On April 19, 1982, “Warner Bros” label released “Big Science”, the debut Laurie Anderson album. Laurie Anderson had previously recorded one side of a 2-LP set titled “You’re the Guy I Want to Share My Money With”, a collaboration released on Giorno Poetry Systems with William S. Burroughs and John Giorno. It was recorded at “You’re the Guy I Want to Share My Money With, and was produced by Laurie Anderson and Roma Baran.

Personnel:

• Laurie Anderson– vocals, vocoder, Farfisa organ,  percussion, Oberheim OB-Xa, sticks,  violins,  electronics, keyboards, handclaps, whistling, marimba
• Roma Baran– Farfisa bass, glass harmonica, sticks, handclaps, casiotone, accordion, whistling
• Perry Hoberman– bottles, sticks, handclaps,  flute, sax, piccolo, backing vocals
• David Van Tieghem– drums, rototoms, timpani, marimba, percussion
• Rufus Harley– bagpipes
• Chuck Fisher– alto and tenor saxophone
• Bill Obrecht– alto sax
• Peter Gordon– clarinet, tenor sax
• George Lewis– trombones
• Richard Cohen– b-flat clarinet, e-flat clarinet, bass clarinet,  bassoon o, baritone saxophone
• Leanne Ungar– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Laurie Anderson.

1. From the Air
2. Big Science
3. Sweaters
4. Walking & Falling
5. Born, Never Asked
6. O Superman (for Massenet)
7. Example #22
8. Let X=X/It Tango – (Let X=X; It Tango)