Bright Red

ブライアン・イーノ・プロデュースの89年 前衛的コンセプト・アルバム!!


US前衛音楽家 / 映像作家 / アーティスト、LAURIE ANDERSONがBRIAN ENOプロデュースの元1989年にリリースしたコンセプト・アルバム『BRIGHT RED』がMUSIC ON VINYLに登場! イーノとは"THE PUPPET MOTEL"、"MUDDY RIVER"、"POISON"、"TIGHTROPE"の4曲を共作しており、これまでの作品よりダークなアプローチをみせてくれます。レコーディング・アーティストにはKING CRIMSONを筆頭にTALKING HEADS/Frank Zappa/Devid Bowie等数々の名アーティストのサポートでも活躍したADRIAN BELEWが参加しています。

Five years after the release of 1989's pop-oriented Strange Angels, Laurie Anderson returned with Bright Red, a Brian Eno-produced excursion into much darker territory. Strange Angels and its predecessor, 1984's Mister Heartbreak, introduced a new level of melodic and rhythmic sophistication into the spare electronics of Anderson's early work, but Bright Red largely dispenses with that; instead, Eno provides a sound closer to his trademark ambient music (though it's still more melodically and rhythmically varied than, say, Ambient 1: Music for Airports) and Anderson largely abandons singing for her earlier, more conversational spoken-word style. Thematically, the album is filled with images of disconnection, miscommunication, and fear, with the sly wit and deadpan humor of her early days almost entirely absent. The result is an album that's more to be admired than enjoyed, since (apparently by design) it's nearly impossible to make any sort of emotional connection with this music. Gossip hounds will enjoy combing "In Our Sleep," a duet with then-boyfriend Lou Reed, for hints about their relationship. ~ Stewart Mason