TALK NORMAL: THE LAURIE ANDERSON ANTHOLOGY

Disc One

1. O Superman (For Massenet)
2. From the Air
3. Big Science
4. Born, Never Asked
5. It Tango
6. Gravity's Angel
7. Excellent Birds
8. Langue d'amour
9. Sharkey's Day (Single Edit)
10. Walk the Dog
11. Cartoon Song
12. So Happy Birthday
13. City Song
14. The Big Top
15. Dr. Miller
16. Lighting Out for the Territories

Disc Two

1. Smoke Rings
2. Talk Normal
3. Language Is a Virus
4. Credit Racket
5. Strange Angels
6. Babydoll
7. Coolsville
8. My Eyes
9. The Dream Before
10. The Day the Devil
11. Speak My Language
12. Love Among the Sailors
13. Poison
14. In Our Sleep
15. Night in Baghdad
16. The Night Flight From Houston
17. The Rotowhirl
18. The Ouija Board
19. The End of the World

- Laurie Anderson / vocals, violin, vocoder, percussion, keyboards, electronics
- Peter Gabriel / vocals, Synclavier, Lynn drums
- Adrian Belew / guitar
- Bill Laswell / bass, bass animals
- Brian Eno / treatments, keyboards
- Lou Reed / vocal and guitar
- Meat Loaf / backing vocals, chant
- Manolo Badrena / percussion
- Tony Levin / Chapman stick
- Bobby McFerrin / vocals
- Lisa Fischer / backing vocals
- Steve Gadd / drums
- David Spinozza / guitar
- Cyro Baptista / percussion, gong, surdo
- Greg Cohen / guitar, bass, keyboards
- Roma Baran / farfisa bass, glass harmonica, sticks, handclaps, casiotone, accordion, whistling
- Bill Obrecht / alto sax
- Peter Gordon / clarinet, tenor sax, Prophet synthesizer, voice
- David Van Tieghem / drums, rototoms, timpani, marimba, percussion
- Anton Fier / drums
- Daniel Ponce / iya, ikonkolo, shekere, double bell
- Geraldine Pontius / voice
- Joseph Kos / voice
- Chuck Fisher / clarinet, sax
- Bill Obrecht / flute, sax
- Anne DeMarinis / Oberheim OB-Xa, Synclavier
- David Van Tieghem / drums, percussion
- Rufus Harley / bagpipes
- Shelley Karson / soprano
- Joy Askew / keyboards, Moog synthesizer, Prophet, DX-7
- David Van Tieghem / percussion
- Dolette McDonald / vocals
- Janice Pendarvis / vocals
- Robert Sabino / keyboards, morse code
- Nile Rodgers / synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, synclavier
- Jimmy Bralower / drums
- Richard Landry / saxophone, clarinet
- Robert Arron / saxophone
- Curtis King / backing vocals
- Frank Simms / backing vocals
- Diane Garisto / backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee / backing vocals
- Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno / backing vocals
- Brenda White-King / backing vocals
- Chris Spedding / guitar
- Jimi Tunnell / guitar
- Peter Scherer / bass, keyboards, drum programming
- Mark Dresser / bass
- Sue Hadjopoulus / percussion
- Joey Baron/ drums
- Alex Foster / alto saxophone
- Anton Fier / drums
- Naná Vasconcelos / percussion
- Jimmy Bralower / drum programming
- Lenny Pickett / tenor saxophone and horn arrangements
- David Van Tieghem / percussion
- Leon Pendarvis/ drum programming
- Dave Lebolt / keyboards, synthesizers
- Ray Phiri / guitar
- Bakithi Khumalo / fretless bass
- Mark Egan / bass
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk / accordion
- Hugh McCracken / harmonica
- Gib Wharton / pedal steel guitar
- Louis Del Gatto / baritone saxophone
- Ian Ritchie / drum programming
- Gene Tyranny / keyboards
- Bennie Diggs / backing vocals
- BJ Nelson / backing vocals
- Yolanda Lee / backing vocals
- Phil Ballou / backing vocals
- Angela Clemmons-Patrick / backing vocals
- Paulette McWilliams / backing vocals
- Darryl Tookes / backing vocals
- Diane Wilson / backing vocals
- Earl Gardner / trumpet
- Laurie Frink / trumpet
- Steve Turre / trombone, conch shell
- Robby Kilgore / keyboards
- Crusher / percussion
- John Selolwane / guitar
- Arto Lindsay / guitar
- Mike Thorne / keyboards, drum programming
- Bill Buchen / percussion
- Phillip Ballou / background vocals
- Joey Baron / drums
- Ben Fenner / bass
- Guy Klucevsek / accordion
- Gerry Leonard / guitar
- Arto Lindsay / vocals
- Jamie West-Oram / guitar
- Kevin Killen / treatments
- Neil Conti / shaker
- Dougie Browne / drums
- Marc Ribot / guitar
- Peter Scherer / keyboards
- vocal group November: Michelle Cobbs / vocals
- vocal group November: Dollette McDonald / vocals
- vocal group November: Brenda Nelson / vocals
- The Roches - backing vocals

2-CD Rhino R2 76648 (US, 2000)