On this CD re-issue of the original 1975 RCA records disc, we hear an unrelenting, seeringly beautiful electro-acoustic composition for electric guitar and an array of "consumer-priced" sound-processing devices and amplifiers used by most bands of the mid-70's...inspired by La Monte Young's Dream Music installations, this one-time spontaneous production of Reed's pre-dated a great deal of rock-sound inspired new music (Branca, Chatham etc.) ...feedback and a lot of the Keith Richards-effec   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. PICTURE DISC. The gathering of three former Velvet Underground members at the Bataclan in January 1972 is something that can easily be remembered as one of the most important events in the popular music panorama of the Seventies. The venue was too small for the crowd that milled around attempting to witness what was expected to be a true VU reunion. Far from being that, this gig was however an awesome performance by three of the most controversial icons of the 60s cultural revolution. Here the   [ read more ]

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Lou Reed has been the subject of many compilations, one of them being 2003's double-disc, 31-track NYC Man: The Ultimate Lou Reed Collection, which covers everything from the Velvet Underground to 2003's The Raven. It opens up with an unreleased alternate take of "Who Am I" from The Raven, then often substitutes studio cuts with live performances, including a healthy selection from Live in Italy and Perfect Night: Live in London (only one cut from Rock 'n' Roll Animal, strangely e   [ read more ]

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In 1974, after the commercial disaster of his album Berlin, Lou Reed needed a hit, and Rock N Roll Animal was a rare display of commercial acumen on his part, just the right album at just the right time. Recorded in concert with Reed's crack road band at the peak of their form, Rock N Roll Animal offered a set of his most anthemic songs (most dating from his days with the Velvet Underground) in arrangements that presented his lean, effective melodies and street-level lyrics in their most u   [ read more ]

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Fans and critics are generally agreed that Lou Reed is one of the more important figures in rock & roll and that his output as a solo artist has been uneven. There is less consensus, however, about what recordings among his many solo albums are his best. Reed has scored only one hit single, "Walk on the Wild Side," and only a handful of his other songs -- "Satellite of Love," "Sally Can't Dance," "I Love You, Suzanne," "No Money Down" -- attracted measurable radio interest over the f   [ read more ]

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For a guy who has only scored one bona fide hit single in the course of 35 years, Lou Reed sure has more than his share of "greatest-hits" compilations in his discography, most of which make clear that his career doesn't lend itself to an especially coherent single-disc overview, primarily because of the stylistic diversity and creative ups and downs of his work (especially in the '70s and '80s, the primary focus of this set). The Platinum & Gold Collection, Reed's installment in BMG's new serie   [ read more ]

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Reed's first solo album, with "Walk It & Talk It," "Wild Child," and "Lisa Says" being particular standouts. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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David Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground's music had a major impact on Bowie's work, it was only fitting that as Ziggy Stardust mania was reaching its peak, Bowie would offer Lou Reed some much needed help with his career, which was stuck in neutral after his first solo album came and went. Musically, Reed's work didn't have too much in common with the sonic bombast of the glam scene, b   [ read more ]

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Transformer and "Walk on the Wild Side" were both major hits in 1972, to the surprise of both Lou Reed and the music industry, and with Reed suddenly a hot commodity, he used his newly won clout to make the most ambitious album of his career, Berlin. Berlin was the musical equivalent of a drug-addled kid set loose in a candy store; the album's songs, which form a loose story line about a doomed romance between two chemically fueled bohemians, were fleshed out with a huge, boomy production    [ read more ]

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Transformer and "Walk on the Wild Side" were both major hits in 1972, to the surprise of both Lou Reed and the music industry, and with Reed suddenly a hot commodity, he used his newly won clout to make the most ambitious album of his career, Berlin. Berlin was the musical equivalent of a drug-addled kid set loose in a candy store; the album's songs, which form a loose story line about a doomed romance between two chemically fueled bohemians, were fleshed out with a huge, boomy production    [ read more ]

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Following the self-conscious artiness of Berlin, Sally Can't Dance was Lou Reed's blatant stab at commercial success, featuring beefed-up guitar riffs, horn charts, and the occasional slick melody. The move paid off -- it was his only album to reach the Top 10 -- but it's an inconsistent record, complete with lackluster material, terrific rockers ("Sally Can't Dance" and "Kill Your Sons"), and one of Reed's best ballads, "Billy." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Three songs from Transformer, two songs from Berlin, and the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man." Just a shade less visceral than Rock 'n' Roll Animal. ~ Rob Bowman, All Music Guide

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