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New York is the fifteenth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in January 1989 by Sire Records. [2]The album received universal critical acclaim upon release, and is widely considered to be among Reed's strongest solo efforts.
Reed and three of the people he has said he described in his lyrics: Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis and Joe Dallesandro In the 2001 documentary Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer, Reed says that it was Nelson Algren's 1956 novel, A Walk on the Wild Side (itself titled after the 1952 song "The Wild Side of Life"), [13] that was the launching point for the song, even though, as it grew, the ...
Beauty and Rust is a live album by Lou Reed released in 1993. It was recorded in Leysin ... "Strawman" "Dirty Blvd" "I'm Waiting for the Man" "Vicious" References
Humphreys also appears in the photos on the cover of Reed's 1977 "best of" album, Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed. Rock and Roll Heart was his 1976 debut for his new record label Arista , and Street Hassle (1978) was released in the midst of the punk rock scene he had helped to inspire.
Live: Take No Prisoners is a 1978 live album by American musician Lou Reed, recorded during May 1978 at The Bottom Line in New York.. The album contains copious, often profane or non-sequitur stage patter by Reed during and between songs, including a detailed story of the origin of "Walk on the Wild Side" and a rant against rock music critics, particularly Robert Christgau.
"After Hours" is a 1969 song written by Lou Reed [3] and originally performed by the Velvet Underground, "about a timid person watching others having fun and wishing they could join in". [4] It is the tenth and final track on their self-titled third album . [ 5 ]
The song was written on the back of an envelope by Lou Reed while he and the band were on their way to a gig at the Café Bizarre. [4] The song details a number of characters living in New York City, including Teenage Mary, Margarita Passion, Seasick Sarah, and Beardless Harry, all of whom are detailed using or seeking drugs.
The Blue Mask is the eleventh solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released in February 1982, by RCA Records. Reed had returned to the label after having left Arista Records. The album was released around Reed's 40th birthday, and covers topics of marriage and settling down, [1] alongside themes of violence, paranoia, and ...