On August 30, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Amelia”, the eighth Laurie Anderson studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Canal Street Communications” in New York, “Besední dům” in Brno, Czech Republic, “Miraval Studios” in Correns, France, and was produced by Laurie Anderson.

Personnel:

• Laura Phillips “Laurie” Anderson – lyrics, voice, keyboards, viola
• Anohni Hegarty – vocals
• Amelia Earhart – voice
• Martha Mooke – viola
• Marc Ribot – guitar
• Tony Sherr – bass
• Kenny Wollesen – percussion
• Ryan Kelly – ukulele, recording
• Rob Moose – violin, string arrangements
• Dennis Russell Davies – conductor, string arrangements
• Marie Petříková – concertmaster, first violin
• Barbora Gajdošová – first violin
• Jaromír Graffe – first violin
• Kristýna Jungová – first violin
• Jiří Kopecký – first violin
• Vladimír Lžičař – first violin
• Marie Pšenicová – first violin
• Leoš Zavadilík – first violin
• Radoslav Havlát – second violin
• Jana Horáková – second violin
• Dorothea Kellerová – second violin
• Ludmila Netolická – second violin
• Josef Ondrůj – second violin
• Tomáš Vinklát – second violin
• Petr Pšenica – principal viola, production assistant
• Martin Heller – viola
• Nadia Sirota – viola
• Tomáš Kulík – viola
• Karel Plocek – viola
• Otakar Salajka – viola
• Zbyněk Volf – viola
• Pavla Jelínková – cello
• Eva Kovalová – cello
• Katarína Madariová – cello
• Lukáš Svoboda – cello
• Gabriel Cabezas – cello
• Marek Švestka – principal double bass
• Jaromír Gardoň – double bass
• Vojtech Velíšek – double bass
• Jaroslav Zouhar – recording
• Damien Quintard – recording, mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Laurie Anderson.

1. To Circle the World
2. I See Something Shining
3. Take-Off
4. Aloft
5. San Juan
6. Brazil
7. Crossing the Equator
8. The Badlands
9. Waves of Sand
10. The Letter
11. India and down to Australia
12. This Modern World
13. Flying at Night
14. The Word for Woman Here
15. Road to Mandalay
16. Broken Chronometers
17. Nothing But Silt
18. The Wrong Way
19. Fly Into the Sun
20. Howland Island
21. Radio
22. Lucky Dime