Ecstasy (Lou Reed album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Ecstasy
Type = Album
Artist = Lou Reed


Released = April 4, 2000
Recorded = at Sear Sound Studios, New York
Genre = Rock
Length = 77:15
Label = Sire Records
Producer = Lou Reed, Hal Wilner
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:z3se4jn74wa4 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/loureed/albums/album/230656/review/5942582/ecstasy link]
Last album = "Perfect Day"
(1999)
This album = "Ecstasy"
(2000)
Next album = "Very Best of Lou Reed"
(2000)

"Ecstasy" is the eighteenth album by rock and roll outcast/legend Lou Reed, released in 2000. It is a concept album about Reed's personal experiences with marriage and relationships. The cover photography is by Lou Reed.

Track listing

All tracks by Lou Reed

#"Paranoia Key of E" – 4:28
#"Mystic Child" – 5:01
#"Mad" – 4:29
#"Ecstasy" – 4:25
#"Modern Dance" – 4:09
#"Tatters" – 5:55
#"Future Farmers of America" – 3:01
#"Turning Time Around" – 4:21
#"White Prism" – 4:00
#"Rock Minuet" – 6:56
#"Baton Rouge" – 4:54
#"Like a Possum" – 18:03
#"Rouge" – 1:00
#"Big Sky" – 6:32

Personnel:

*Lou Reed - vocals, guitar, percussion on "White Prism"
*Mike Rathke - guitar
*Fernando Saunders - bass, background vocals
*Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums, percussion, background vocals
*Don Alias - percussion on "Ecstasy"
*Laurie Anderson - electric violin on "White Prism" & "Rouge"
*Steven Bernstein - trumpet, horn arrangements
*Doug Wieselman - baritone & tenor saxophone
*Paul Shapiro - tenor saxophone
*Jane Scarpantoni - cello