Lou Reed (album)

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


Released = June 1972
Recorded = December 1971 - January 1972
Morgan Studios, London
Genre = Rock
Length = 38:38
Label = RCA
Producer = Richard Robinson
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7z2tk6rx9krk link]
This album = "Lou Reed"
(1972)
Next album = "Transformer"
(1972) |

"Lou Reed" is Lou Reed's 1972 debut solo album, released two years after he left The Velvet Underground. The album comprises eight new recordings of then-unreleased Velvet Underground songs, plus two new songs, "Going Down" and "Berlin" (the latter was re-recorded by Reed as the title track for his 1973 album "Berlin").

With increasing interest in the Velvet Underground, Reed's debut album was highly anticipated, but the result was a commercial and critical disappointment.Fact|date=February 2007

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed except as noted.

# "I Can't Stand It" - 2:37
# "Going Down" - 2:57
# "Walk and Talk It" - 3:40
# "Lisa Says" - 5:34
# "Berlin" - 5:16
# "I Love You" - 2:21
# "Wild Child" - 4:41
# "Love Makes You Feel" - 3:13
# "Ride into the Sun" (Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker) - 3:16
# "Ocean" - 5:06

Cross-reference

Below is a cross-reference of "Lou Reed" tracks previously played and/or recorded with The Velvet Underground.

Title	Velvet Underground release	Remarks
I Can't Stand It	"", "VU"	Additional verse on "Lou Reed" version
Walk and Talk It	"Peel Slowly and See", "Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition)"	"Lou Reed" version has different lyrics and added musical sections; V.U. version is titled "Walk and Talk"
Lisa Says	"1969", "VU"	"1969" version close to "Lou Reed" version; "VU" version shorter
I Love You	"Peel Slowly and See", "Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition)"	---
Wild Child	---	No V.U. recording has surfaced as yet, but the song is known to have been played live in 1970 [Olivier Landemaine. "Live performances and rehearsals: 1970" at "The Velvet Underground Web Page: Electricity Comes from Other PlaNETs" website [http://members.aol.com/olandem2/perf70.html link] ]
Love Makes You Feel	"Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition)"	V.U. version is titled "Love Makes You Feel Ten Foot Tall"
Ride into the Sun	"Another View", "What Goes On", "Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition), "	"Lou Reed" version close to the "Loaded" and "The Quine Tapes" versions; other V.U. recordings earlier versions.
Ocean	"1969", "VU", "Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition)"	"Lou Reed" version closest to "Loaded" take.

Personnel

*Lou Reed - guitar, arranger, keyboards, vocals, producer
*Clem Cattini - percussion
*Helene Francois - harmony vocals
*Kay Garner - harmony vocals
*Steve Howe - guitar
*Les Hurdle - bass
*Paul Keogh - guitar, acoustic guitar
*Brian Odgers - bass
*Caleb Quaye - guitar, acoustic guitar, piano
*Rick Wakeman - piano, keyboards
*Tom Adams - cover art
*Mike Bobak - engineer
*Ronn Campisi - photography
*Richard Robinson - producer

References