Strange Angels

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Anderson's Heavenly Artistic Achievement

Laurie Anderson's third studio release, 1989's "Strange Angels", is the pinnacle of this artist's achievement; it's a brilliant, intelligent, and coherent masterwork that she's been unable to equal either before or since. Lyrically, the songs are much more optimistic than previous efforts, many of them reading like Tama Janowitz short stories. Others are firmly rooted in classic literature ("Monkey's Paw", "The Dream Before" and "Hiawatha" being the most obvious examples). The supporting music i…

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Written by Lunatic Muse "southwestreview"

A dissenting view

(Disclaimer) I'm not familiar with much of Laurie Anderson's work. I first heard "Big Science" in college in the mid-80's and loved it. Recently, I bought that album and "Strange Angels" together and am disappointed by the latter. This album has a distinctly mainstream 80's sound, and while it's apparent that Anderson takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to this musical form, the parody is a little too good for my taste. Fans of Anderson's offbeat and esoteric minimalist approach should be forewarned that this album may not be what they expect.

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