12/16/2024
top album of 2024 Laurie Anderson's tender 'Amelia' album caught me by surprise during Brat summer. Backed by a Czech orchestra on the recording, Anderson softly unspools a narrative retelling of pilot Amelia Earhart's final flight before she disappeared forever. Sometimes Anderson is narrator and sometimes she's Earhart as she elegantly pivots between singing and spoken word. Throughout the album, guest vocalist Anohni delicately weaves in and out of the storytelling just at the right times—conjuring up cloud cover, emotional shifts and a watercolor pastiche that gently leads you to Earhart's inevitable unhappy ending. Oh, but the journey on 'Amelia' is worth it.
Favorite tracks
Amelia
8/30/2024
