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On her later albums, Laurie Anderson had moved from her earlier spoken word-plus-effects style to a more overtly musical approach, with less effective results. The Ugly One With the Jewels, a recording of a live performance of readings from her book Stories From the Nerve Bible, returned her to speaking instead of singing, and it was her best album since Big Science. The 18 stories reflected Anderson's extensive travels, including forays into the Third World and to convents, although she made Los Angeles and Houston sound just as exotic. In fact, telling her stories over sounds from birds, guitars, and electronic beeps, she seemed an anthropologist from another world, always finding the natives friendly but strange. And she didn't fail to recognize that she could appear just as odd to them: "The Ugly One With the Jewels" was a name used by one of her subjects to describe her.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Joey Baron, Drums - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Greg Cohen, Bass - Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Brian Eno, Keyboards - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Joey Baron, Drums - Stewart Lerman, Mixer - Gary Leonard, Guitar
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Laurie Anderson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist - Ben Fenner, Engineer - Stewart Lerman, Mixer
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
On her later albums, Laurie Anderson had moved from her earlier spoken word-plus-effects style to a more overtly musical approach, with less effective results. The Ugly One With the Jewels, a recording of a live performance of readings from her book Stories From the Nerve Bible, returned her to speaking instead of singing, and it was her best album since Big Science. The 18 stories reflected Anderson's extensive travels, including forays into the Third World and to convents, although she made Los Angeles and Houston sound just as exotic. In fact, telling her stories over sounds from birds, guitars, and electronic beeps, she seemed an anthropologist from another world, always finding the natives friendly but strange. And she didn't fail to recognize that she could appear just as odd to them: "The Ugly One With the Jewels" was a name used by one of her subjects to describe her.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:02
- Main artists: Laurie Anderson
- Composer: Laurie Anderson
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Progressive Rock
© 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc., marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company
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