After the best part of a decade spent adrift of past glories, Lou Reed looked to his immediate environment for inspiration and produced with his most acclaimed work since The Velvet Underground disbanded. The narrator of songs such as "Sunset Boulevard" and "Good Evening Mr Waldheim" though, couldn't be more different to the drug-addled nihilist who wrote "Waiting For The Man". In "New York", drugs are still part of everyday life, but Reed's spleen is targeted at the forces responsible for such social malaise--none of which would matter, of course, were it not for the stripped down garage sound which substantially loosens the mood. Doubters may suggest we be spared from another reformed rebel turned concerned parent, but if there's anything objectionable about "New York", it's the regrettable mullet hairstyle sported by its author--a far greater crime than any that recur in his lyrics. "--Peter Paphides"
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Romeo Had Juliette | |
Halloween Parade | |
Dirty Blvd. | |
Endless Cycle | |
There Is No Time | |
Last Great American Whale | |
Beginning of a Great Adventure | |
Busload of Faith | |
Sick of You | |
Hold On | |
Good Evening Mr Waldheim | |
Xmas in February | |
Strawman | |
Dime Store Mystery |