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New York
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075992582926
Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
MPN: 25829
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sire / London/Rhino
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Sire / London/Rhino
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Editorial Review:
New York is arguably Lou Reed's greatest hour as a solo artist. A song-cycle about his beloved city in the '80s, Reed adopts a conversational tone to discuss politics, AIDS, romance, TV preachers, and whatever else is on his mind. While his voice never ranges far, the album kicks into high gear with the twin guitar attack of Reed and Mike Rathke, which takes simple, three-chord rock into a truly transcendent space. "Romeo Had Juliette" cruises like a cab down a bumpy avenue, while "Strawman" curls with rage. Like the city that gives it its name, New York never rests. --Rob O'Connor
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Powerful Social Commentary - and innovative musical sound
I make no bones about it. For a long time when I listened to Lou Reed, I just never got it. For some reason, I always had Reed pigeon-holded as a one hit wonder artist (i.e. "Walk on the Wild Side") with a cult following. Let's also face it, when it comes to vocals, Reed isn't going to be mistaken as an all-time legendary vocalist. Then something changed - I heard Reed's "Dirty Blvd" from his 1989 album, "New York". This song just got me. I don't know if it was whether it was the guitar ... Read More
Rating: - Paradigm from the South
I bought this album on cassette in 1988 from a mom amd pop record store on the seeming advice of a Rolling Stone critic whose name I do not recall. In retrospect, this album was named one of the top 100 of the '80's by that aforementioned magazine. Anyway, the reviewer was accurate in his description of Reed's work. Being from the South, a small rural town in Georgia, I know almost nothing of the realities of New York City so Mr. Reed's truths are quite possibly wasted on my limited insights. Movies ... Read More
Rating: - My First encounter with lou
This is an exelent Album, very harsh, very personal, this is the firs Lou Reed Album I ever got, and what a way to start.
Rating: - New York
Lou Reed-New York *****
Next to Berlin, New York may be Lou Reeds best solo effort. New York is a distructive tail about his beloved city during the citys all time low period, the 1980's. Tales of sex, drugs, aids, romance, poverty, and even politics at time. On New York Lou Reed holds nothing back what ever he felt or thought comes through in the songs. This also marks the first Reed album with has absolutly no trace of Velvet Underground sound or anything that resembles the past (except ... Read More
Rating: - Literate rock
This collection of 14 sketches represents one of the most powerful song cycles of Reed's career. On New York he deals with the wider world rather than personal concerns for a change, and in the enchanting core of New York City, he found enough to comment upon, like crime on "Romeo Had Juliette," the terrible impact of AIDS in "Halloween Parade," the tragedy and psychology of child abuse in the poignant "Endless Cycle," the plight of the homeless on "Xmas in February" and wrong priorities on the powerful rocker ... Read More
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