

"Sharkey's Night" is a song from Anderson's previous album, Mister Heartbreak. Burroughs" and was performed on Anderson's earlier United States Live (the soundtrack album omits the song's spoken word introduction, "Difficult Listening Hour", which had appeared on United States Live and which was also performed in the film). Two songs on the album were remakes of earlier works: "Language Is a Virus" was originally titled "Language is a virus from outer space - William S. A music video for "Language Is a Virus" was produced, using the soundtrack studio recording but footage of the live performance.

Three of the eight tracks on the album were recorded in the studio and thus differ considerably from the filmed versions. The album is a soundtrack to her concert film of the same name. Home of the Brave is the third studio album and first soundtrack album by avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson, released in 1986 by Warner Bros.
