- 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 leftThe 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" - 5:06Cross-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 - producerReferences
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