Rock and Roll Heart

Infobox Album |
Name = Rock and Roll Heart
Type = Album
Artist = Lou Reed


Released = November 1976
Recorded = 1976 The Record Plant, New York
Genre = Rock
Length = 37:42
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Lou Reed
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6zkmu3l5an1k link] |
Last album = "Coney Island Baby" (1976)
This album = "Rock and Roll Heart" (1976)
Next album = "" (1977)

"Rock and Roll Heart" is the seventh album by Lou Reed, released in 1976. It was his first album for Arista Records (now a sister label to his previous label RCA Records, via Sony BMG) after record mogul Clive Davis reportedly rescued him from bankruptcy.

The cover art is credited to Mick Rock.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lou Reed

#"I Believe In Love" - 2:46
#"Banging On My Drum" - 2:11
#"Follow the Leader" - 2:13
#"You Wear It So Well" - 4:52
#"Ladies Pay" - 4:22
#"Rock & Roll Heart" - 3:05
#"Chooser and the Chosen One" - 2:47
#"Senselessly Cruel" - 2:08
#"Claim to Fame" - 2:51
#"Vicious Circle" - 2:53
#"A Sheltered Life" - 2:20
#"Temporary Thing" - 5:13

Personnel:

*Lou Reed - vocals, guitar, piano
*Marty Fogel - saxophone
*Michael Fonfara - piano, organ, clavinet, ARP synthesizer
*Bruce Yaw - bass
*Michael Suchorsky - drums
*Garland Jeffreys - background vocals on "You Wear It So Well"

Mixed & engineered by Corky Stasiak