Laurie Anderson – United States Live

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson –United States Live

1984

From the collection of

Added May 8 2026

Version Information

Label
Warner Bros. Records
Catalog numbers
1-25192
9 25192-1
Original year
1984
Version year
1984
Region
US
Format

5 x Vinyl
LP
Album

1 x Box Set

Version notes

United States Live was recorded live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, Feb. 7-10, 1983.
All records are packed in printed inner sleeves with texts, drawings and photos.

A 231-page hardcover book of the performance piece was published in 1983 (ISBN 9780060152437), and in 1984 in a 124-page edition in paperback (ISBN 9780060911102). Picture of the paperback edition is added to this release.
Runout notes:
= the stamp of .
BK = the stamp of , with the initials of the mastering engineer .

Tracklist

Part One

A1.Say Hello 5:00
A2.Walk The Dog 6:37
A3.Violin Solo 2:11
A4.Closed Circuits 6:00
A5.For A Large And Changing Room 2:50
A6.Pictures Of It 2:29
A7.Language Of The Future 7:58
B1.Cartoon Song 1:11
B2.Small Voice 2:03
B3.Three Walking Songs 4:19
B4.The Healing Horn 2:56
B5.New Jersey Turnpike 11:20
C1.So Happy Birthday 6:23
C2.EngliSH 2:07
C3.Dance Of Electricity 3:02
C4.Three Songs For Paper, Film And Video 6:24
C5.Sax Solo 0:51
C6.Sax Duet 0:38
C7.Born, Never Asked 4:54

Part Two

D1.From The Air 2:44
D2.Beginning French 2:15
D3.O Superman 10:57
D4.Talkshow 6:52
E1.Frames For The Pictures 1:07
E2.Democratic Way 1:41
E3.Looking For You 1:18
E4.Walking And Falling 1:21
E5.Private Property 3:03
E6.Neon Duet 4:11
E7.Let X=X 6:14
E8.The Mailman's Nightmare 0:45
E9.Difficult Listening Hour 3:07
F1.Language Is A Virus From Outer Space 7:52
F2.Reverb 0:27
F3.If You Can't Talk About It, Point To It 0:36
F4.Violin Walk 2:41
F5.City Song 3:14
F6.Finnish Farmers 4:35

Part Three

G1.Red Map 1:54
G2.Hey Ah 3:50
G3.Bagpipe Solo 3:15
G4.Steven Weed 1:05
G5.Time And A Half 2:14
G6.Voices On Tape 1:28
G7.Example #22 2:33
G8.Strike 2:10
G9.False Documents 1:58
G10.New York Social Life 3:20
G11.A Curious Phenomenon 1:02
G12.Yankee See 7:59
H1.I Dreamed I Had To Take A Test... 1:20
H2.Running Dogs 0:24
H3.Four, Three, Two, One 1:30
H4.The Big Top 2:52
H5.It Was Up In The Mountains 2:13
H6.Odd Objects 4:02
H7.Dr. Miller 5:19
H8.Big Science 7:14
H9.Big Science Reprise 1:48

Part Four

I1.Cello Solo 2:40
I2.It Tango 1:49
I3.Blue Lagoon 9:30
I4.Hothead (La Langue D'Amour) 4:47
I5.Stiff Neck 1:33
I6.Telephone Song 1:24
I7.Sweaters 3:48
I8.We've Got Four Big Clocks 2:21
J1.Song For Two Jims 2:57
J2.Over The River 3:29
J3.Mach 20 2:46
J4.Rising Sun 3:24
J5.The Visitors 2:48
J6.The Stranger 2:01
J7.Classified 5:18
J8.Going Somewhere? 1:00
J9.Fireworks 2:40
J10.Dog Show 0:51
J11.Lighting Out For The Territories 3:08

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