Lou Reed - New York (Sire 925 829-1) (EU 1989) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Info:

Lou Reed - New York

Label: Sire Records Company
Catalog#: 925 829-1, WX 246
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Romeo Had Juliette
A2 Halloween Parade
A3 Dirty Blvd.
A4 Endless Cycle
A5 There Is No Time
A6 Last Great American Whale
Drums - Maureen "Moe" Tucker
A7 Beginning Of A Great Adventure
B1 Busload Of Faith
B2 Sick Of You
B3 Hold On
B4 Good Evening Mr. Waldheim
B5 Xmas In February
B6 Strawman
B7 Dime Store Mystery
Drums - Maureen "Moe" Tucker


Notes:

This album was recorded & mixed at Media Sound, Studio B, N.Y.C.
Mastered at masterdisk, NYC

? 1988, 1989 Sire Records Company for the U.S. & WEA International for the world outside the U.S.
GEMA/BIEM Made in Germany (LC 3228)

Barcode: 0 7599-25829-2 6

Marketed by Warner Bros. Inc.
Manufactured in Germany.

Come with lyrics inner sleeve, some copies contain an insert with the lyrics in Spanish, German and French.

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Lou-Reed-New-York/release/605068
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28album%29

Review by Mark Deming

New York City figured so prominently in Lou Reed's music for so long that it's surprising it took him until 1989 to make an album simply called New York, a set of 14 scenes and sketches that represents the strongest, best-realized set of songs of Reed's solo career. While Reed's 1982 comeback, The Blue Mask, sometimes found him reaching for effects, New York's accumulated details and deft caricatures hit bull's-eye after bull's-eye for 57 minutes, and do so with an easy stride and striking lyrical facility. New York also found Reed writing about the larger world rather than personal concerns for a change, and in the beautiful, decaying heart of New York City, he found plenty to talk about – the devastating impact of AIDS in "Halloween Parade," the vicious circle of child abuse "Endless Cycle," the plight of the homeless in "Xmas in February" – and even on the songs where he pointedly mounts a soapbox, Reed does so with an intelligence and smart-assed wit that makes him sound opinionated rather than preachy – like a New Yorker. And when Reed does look into his own life, it's with humor and perception; "Beginning of a Great Adventure" is a hilarious meditation on the possibilities of parenthood, and "Dime Store Mystery" is a moving elegy to his former patron Andy Warhol. Reed also unveiled a new band on this set, and while guitarist Mike Rathke didn't challenge Reed the way Robert Quine did, Reed wasn't needing much prodding to play at the peak of his form, and Ron Wasserman proved Reed's superb taste in bass players had not failed him. Produced with subtle intelligence and a minimum of flash, New York is a masterpiece of literate, adult rock & roll, and the finest album of Reed's solo career.

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