United States Live
by Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson bestography
United States Live is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Laurie Anderson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Laurie Anderson is Big Science which is ranked number 1131 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,546.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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United States Live track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
United States Live rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/17/2026 04:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,453 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:47 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 03:37 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2023 18:03 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2023 13:51 |  Igtonumama | 10,785 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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ffudnebbuh 10/16/2009 21:20 | #6386 | TOP COMMENT
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I saw laurie in concert twice but this album actually captures the concert better than the actually concert, because there was so much going on on stage that I was a little distracted from the music. I still listen to this album and I always find something new that I hadn't heard before. The track about the Finnish farmers is my fav on this album. The "Mister Heartbreak" album is also good if you are into Laurie. Check out "Ramon" from "Strange Angels" or "White Lily" from "Home of the Brave"
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