Editing Laurie Anderson (section)

=== 1980s ===
In 1980, Anderson was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[San Francisco Art Institute]]. In 1982, she was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] for Creative Arts — Film.<ref name=Handy1989 /> In 1987, Anderson was awarded an honorary doctorate in the fine arts from the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|University of the Arts]] in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Laurie Anderson at 1987 [UArts] commencement |url=http://collections.library.uarts.edu/digital/collection/photohist/id/144/rec/3 |website=UArts Libraries Digital Collections |access-date=December 9, 2020 |location=Philadelphia, PA |language=en |date=May 16, 1987 |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924010530/https://collections.library.uarts.edu/digital/collection/photohist/id/144/rec/3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Anderson became widely known outside the art world in 1981 with the single "[[O Superman]]", originally released in a limited quantity by [[B. George]]'s One Ten Records, which ultimately reached number two on the British charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.otherminds.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5503 |title=Laurie Anderson Record Release Party| publisher=Other Minds Archives |access-date=May 24, 2024}}</ref> The sudden influx of orders from the UK (prompted partly by British station [[BBC Radio 1]] playlisting the record) led to Anderson signing a seven-album deal with [[Warner Bros. Records]], which re-released the single.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRb8UlRIzh0C&q=Anderson+became+widely+known+outside+the+art+world+in+1981+with+the+single+%22O+Superman%22%2C&pg=PA175 | title=Singularia: Being at an Edge in Time: a Meditation and Thought Experiment While Crossing the Galactic Core | publisher=Alchemica Productions| first=James M. |last=Harvey | year=2009 | page=187 | isbn=978-0-9807574-1-5}}</ref>

"O Superman" was part of a larger stage work titled ''[[United States (Anderson)|United States]]'' and was included on the album ''[[Big Science (Laurie Anderson album)|Big Science]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laurieanderson.com/news|title=Laurie Anderson official web site |website=Laurieanderson.com|access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> Prior to the release of ''Big Science'', Anderson returned to [[Giorno Poetry Systems]] to record the album ''[[You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With]]''; Anderson recorded one side of the double-LP set, with William S. Burroughs and [[John Giorno]] recording a side each, and the fourth side featured a separate groove for each artist. This was followed by the back-to-back releases of her albums ''[[Mister Heartbreak]]'' and ''[[United States Live]]'', the latter of which was a five-LP (and, later, four-CD) recording of her two-evening stage show at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurie Anderson United States Live US Vinyl box set |url=https://uk.rarevinyl.com/products/laurie-anderson-united-states-live-us-vinyl-box-set-925192-1-717548 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=RareVinyl.com |language=en}}</ref> She also appeared in a television special produced by [[Nam June Paik]] broadcast on New Year's Day 1984, titled "[[Good Morning, Mr. Orwell]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/good-morning-mr-orwell-look-back-nam-june-paik-video-greeted-1984|title='Good Morning Mr. Orwell': A Look Back at the Nam June Paik Video That Greeted 1984|first=Emily|date=September 5, 2014|publisher=Asia Society|work=asiasociety.org|access-date=April 11, 2016|author=Feng}}</ref>
[[File:LA21uitsnede.jpg|thumb|Anderson at [[Concertgebouw de Vereeniging|De Vereeniging]] in [[Nijmegen]], 1986]]
She next starred in and directed the 1986 concert film ''[[Home of the Brave (1986 film)|Home of the Brave]]'' and also composed the soundtracks for the [[Spalding Gray]] films ''[[Swimming to Cambodia]]'' and ''[[Monster in a Box]]''. During this time, she also contributed music to [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]]'s ''[[Alcestis]]'' at the [[American Repertory Theater]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also hosted the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] series ''[[Alive from Off Center]]'' during 1987, after having produced the short film ''[[What You Mean We?]]'' for the series the year before. ''What You Mean We?'' introduced a new character played by Anderson: "The Clone", a digitally altered masculine counterpart to Anderson who later "co-hosted" with her when she did her presenting stint on ''Alive from Off Center''. Elements of The Clone were later incorporated into the titular "puppet" of her later work, ''Puppet Motel''. In that year, she also appeared on [[Peter Gabriel]]'s album ''[[So (album)|So]]'', co-writing and performing on the song "[[Excellent Birds|This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)]]". (A version of “Excellent Birds” was also released on Mister Heartbreak.)

Release of Anderson's first post-''Home of the Brave'' album, 1989's ''[[Strange Angels (Laurie Anderson album)|Strange Angels]]'', was delayed for more than a year in order for Anderson to take singing lessons. This was due to the album being more musically inclined (in terms of singing) than her previous works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Laurie+Anderson |title=CG: Laurie Anderson |first=Robert |last=Christgau |access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> The single "Babydoll" was a moderate hit on the Modern Rock Charts in 1989.