Biography

From his initial work with the Velvet Underground through his myriad solo disguises, the career of Lou Reed defies capsule summarization. Like David Bowie, he has made over his image many times, mutating from theatrical glam rocker to scary-looking junkie to avant-garde noiseman to straight rock & roller to your average guy. He expanded the vocabulary of rock & roll lyrics into the previously forbidden territory of kinky sex, drug use, transvestites, homosexuality, and suicidal depression, and has remained committed to using rock & roll as a forum for literary, mature expression well into middle age, without growing lyrically soft or musically complacent. ~ Richie Unterberger & Greg Prato

Top Tracks

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• A Dream

• A Thousand Departed Friends

• All Through The Night

• All Tomorrow's Parties

• Average Guy

• Banging On My Drum

• Beginning Of A Great Adventure

• Berlin

• Betrayed

• Billy

• Bottoming Out

• Candy Says

• Caroline Says I

• Caroline Says, Pt. 1

• Coney Island Baby

• Crazy Feeling

• Dirty Blvd.

• Downtown Dirt

• Dragon

• Ecstasy

• Egg Cream

• Frustration

• Growing Up In Public

• Here Comes The Bride

• Heroin

• How Do You Think It Feels

• I Can't Stand It

• I Love You, Suzanne

• I'll Be Your Mirror

• I'm Waiting For The Man

• Images

• Intro/sweet Jane

• Kicks

• Kill Your Sons

• Lady Day

• Leave Her For Me

• Leave Me Alone

• Lisa Says

• Love Makes You Feel

• Mad

• Magic And Loss

• Make Up Mind

• Mama's Got A Lover

• Man Of Good Fortune

• Medley: Some Kinda Love/sister Ray

• Metal Machine Music, Pt. 1

• Mistress Dread

• My Friend George

• My Old Man

• New Sensations

• No Money Down

• Paranoia Key Of E

• Perfect Day

• Power And Glory

• Real Good Time Together

• Ride Into The Sun

• Ride Sally Ride

• Rock & Roll

• Romeo Had Juliette

• Sad Song

• Sally Can't Dance

• Satellite Of Love

• Set The Twilight Reeling

• Shooting Star

• Smalltown

• So Alone

• Street Hassle

• Stupid Man

• Style It Takes

• Sweet Jane

• Sword Of Damocles

• Temporary Thing

• The Bed

• The Bells

• The Blue Mask

• The Gun

• The Kids

• The Last Shot

• Trade In

• Vicious

• Walk On The Wild Side

• Waltzing Matilda/street Hassle/slipaway

• What's Good

• White Light/white Heat

• Women

• Your Love

Discography

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• Lulu

  Warner Bros.

  2011

• Hudon River Wind Meditations

  Gemini Sun / Sounds True

  2007

• Le Bataclan '72

  Dynamic

  2004

• Animal Serenade

  Reprise / Warner Bros.

  2004

• American Poet

  NMC / Pilot

  2001

• Ecstasy

  Reprise / Warner Bros.

  2000

• Perfect Night: Live in London

  Reprise / Warner Bros.

  1998

• Magic and Loss

  Sire

  1992

• New York

  Sire

  1989