William Dart takes to skies for Laurie Anderson's new album Amelia, her first solo venture in over a decade, tracing the final, tragic journey of Amelia Earhart. And along the way, he looks at one or two other musical tributes to the adventurous aviatrix.
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Amelia Earhart Photo: AFP
Music Details
Laurie Anderson Photo: supplied/ Ebru Yildiz
ARTIST: The Greenbriar Boys
TITLE: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
ALBUM: Essential Folk Masters
COMPOSER: McEnery
LABEL: Vanguard
ARTIST: Plainsong
TITLE: True Story of Amelia Earhart
ALBUM: In Search of Amelia Earhart
COMPOSER: Matthews
LABEL: Elektra
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: O Superman
ALBUM: Big Science
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Warner Bros
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: To Circle the World
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: I See Something Shining
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Take-Off
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Aloft
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Road to Mandalay
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Broken Chronometers
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Nothing But Silt
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: The Wrong Way
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Fly into the Sun
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: This Modern World
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: Flying at Night
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: The Letter
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Laurie Anderson
TITLE: India and on Down to Australia
ALBUM: Amelia
COMPOSER: Anderson
LABEL: Nonesuch
ARTIST: Joni Mitchell
TITLE: Amelia
ALBUM: Hejira
COMPOSER: Mitchell
LABEL: Asylum