[Review] Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music – The Amine β Ring (1975)
From La Monte Young’s dream comes Lou Reed’s 60-minute nightmare.
Category: Lou Reed
Lou Reed Discography
Lou Reed was the musical embodiment of New York City in all its various dichotomies: crass, intellectual, crazy, cunning, homosexual, heterosexual, senator, strung-out…
[Review] Lou Reed (1972)
Loaded with leftovers from Velvet Underground, Lou Reed’s first is pretty eggcellent if not quite as electrifying as Transformer.
[Review] Lou Reed: Sally Can’t Dance (1974)
Lou Reed and half a Rhinoceros make a record, but it’s the lack of inspiration that serves as the elephant in the room.
[Review] Lou Reed: Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, back on top? It was a fairy tale come true.
[Review] Lou Reed: Berlin (1973)
Reed recycles some old bits into a brilliant concept album about domestic abuse, produced by the king of the concept album, Bob Ezrin.
Lou Reed: “Walk On The Wild Side” (1972)
How cool does a song have to be to make you want to buy a Subaru Forrester? That’s how cool this song is.
[Review] Lou Reed: Transformer (1972)
Reed joins the ranks of the glammer twins (Bowie, Iggy) on this breakout album. A walk on the wild side, indeed.
Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby (1975)
Good enough to wash away from the bad feelings from his last record, this is the lamb offered after the lion’s slaughter.
[Review] Lou Reed: Legendary Hearts (1983)
Before Romeo had Juliette, we had this album from Lou Reed: funny, romantic, tragic and befitting a legend.
[Review] Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde Soundtrack (2003)
Oddly, either Legally Red or Brunette to a Crisp would be easier to defend.
Lou Reed: “Video Violence” (1986)
The trouble with Mistrial, most Lou Reed albums really, is the appalling absence of horns. Apparently. So RCA released a Special AOR Remix…
[Review] Lou Reed: Growing Up In Public (1980)
This is Lou Reed’s From The Inside: scenes from a troubled mind set to a surprisingly melodic score.
Walk On The Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed (1977)
Lou Reed’s greatest hit… plus ten other tracks that were apparently pulled out of a fancy French beret. Not his best side.
Lou Reed: Rock n Roll Animal (1974)
Epic renditions of V.U. classics including thirteen minutes of “Heroin.” You’re only getting five songs, but nearly 50 minutes of pure awesomeness.