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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Lou Reed |
| Record Label: |
RCA Records (USA) |
| Contributing Artist: |
Steve Winwood |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Release Date: |
March 24, 1998 |
| Album Duration: |
49m:35s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Berlin 2. Lady Day 3. Men of Good Fortune 4. Caroline Says (I) 5. How Do You Think It Feels 6. Oh, Jim 7. Caroline Says (II) 8. Kids 9. Bed 10. Sad Song |
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Personnel include: Lou Reed (vocals, acoustic guitar); Gene Martynec (acoustic guitar, synthesizer); Dick Wagner (electric guitar, background vocals); Steve Hunter (electric guitar); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Jon Pierson (bass trombone); Bob Ezrin (piano, Mellotron); Blue Weaver, Allan Macmillan (piano); Steve Winwood (harmonium, organ); Tony Levin , Jack Bruce (bass instrument); Aynsley Dunbar, B.J. Wilson (drums). Liner Note Author: Michael Hill. Recording information: Morgan Studios, North London, United Kingdom. After the success of his glam-rockish TRANSFORMER, the expectation was that Lou Reed would plow deeper into commercial territory. As usual, Reed delighted in confounding expectations. BERLIN is a song cycle that uses the decadence of its namesake and some Brecht/Weill-esque orchestrations to tell a story of two psychically damaged people and their doomed relationship. (Aided by Berlin producer Bob Ezrin, Pink Floyd would attempt a similar feat several years l... |
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