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- Summary: Amelia Earhart's final flight is the subject of Laurie Anderson's latest release that features a guest appearance by Anohni.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Sep 16, 2024Amelia is a graceful, highly compelling, and entirely successful attempt to musically interpret an important historical event with dignity and eloquence.
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Aug 30, 2024‘Amelia’ is this a towering work of artistic endeavour and creative genius which comfortably ranks as one of Anderson’s most definitive statements yet.
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Aug 30, 2024On Amelia, Anderson resurrects this courageous woman and gives her breath, heart, and soul. It is impossible to hear this aerial ballet and walk away unaffected.
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Aug 28, 2024Anderson's admiration and affection for this feminist icon is such that you come away from Amelia with a greater respect for those who keep on taking risks. [Sep 2024, p.28]
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Classic Rock MagazineAug 28, 2024Amelia is the work of a true auteur at the very height of her craft. [Sep 2024, p.74]
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Record CollectorAug 28, 2024The storytelling is more linear and less elliptical than we might expect from Anderson, though any restraint in the storytelling services the cinematic scope of the project, where soundscapes segue with ease as vertiginous strings swoop and dive, and Anohni provides vocal interjections. [Sep 2024, p.130]
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Aug 30, 2024The project’s biggest failing is its artless shifting of perspectives between anodyne reportage and first-person journalling, leaving it neither compendious nor immediate enough. As the darker, desperate hours close in amid the chaos and confusion of The Wrong Way and Fly Into the Sun, Amelia finally takes off, but it’s a long runway to get there.