The National - Alligator (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Laurie Anderson was already respected

Laurie Anderson was already respected as a conceptual artist and composer

Becoming Something Other

The album also features their first two tracks

2021 sees this classic album back on vinyl for the first time since its original 1984 release

the accumulated weight of decades is everywhere

The National - Alligator (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Laurie Anderson was already respectedOn their third recording, The National strikes a delicate balance between light and dark, fast and slow, American and British. While their sound is undeniably tinged with darkness, it isn't gloomy or depressing. This impression is mostly due to Matt Berninger's deep baritone, which brings to mind such sensitive, but manly Brit vocalists as Scott Walker and Stuart Staples of the Tindersticks. The National, however, are American. Formed in Brooklyn in