Lou Reed - Berlin: Live at St. Ann’s Warehouse
Artist:
Lou Reed
Review:
Upon the 1973 release of Berlin, a Rolling Stone critic
deemed the record “patently offensive.” Thirty years later, Lou
Reed’s concept album about speed freaks on a downward spiral of
infidelity, spousal abuse, parental neglect and death ranked 344 on
this magazine’s 500 all-time-greatest-albums list. Reed has always
fed upon this kind of irony, and in 2006 he staged a concert
adaptation of his rock musical in Brooklyn. (Painter-filmmaker
Julian Schnabel shot the performances.) Where Reed once…
Rating:
4 Stars
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