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Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll Animal (1974)(Japan 7-track Remaster 2006)
In 1974, after the commercial disaster of his album Berlin, Lou Reed needed a hit, and Rock N Roll Animal was a rare display of commercial acumen on his part, just the right album at just the right time. Recorded in concert with Reed's crack road band at the peak of their form, Rock N Roll Animal offered a set of his most anthemic songs (most dating from his days with the Velvet Underground) in arrangements that presented his lean, effective melodies and street-level lyrics in their most user-friendly form (or at least as user friendly as an album with a song called "Heroin" can get). Early-'70s arena rock bombast is often the order of the day, but guitarists Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter use their six-string muscle to lift these songs up, not weigh them down, and with Reed's passionate but controlled vocals riding over the top, "Sweet Jane," "White Light/White Heat," and "Rock 'n' Roll" finally sound like the radio hits they always should have been. Reed would rarely sound this commercial again, but Rock N Roll Animal proves he could please a crowd when he had to. [The revised CD reissue of Rock N Roll Animal released in 2000 offers markedly better sound than the album's initial release, along with two bonus cuts that give a better idea of how this band approached the material from Berlin on-stage, as well as an amusing moment of Reed verbally sparring with a heckler.] Mark Deming
Lou Reed has always dabbled in contrasts, so it comes as no surprise that the follow-up to his darkly serious concept album BERLIN was a commercially oriented, good-time rock & roll fest. Rock 'N' Roll Animal is a live set that finds Reed stretching ... Full Descriptionout on some of his best-loved Velvet Underground tunes with the help of his crack touring band at the time. Though the songs are somewhat given to stylistic excess, the overall sound is streamlined, accessible, and visceral. The twin guitar attack of Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter help transform Velvet classics like "White Light White Heat," "Sweet Jane," and "Rock 'N' Roll" into pomp/glam-rock [is pomp the word meant here? not pop?] showpieces, complete with extended arrangements, elaborate instrumental sections, and of course, plenty of long guitar solos. Those who cling to the image of Reed as punk godfather might be mystified by his transformation here into Rock God. But the heart of rock & roll beats in the chest of all of Reed's chameleon-like personalities, and ROCK 'N' ROLL ANIMAL amplifies the sound of that heart to great effect...D. Jellinc
Codec: flac
Size: 330 MB
Genre : Rock
2000mustangs
Line-up
* Lou Reed – vocals
* Steve Hunter – guitar
* Dick Wagner – guitar, vocal
The Frost (ft. Dick Wagner)- Rock and Roll Music (1969) (2006)
* Prakash John – bass, vocals
* Ray Colcord - keyboards
* Pentti Glan – drums, percussion
Tracklist:
01 Intro/Sweet Jane 7:59
02 Heroin 12:48
03 How Do You Think It Feels Bonus 5:09
04 Caroline Says I Bonus 3:59
05 White Light/White Heat 9:52
06 Lady Day 3:54
07 Rock & Roll 9:33
