Big Science is the debut studio album by American performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson.

The album consists of a selection of musical highlights from her eight-hour production United States Live, which was itself released as a 5-LP box set and book in 1984.

"[14] Laurie Anderson enjoyed a surprise popular hit in the United Kingdom with "O Superman" in 1981.

Her subsequent albums Big Science and Mister Heartbreak each sold between 100,000 and 125,000 copies in the United States, and even the five-record United States - Live sold 40,000, according to Elliot Abbott, Anderson's manager and the executive producer of Home of the Brave.

[16] All words and music by Laurie Anderson "O Superman" mixed at The Lobby; originally released on One Ten Records"Example #22" special thanks to Paranormals Medeline Vester, Gerhard Rozhek, Coretta Atteroc, Shelley Karson"Let X=X" original version appeared in ArtForum February 1982 "Special thanks to Patty Anderson, Lester Bangs, Robert Coe, Anton Fier, Charles Holland, Geraldine Pontius, Greg Shifrin and Gail Turner".