Album of the Day

HOME OF THE BRAVE captures Laurie Anderson's 1985 performance at the Park Theater in Union City, NJ while she was touring in support of her MISTER HEARTBREAK album. Released the following year, the film and its accompanying soundtrack show Anderson moving with ease between the performance art and rock worlds. Most of the audio release's eight tracks are new compositions and three are studio recordings that differ markedly from the concert versions: “Smoke Rings,” “Language Is a Virus” (both co-produced by Nile Rodgers) and “Talk Normal.” Guitarist Adrian Belew is among the fine band accompanying these delightfully skewed observations on modern life. Here's a post-Independence Day salute to HOME OF THE BRAVE!