Life On A String
- Laurie Anderson
- Band Name: Laurie Anderson
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Release Date: Aug 21, 2001
- Summary:
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Rock, Experimental
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Mixed: 4 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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80The haunting melodies and string arrangements enhance the CD's contemplative mood, bringing us into the artist's reverie about emotional pain and art's dependence on such painful experiences.
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Laurie Anderson is a singer-songwriter of crushing poignance - a minimalist painter of melancholy moods who addresses universal themes in the vernacular of the commonplace.
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60Though the drones drift into Enya-like ambience on "Slip Away" more often, as on "Pieces and Parts" and the keening "Broken," Anderson dresses up her hard-won koans of personal wisdom just enough to make them alluring. [Aug/Sep 2001, p.120]
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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MikeW9Best since Big Science, still strong remnants of the old style in there, with some good rich mature sounds.
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SteveP9Almost back to her best!
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Ron8chamber music and L.A., not ready, unexpected, fragile, looking for new ways
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