steven Weed / Time and a Half / Voices on Tape / Example #22 / Strike / False Documents / New York Social Life / A Curious Phenomenon / Yankee See / I Dreamed I Had to Take a Test... / Running Dogs / Four, Three, Two, One / The Big Top / It Was Up in the Mountains / Odd Objects / Dr. Miller / Big Science / Big Science Reprise PART FOUR Cello Solo / It Tango / Blue Lagoon / Hothead (La Langue d'Amour) / Stiff Neck / Telephone Song / Sweaters / We've Got Four Big Clocks (and they're all ticking) / Song For Two Jims / Over The River / Mach 20 / Rising Sun / The Visitors / The Stranger / Classified / Going Somewhere? / Fireworks / Dog Show / Lighting Out for the Territories - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SELECTIONS FROM UNITED STATES LIVE x LP 1984 Warner Bros. Pro a 2229 US Difficult Listening Hour / Example #22 / Sweaters / Frames For The Pictures / A Curious Phenomenon / I Dreamed I Had To Take A Test, Finnish Farmers / Big Science Note: This was a promotional release only. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOME OF THE BRAVE x LP 1986 Warner Bros. 9 25400-1 US CS 1986 Warner Bros. 9 25400-4 US CD 1986 Warner Bros. 9 25400-2 US Smoke Rings / White Lily / Late Show / Talk Normal / Language Is A Virus / Radar / Sharkey's Night / Credit Racket - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LANGUAGE IS A VIRUS FROM OUTER SPACE x 7" 1986 Warner Bros. ? US x 12" 1986 WEA International W8701T UK Language Is A Virus From Outer Space (LP Version) / Language Is A Virus From Outer Space (Edit) * / White Lily * On the 12" version only. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LAURIE ANDERSON: THE INTERVIEW 2xLP 1986 Warner Bros. WBMS 134-2 US Note: This was a promotional release sent to radio stations. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STRANGE ANGELS x LP 1989 Warner Bros. 9 25900-1 US CS 1989 Warner Bros. 9 25900-4 US CD 1989 Warner Bros. 9 25900-2 US Strange Angels / Monkey's Paw / Coolsville / Ramon / Babydoll / Beautiful Red Dress / The Day The Devil / The Dream Before / My Eyes / Hiawatha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BEAUTIFUL RED DRESS CD 1989 Warner Bros. K21592-2 US Beautiful Red Dress (Extended Version) / Beautiful Red Dress (Radio Edit) / The Day The Devil (Album Version) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BRIGHT RED SAMPLER CD 1994 Warner Bros. ? US In Our Sleep / Puppet Motel / The North Pole / Hotel Hot Dogs / The Rotowhirl Note: Promo only release with back insert and bright red plastic tray piece with no front insert. Also includes one other track from Bright Red which I have not identified yet. It is interesting to note that although this is called a "Bright Red" sampler, 2 of the tracks are from "The Ugly One With The Jewels" and also includes "Hotel Hot Dogs" which was cut from that release. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BRIGHT RED CD 1994 Warner Bros. 9 45534-2 US CS 1994 Warner Bros. 9 45534-4 US BRIGHT RED Speechless / Bright Red / The Puppet Motel / Speak My Language / World Without End / Freefall / Muddy River TIGHTROPE Beautiful Pea Green Boat / Love Among the Sailors / Poison / In Our Sleep / Night In Baghdad / Tightrope / Same Time Tomorrow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE UGLY ONE WITH THE JEWELS AND OTHER STORIES CD 1995 Warner Bros. 9 45847-2 US CS 1995 Warner Bros. 9 45847-4 US The End Of The World / The Salesman / The Night Flight From Houston / Word Of Mouth / The Soul Is A Bird / The Ouija Board / The Ugly One With The Jewels / The Geographic North Pole / John Lilly / The Rotowhirl / On The Way To Jerusalem / The Hollywood Strangler / Maria Teresa Teresa Maria / Someone Else's Dream / White Lily / The Mysterious "J" / The Cultural Ambassador / Same Time Tomorrow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IN OUR SLEEP CD 1995 Warner Bros. 9 43515-2 US In Our Sleep (Single Mix) / Poison (Single Mix) / The Ouija Board / In Our Sleep (Trance Mix) / Poison (Trance Mix) / The Ugly One With The Jewels / Poison (Instrumental Mix) / In Our Sleep (Instrumental Mix) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPILATION APPEARANCES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRWAVES x LP 1977 110 Records ? US Tracks? - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NEW MUSIC FOR ELECTRONIC AND RECORDED MEDIA x LP 1977 1750 Arch Street Records S-1765 US Time To Go (For Diego) / New York Telephone Conversation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE NOVA CONVENTION x 2xLP 1979 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 014-015 US x 2xCS 1979 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 016-017 US Song From America On The Move Note: As "America On The Move" became evolved to become "United States Part 1" this song became "Language Is A Virus". - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BIG EGO x LP 1979 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 012-013 US Three Expediences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YOU'RE A HOOK x LP 1983 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 030 US Song From America On The Move - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YOU'RE THE GUY I WANT TO SHARE MY MONEY WITH x 2xLP 1981 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 020-021 US x 2xCS 1981 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 022-023 US CD 1981 Giorno Poetry Systems ESD 80722 US Dr. Miller / It Was Up In The Mountains / Drums / Closed Circuits / Born, Never Asked / For Electronic Dogs / Structuralist Filmmaking / Drums Note: This is a release split between Laurie Anderson, William S. Burroughs, and John Giorno. The 4th side of the LP edition features parallel tracks so that when you drop the needle the selection of which artist whose tracks you hear is random. The CD release only lists the track "Drums" once. