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Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology
Greatest hits album by
Laurie Anderson
ReleasedOctober 17, 2000
GenreAvant-garde
Experimental music
Spoken word
LabelWarner Bros./Rhino/Atlantic Records
76648
ProducerLaurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson chronology
The Ugly One with the Jewels and Other Stories
(1995) 		Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology
(2000) 		Life on a String
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology is a retrospective of the seven albums recorded by American experimental music composer Laurie Anderson for Warner Bros. Records.[4] All tracks had been previously released. This was the final Anderson release on the main Warner Bros. label before moving to the subsidiary Nonesuch.

Track listing

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All tracks written by Laurie Anderson unless otherwise indicated.

Disc 1

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  1. "O Superman (for Massenet)" - 8:21 (from Big Science)
  2. "From the Air" - 4:35 (from Big Science)
  3. "Big Science" - 6:22 (from Big Science)
  4. "Born, Never Asked" - 4:57 (from Big Science)
  5. "It Tango" - 3:02 (from Big Science)
  6. "Gravity's Angel" - 6:04 (from Mister Heartbreak)
  7. "Excellent Birds" - 3:13 (Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel) (from Mister Heartbreak)
  8. "Langue D'Amour" - 6:15 (from Mister Heartbreak)
  9. "Sharkey's Day" (Single Edit) - 4:07 (from Mister Heartbreak)
  10. "Walk the Dog" - 6:42 (from United States Live)
  11. "Cartoon Song" - 1:12 (from United States Live)
  12. "So Happy Birthday" - 6:22 (from United States Live)
  13. "City Song" - 3:33 (from United States Live)
  14. "The Big Top" - 2:51 (from United States Live)
  15. "Dr. Miller" - 5:18 (Laurie Anderson, Perry Hoberman) (from United States Live)
  16. "Lighting Out for the Territories" - 3:11 (from United States Live)

Disc 2

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  1. "Smoke Rings" - 7:03 (from Home of the Brave)
  2. "Talk Normal" - 5:31 (from Home of the Brave)
  3. "Language is a Virus" - 4:14 (from Home of the Brave)
  4. "Credit Racket" - 3:32 (from Home of the Brave)
  5. "Strange Angels" - 3:50 (from Strange Angels)
  6. "Baby Doll" - 3:37 (from Strange Angels)
  7. "Coolsville" - 4:34 (from Strange Angels)
  8. "My Eyes" - 5:28 (from Strange Angels)
  9. "The Dream Before" - 3:03 (from Strange Angels)
  10. "The Day the Devil" - 3:59 (Laurie Anderson, Peter Laurence Gordon) (from Strange Angels)
  11. "Speak My Language" - 3:38 (from Bright Red)
  12. "Love Among the Sailors" - 2:51 (from Bright Red)
  13. "Poison" - 3:45 (Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno) (from Bright Red)
  14. "In Our Sleep" - 2:34 (Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed) (from Bright Red)
  15. "Night in Baghdad" - 3:28 (from Bright Red)
  16. "The Night Flight from Houston" - 1:33 (from The Ugly One with the Jewels)
  17. "The Rotowhirl" - 3:54 (from The Ugly One with the Jewels)
  18. "The Ouija Board" - 4:11 (from The Ugly One with the Jewels)
  19. "The End of the World" - 5:00 (from The Ugly One with the Jewels)

References

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  1. ^ "Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology - Laurie Anderson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology". EW.com.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (March 21, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Laurie Anderson". www.trouserpress.com.
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