Lou Reed: Rock 'N Roll Animal CD Track Listing
Lou Reed
Rock 'N Roll Animal (1973)
AMG EXPERT REVIEW: In 1974, after the commercial disaster of his album\nBerlin, Lou Reed needed a hit, and Rock 'n' Roll Animal was a rare display\nof commercial acumen on his part, just the right album at just the right\ntime. Recorded in concert with Reed's crack road band at thepeak of their\nform, Rock 'n' Roll Animal offered a set of his most anthemic songs (most\ndating from his days with the Velvet Underground) inarrangements that\npresented his lean, effective melodies and street-level lyrics in their\nmost user-friendly form (or at least as user friendly as an album with\na song called "Heroin" can get). Early '70s arena-rock bombast is often\nthe order of the day, but guitarists Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter use their\nsix-string muscle to lift these songs up, not weigh them down, and with\nReed's passionate but controlled vocals riding over the top, "Sweet Jane,"\n"White Light/White Heat," and "Rock 'n' Roll" finally sound like the radio\nhits they always should havebeen. Reed would rarely sound this commercial\nagain, but Rock 'n' Roll Animal proves he could please a crowd when he\nhad to. The revised CDreissue of Rock 'n' Roll Animal released in 2000\noffers markedly better sound than the album's initial release, along with\ntwo bonus cut that give a better idea of how this band approached the material\nfrom Berlin on stage, as well as an amusing moment of Reed verbally sparring\nwith a heckler. -- Mark Deming YEAR: 1973 ID3G: 17
This rock cd contains 7 tracks and runs 48min 14sec.
Freedb: 550b4c07
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: Music
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: music songs tracks rock Rock
- Lou Reed - Intro / Sweet Jane (07:57)
- Lou Reed - Heroin (13:16)
- Lou Reed - How Do You Think It Feels (Previously Unreleased) (03:45)
- Lou Reed - Caroline Says I (Previously Unreleased) (03:51)
- Lou Reed - White Light White Heat (05:11)
- Lou Reed - Lady Day (04:00)
- Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll (10:08)