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATTACK OF THE KILLER B'S x LP 1983 Warner Bros. 23837-1 US Walk The Dog - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WINGS OF DESIRE - SOUNDTRACK x LP 1989 Elektra / Nonesuch 9 79210-1 US CD 1989 Elektra / Nonesuch 9 79210-2 US Angel Fragments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CASH COW: THE BEST OF GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS CD 1993 Giorno Poetry Systems ESD 80712 US Song From America On The Move - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A CHANCE OPERATION - THE JOHN CAGE TRIBUTE 2xCD 1993 Koch International 3-7238-2 Y62 US Cunningham Stories (At the Age of Twelve... / Merce Cunningham Phoned His Mother... / Every Morning... / The Cunningham Company...) Note: Text by John Cage. Composed, performed and produced by Laurie Anderson. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! CD 1994 SBK Records 7243 8 27216 2 8 US Tightrope / Speak My Language ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLLABORATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VARIOUS ARTISTS - WORD OF MOUTH x LP 1980 Crown Point Press ? US - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NONA HENDRYX - NONA x LP 1983 ? ? ? Design For Living - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JEAN MICHEL-JARRE - ZOOLOOK x LP 1984 Polygram 823 763-1 US x CS 1984 Polygram 823 763-4 US x CD 1984 Polygram 823 763-2 US CD 1984 Disques Dreyfus ISRC FR-1 CA Diva Note: Laurie Anderson provides vocals for this track, but is also sampled elsewhere on the album. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PHILIP GLASS - SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS x LP 1986 CBS Inc. FM 39564 US CS 1986 CBS Inc. ? US CD 1986 CBS Inc. MK 39564 US Forgetting Note: Laurie Anderson co-wrote the song, however, she does not perform on it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PETER GABRIEL - SO CS 1986 Geffen 9 24088-4 US CD 1986 Geffen 9 24088-2 US This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) Note: The song does not appear on the LP version. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PETER GORDON - INNOCENT x LP 1986 CBS Inc. BFM 42098 US The Day The Devil Comes To Getcha Note: Laurie co-wrote the song, but does not perform on this recording. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MARISA MONTE - ROSE AND CHARCOAL CD 1994 Metro Blue ? US Enquanto Isso - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DAVE STEWART - GREETINGS FROM THE GUTTER CD 1995 EastWest America ? US Kinky Sweetheart - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PETER SCHERER - VERY NEON PET CD 1995 Metro Blue ? US Note: Laurie Anderson guests on this recording, but I am looking for her specific credits for this appearance. ============================================================================= VIDEO ============================================================================= HOME OF THE BRAVE VHS 1986 Warner Reprise Video 38157-3 US LD 1995 Warner Reprise Video LVD9530 US Good Evening / Zero And One / Excellent Birds / Old Hat / Drum Dance / Smoke Rings / Late Show / White Lilly / Sharkey's Day / How To Write / Kokoku / Radar / Gravity's Angel / Langue d'Amour / Talk Normal / Difficult Listening Hour / Language Is A Virus / Sharkey's Night Note: The laserdisc is in CLV format with 19 chapter stops and Dolby digital sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A PREVIEW OF STRANGE ANGELS x VHS 1989 Warner Bros. ? US Note: This is a 10:37 interview in Laurie's studio where she talks about the recording of Strange Angels. A few snippets from the album are played. The video came packaged with an audio cassette of the entire Strange Angels album. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COLLECTED VIDEOS VHS 1990 Warner Reprise Video 38180-3 US Note: This video features full length videos for Beautiful Red Dress, Language Is A Virus, Sharkey's Day, and O Superman, plus excerpts from What You Mean We?, Alive From Off Center, The Eleventh Hour, and various live and interview footage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPILATION APPEARANCES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWO MOON JULY VHS 198? Knitting Factory ? US Difficult Listening Hour ============================================================================= MULTIMEDIA ============================================================================= THE PUPPET MOTEL CDR 1995 Voyager Company ? US Note: This CD-ROM is presently available in Macintosh format only. ============================================================================= PRINT MEDIA ============================================================================= THE PACKAGE HCBK 1971 Bobbs-Merrill ? US - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WORDS IN REVERSE CHBK 19?? ? ? US - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - UNITED STATES HCBK 1984 Harper & Row 0-06-015243-5 US SCBK 1984 Harper & Row 0-06-091110-7 US - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LAURIE ANDERSON'S POSTCARD BOOK SCBK 1990 Canal Street Communications ? US Note: This book contains 24 detachable postcards featuring lyrics from her songs, scenes from her videos, album art, and two recipes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EMPTY PLACES SCBK 1991 HarperPerennial 0-06-096586-X US - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STORIES FROM THE NERVE BIBLE HCBK 1994 HarperPerennial 0-06-055355-3 US SCBK 1994 HarperPerennial 0-06-095050-1 US ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLLABORATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALONEY MOCCASINS: A MAGAZINE FOR THE MEDIEVAL MIND MAG 1970 Half-Ass Press ? US Note: Laurie Anderson did the illustrations. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CERTAINLY CARRIE CUT THE CAKE HCBK 19?? ? ? US Note: Laurie Anderson did the illustrations. D.F. 7/96