Laurie Anderson: Amelia
Briefly

"It took a long time, ten minutes, from the time the first engine started sputtering to crash... when you're in a situation like that and you can't move, it feels like the longest time imaginable."
"Amelia plays similar tricks with time, but in reverse, compressing the last 44 days of Amelia Earhart's life into a breezy 35 minutes."
"From the very first engine noises that open the album, growling like a World War II dogfight, we know exactly how this story will end: with the 39-year-old adventurer disappearing somewhere over the Pacific, never to be found."
"Amelia, despite its tragic final act, is a lighter and livelier reflection: a celebration of Earhart's life and spirit, and an occasionally awestruck meditation on the magnitude of her quest."
Read at Pitchfork
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