Homeland (Laurie Anderson album)


Homeland is the eighth studio album by Laurie Anderson, released in 2010. A loose concept album about life in the United States. It was her first album of new material since 2001's Life on a String.
The record was produced by Anderson, Lou Reed and Roma Baran. Anderson began touring the project in late 2007. The album was originally slated for release in 2008. Because the project kept changing in form, the release was pushed back several times. The final release in 2010 was a two-disc set consisting of a CD of music and a DVD.
The song "Only an Expert" was released as a 12" vinyl single on May 18, 2010. A song titled "Pictures and Things" was the single's B-side.

Track listing

  1. "Transitory Life"
  2. "My Right Eye"
  3. "Thinking of You"
  4. "Strange Perfumes"
  5. "Only an Expert"
  6. "Falling"
  7. "Another Day in America"
  8. "Bodies in Motion"
  9. "Dark Time in the Revolution"
  10. "The Lake"
  11. "The Beginning of Memory"
  12. "Flow"
DVD
  1. "Homeland: The Story of the Lark"
  2. "Laurie's Violin"

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DVD
, previewing the album in The Wire magazine, claimed that Homeland "reminds us why Anderson, now in her sixties, is the voice of America's conscience."
Margaret Wappler of The Los Angeles Times wrote of the album, "'Homeland' isn't so much an album as it is a poetic capturing of the still moments of a restless mind".

Charts

Album
YearChartPosition
2010German Albums Chart62
2010Greek Album Charts41