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Rock 'n' Roll Animal (Remastered) (Import) (CD)

By: Lou Reed

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Rock 'n' Roll Animal (Remastered) (Import) (CD) Album By Lou Reed
1   Intro/Sweet Jane  
2   White Light White Heat  
3   Heroin  
4   Lady Day  
5   Rock 'n' Roll Animal  
6   How Do You Think It Feels  
7   Caroline Says  
 

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Uncut (8/00, p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Classic examples of Lou getting medieval on his own ass....Turn it up and have an imperfect day..."
The Wire (6/00, p.37) - "...Showcases newer Reed hits and the legendary VU songs....the heartless cyborg brilliance of these performances is absolutely stunning..."

Product note

Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals); Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter (guitar); Ray Colcord (keyboards); Prakash John (bass); Pentti Glan (drums).
Recorded at Howard Stein's Academy of Music, New York, New York on December 21, 1973. Includes reissue liner notes by Michael Hill
Digitally remastered by Bill Lacey.
By 1974, if you looked up "self-indulgence" in Webster's, you were likely to see Lou Reed's picture. In his professional and personal life, he brought hedonism to new heights, diving headlong into the world of drugs (even miming heroin injection on stage), flirting with androgyny and purposefully decadent sexual taboos. Musically, he indulged in the stylistic excesses of the day, as exemplified by this live album.
Buoyed by the twin guitar attack of Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter, he transforms Velvets classics like "White Light White Heat," "Sweet Jane" and "Rock 'N' Roll" into pomp/glam-rock showpieces, complete with (very) extended arrangements, elaborate instrumental sections, and of course, plenty of long guitar solos. Those who cling to the image of Reed as punk godfather might be mystified by his transformation here into Rock God. Those with a more intimate understand of Reed's chameleon-like tendencies will recognize this as an unusual, often elegant and attractive phase in a long, complex career.

Album Description

Lou Reed has always dabbled in contrasts, so it comes as no surprise that the follow-up to his darkly serious concept album BERLIN was a commercially oriented, good-time rock & roll fest. ROCK N' ROLL ANIMAL is a live set that finds Reed stretching out on some of his best-loved Velvet Underground tunes with the help of his crack touring band at the time. Though the songs are somewhat given to stylistic excess, the overall sound is streamlined, accessible, and visceral.
The twin guitar attack of Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter help transform Velvet classics like "White Light White Heat", "Sweet Jane", and "Rock 'N' Roll" into pomp/glam-rock [is pomp the word meant here? not pop?] showpieces, complete with extended arrangements, elaborate instrumental sections, and of course, plenty of long guitar solos. Those who cling to the image of Reed as punk godfather might be mystified by his transformation here into Rock God. But the heart of rock & roll beats in the chest of all of Reed's chameleon-like personalities, and ROCK 'N' ROLL ANIMAL amplifies the sound of that heart to great effect.

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