- The Raven (Lou Reed album)
Infobox Album
Name = The Raven
Type =Album
Artist =Lou Reed
Background = Orange
Released =January 28 ,2003
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label =RCA
Producer =Hal Willner ,Lou Reed
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y7de4j676way link]
*Blender Rating|2|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=232 link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/loureed/albums/album/270041/review/6067734/the_raven link]
*"Pitchfork Media " Rating-10|2.0 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21299-the-raven link]
Last album = "Legendary Lou Reed "
(2002)
This album = "The Raven"
(2003)
Next album = "Animal Serenade "
(2004) |:"For the album by The Stranglers, see
The Raven (The Stranglers album) .""The Raven" is a
concept album byLou Reed released in 2003. Its goal is to recount the short stories and poems ofEdgar Allan Poe through word and song. Both "The Bed" and "Perfect Day " are new and very different versions of well-known Reed songs from previous albums, and the song "Fire Music" isnoise music . In addition to Reed it features a number of guest vocalists includingLaurie Anderson ,David Bowie , Antony Hegarty,Steve Buscemi andWillem Dafoe . The producer,Hal Willner , had previously overseen the Poetribute album "Closed on Account of Rabies ".The recording was simultaneously released as a two-disc set of recordings and in an edited single-disc version.
Album art and photography from New York painter
Julian Schnabel .Track listing
Limited edition double CD set
Disc 1: Act 1
#"
The Conqueror Worm "
#"Overture"
#"Old Poe"
#"Prologue ("Ligiea")"
#"Edgar Allan Poe "
#"The Valley of Unrest"
#"Call on Me"
#"The Valley of Unrest- Shadow"
#"A Thousand Departed Friends"
#"Change"
#"The Fall of the House of Usher "
#"The Bed"
#"Perfect Day"
#"The Raven"
#"Balloon"Disc 2: Act 2
# "Broadway Song"
# "The Tell-Tale Heart (Pt. 1)"
# "Blind Rage"
# "The Tell-Tale Heart (Pt. 2)"
# "Burning Embers"
# "Imp of the Perverse"
# "Vanishing Act"
# "The Cask"
# "Guilty", spoken
# "Guilty", sung
# "A Wild Being from Birth"
# "I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum )"
# "Science of the Mind"
# "Annabel Lee - The Bells"
# "Hop Frog"
# "Every Frog Has His Day"
# "Tripitena's Speech"
# "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
# "Courtly Orangutans"
# "Fire Music "
# "Guardian Angel"1 CD edition
# "Overture"
# "Edgar Allan Poe"
# "Call On Me"
# "The Valley Of Unrest"
# "A Thousand Departed Friends"
# "Change"
# "The Bed"
# "Perfect Day"
# "The Raven"
# "Balloon"
# "Broadway Song"
# "Blind Rage"
# "Burning Embers"
# "Vanishing Act"
# "Guilty"
# "I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)"
# "Science Of The Mind"
# "Hop Frog"
# "Tripitena's Speech"
# "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
# "Guardian Angel"Personnel
*Lou Reed - vocals, guitar
*Mike Rathke - guitar
*Fernando Saunders - bass, guitar
*Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums
*Friedrich Paravicini - piano, keyboards
*Jane Scarpantoni - cello, string arrangement
*Doug Wieselman - baritone & tenor saxophone
*Paul Shapiro - tenor saxophone
*Steve Bernstein - trumpet, horn arrangement
*Art Baron - trombone on "Broadway Song"
*Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone on "Guilty"
*Frank Wulff - hurdy gurdy, oboe
*Kate & Anna McGarrigle - backing vocals
*Antoine Silverman - violin
*Marti Sweet - violin
*Patrick Carroll - bass & drum programming on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
*Shelly Woodworth - English horn on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
*Russ DeSalvo - guitar & keyboards on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
*Rob Mathes - string arrangement on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
*Ric Wake - production on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"
*Laurie Anderson - vocals on "Call On Me"
*Antony - vocals on "Perfect Day", backing vocals
*David Bowie - vocals on "Hop Frog"
*The Blind Boys of Alabama - backing vocals on "I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)"
*Willem Defoe - voice on "The Raven" and "The Cask"
*Steve Buscemi - voice on "Broadway Song", "Old Poe" & "The Cask"
*Elizabeth Ashley - voice on "The Valley Of Unrest"
*Amanda Plummer - voice on "Tripitena's Speech"* [http://www.loureed.org/new/features/dario/mainpage.html]
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