Laurie AndersonFeaturing: William Burroughs, Peter Gabriel, Adrian Belew, Nile Rodgers, David Van Tieghem, Bill Laswell
Mister Heartbreak (LP)
FormatLPLabel1000FüsslerGenreElectronic
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condition (record/cover): NM / EX
Specialty Records Pressing.
After O Superman hit number two in the UK and Big Science crossed over commercially, Warner Bros. gave Anderson real budget for the follow-up. She spent it on a Korean kayageum player (Sang Won Park), Fairlight CMI samples, Bill Laswell producing three tracks in proto-Material funk mode, and Peter Gabriel co-writing and co-singing Excellent Birds (later re-cut for Gabriel's So). Adrian Belew and Nile Rodgers play guitar; David Van Tieghem drums; William S. Burroughs drawls his way through Sharkey's Night.
Langue d'Amour retells the Garden of Eden as Polynesian travelogue in cracked French. Gravity's Angel borrows its title from Pynchon. The technical palette (Fairlight, Synclavier, Eventide harmoniser, mostly for voice pitch-shifting) dates the record. Sleeve carries Anderson's Mt. Daly/US 4 lithograph, printed by Bud Shark.
Release notes
Catalog number appears as 9 25077-1 on spine and sleeve and as 1-25077 on label "E A S T" embossed around the center hole indicates [l27576] Lacquer disc 'metalwork' / 'plating' by [l264158] originally done for [l211933]. Runouts are etched except [l211933] "[Allied 'ɑ' logo]" and [l264111] are stamped Recorded at the Lobby Additional tracks recored at RCA, A & R, 39th Street Music Mixed from analog to two-track digital at RPM Originally Mastered at Masterdisk © ℗ 1984 Warner Bros. Records…
| A1 | Sharkey's Day | 7:41 | |
| A2 | Langue D'Amour | 6:12 | |
| A3 | Gravity's Angel | 6:02 | |
| B1 | Kokoku | 7:03 | |
| B2 | Excellent Birds | 3:12 | |
| B3 | Blue Lagoon | 7:03 | |
| B4 | Sharkey's Night | 2:29 |
- Laurie Anderson
- Artwork [Cover And Inner-sleeve Art And Graphics By], Producer, Written-By
- Bud Shark
- Artwork [Cover Printed By]
- Bob Bielecki
- Consultant [Technical Consultant], Sound Designer [Systems Design]
- Leanne Ungar
- Engineer
- Tim Cox
- Engineer [Assistant, 39th Street Music]
- Larry Franke
- Engineer [Assistant, A&R]
- Joe Lopes
- Engineer [Assistant, RCA]
- Mike Getlin
- Engineer [Assistant, RCA]
- Pat Martin
- Engineer [Assistant, RCA]
- HW
- Lacquer Cut By, Mastered By [Originally]
- Bob Ludwig
- Mastered By [Originally]
- Mike Krowiak
- Mixed By [RPM Assistant]
- Peter Gabriel
- Written-By (B2)
