Berlin Lou Reed

• 1 Berlin 03:23
• 2 Lady Day 03:38
• 3 Men of Good Fortune 04:36
• 4 Caroline Says I 03:57
• 5 How Do You Think It Feels 03:42
• 6 Oh Jim 05:09
• 7 Caroline Says II 04:13
• 8 The Kids 07:49
• 9 The Bed 05:51
• 10 Sad Song 06:56
• Total Runtime 49:14

Info for Berlin

Following the international success of 'Transformer' Lou followed his commercial breakthrough with a follow-up which dealt with such optimistic themes as suicide and child neglect. All of which naturally meant that 'Berlin' (No. 7 UK, No. 98 US '73) didn't quite reach the same degree of critical acclaim that 'Transformer' managed at the time.

Nonetheless, 'Berlin' still hit the Top 10 Album Chart in the UK and scraped into the Top 100 in the US. In retrospect there is little doubt that the album was, perhaps, unfairly maligned by the critics back then, maybe because it was a much darker album than the consumer friendly 'Transformer'. Features the classic songs 'Caroline Says', 'Berlin' and 'Lady Day'. Oh yeah_..the album also contains a full lyric insert sheet.

'For his third solo album, Reed hired Canadian studio whiz Bob Ezrin. Ezrin and Reed concocted a brilliant album-length concept loosely constructed around the song 'Berlin', from Reed's first solo album. Recording in London, Ezrin assembled a dream band including Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Aynsley Dunbar, and two relatively unknown guitar heroes, Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner, while Reed's writing and singing has never been better.' (Rolling Stone)

'...a melancholy masterpiece...places Reed's dry narrative in sophisticated settings...' (Q Magazine)

'...Fascinating....Detailing a couple's breakup, a woman's breakdown and her eventual suicide.....succeeding despite itself...' (The Wire)

'...Heartbreak. Heroin. Dubonnet on ice. Reed poured all this badness into this bitter and twisted masterpiece...' (NME Magazine)

Lou Reed, vocals, acoustic guitar
Bob Ezrin, piano, mellotron
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Jack Bruce, bass (except 'Lady Day' & 'The Kids“)
Aynsley Dunbar, drums (except 'Lady Day' & 'The Kids“)
Steve Hunter, electric guitar
Tony Levin, bass (on 'The Kids“)
Allan Macmillan, piano (on 'Berlin“)
Gene Martynec, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, bass (on 'Lady Day“)
Jon Pierson, bass trombone
Dick Wagner, background vocals, electric guitar
Blue Weaver, piano (on 'Men of Good Fortune“)
B.J. Wilson, drums (on 'Lady Day' & 'The Kids“)
Steve Winwood, organ, harmonium
Steve Hyden, choir
Elizabeth March, choir
Lou Reed, choir
Dick Wagner, choir

Recorded at Morgan Studios, London; Record Plant Studios, New York
Engineered by Jim Reeves
Produced by Bob Ezrin

Digitally remastered

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