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Lou Reed - Berlin album flac Performer: Lou Reed
Title: Berlin
Style: Alternative Rock
Released: 1973
Country: US
MP3 album: 1727 mb
FLAC album: 1909 mb
Rating: 4.1
Other formats: MP4 ADX MIDI APE AAC MOD MP2
Genre: Rock

Berlin follows Jim and Caroline, two drug addicts living together in the divided city of Berlin (which Lou Reed, notably, had never visited before the album’s recording). Loosely based on Reed’s own increasing drug dependency and his declining relationship with then-wife Bettye Kronstad, it tracks them through their quick and dramatic downfall into prostitution ( Lady Day ), domestic violence ( Caroline Says II ), substance abuse ( How Do You Think It Feels ), and, finally, suicide ( The Bed ). In 2008, Reed revived the album for a Julian Schnabel-directed concert film, Berlin: Live at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

Berlin is the third solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in July 1973 by RCA Records. A concept album, Berlin tells the story of a couple's struggle with drug addiction and abuse. Initially, critical reception was mixed but appraisals of the album have warmed over the years: in 1973 Rolling Stone declared the album "a disaster" but in 2003, the album was ranked No. 344 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Lou Reed is the debut solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in April 1972 by RCA Records, two years after he left the Velvet Underground.

Transformer and "Walk on the Wild Side" were both major hits in 1972, to the surprise of both Lou Reed and the music industry, and with Reed suddenly a hot commodity, he used his newly won clout to make the most ambitious album of his career, Berlin.

Berlin may be a great album, it’s just not an easy one to listen to. It's intensely dark in its lyrical content, charting the doomed relationship of Caroline and Jim following them through drug addiction, domestic violence and suicide. Not the cheeriest of subjects for a concept album. First released in 1973, it was a commercial failure but became a cult classic. Berlin came hot on the heels of Reed’s glam rock masterpiece Transformer. Anyone expecting a commercial follow-up was non-plussed to say the least

Album · 1973 · 10 Songs. At the time of its 1973 release, Berlin was met with quizzical stares. After the success of Transformer and the hit "Walk on the Wild Side," Lou Reed had positioned himself as a leader of the glam rock movement. However, the former Velvet Underground leader always found greater comfort on society's margins, and his college days studying with Delmore Schwartz had instilled in him a sense of literary purpose. So doing Transformer II was out of the question. Instead, Reed released an album that's as introspective and painful as any album could be. Great beauty rests alongside.

Tracklist

A1 Berlin
A2 Lady Day
A3 Men Of Good Fortune
A4 Caroline Says I
A5 How Do You Think It Feels
A6 Oh Jim
B1 Caroline Says II
B2 The Kids
B3 The Bed
B4 Sad Song

Credits

  • Producer – Bob Ezrin
  • Written-By – Lou Reed

Notes

Manufactured by Pye Record Manufacturing Division, Auckland, New Zealand.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
APL1-0207 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, Dyn) RCA Victor APL1-0207 US 1973
NL 84388 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, RE) RCA International NL 84388 Europe 1985
AYK1-4388 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(Cass, Album, RE) RCA Victor AYK1-4388 US 1983
NL 84388 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, Bla) RCA Victor NL 84388 Europe Unknown
SVLP 066 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, RE, TP) Simply Vinyl SVLP 066 Europe 1998

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Berlin
Piano – Allan Macmillan
3:23
A2 Lady Day
Bass – Gene MartynecDrums – B.J. Wilson
3:40
A3 Men Of Good Fortune
Piano – Blue Weaver
4:37
A4 Caroline Says I 3:57
A5 How Do You Think It Feels 3:42
A6 Oh, Jim 5:13
B1 Caroline Says II
Drums – B.J. Wilson
4:10
B2 The Kids
Bass – Tony Levin
7:55
B3 The Bed
Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Arranged By [Vocals] – Gene Martynec
5:51
B4 Sad Song 6:55

Credits

  • Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Lou Reed
  • Arranged By – Allan Macmillan, Bob Ezrin
  • Artwork [Album Concept, Design] – Pacific Eye & Ear
  • Bass – Jack Bruce (tracks: A1, A3 to B2, B4, B5)
  • Bass Trombone – Jon Pierson
  • Choir – Dennis Ferrante, Dick Wagner, Elizabeth March, Lou Reed, Steve Hyden
  • Drums – Aynsley Dunbar (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3, B4)
  • Electric Guitar – Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter
  • Engineer – Dennis Ferrante, Peter Flanagan, Robin Black
  • Organ, Harmonium – Steve Winwood
  • Piano, Mellotron, Choir – Bob Ezrin
  • Producer – Bob Ezrin
  • Songwriter – Lou Reed
  • Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
  • Tracking By [Overdubbing] – Richard Kewzey
  • Trumpet – Randy Brecker

Notes

US black labels

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
APL1-0207 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, Dyn) RCA Victor APL1-0207 US 1973
NL 84388 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, RE) RCA International NL 84388 Europe 1985
AYK1-4388 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(Cass, Album, RE) RCA Victor AYK1-4388 US 1983
NL 84388 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, Bla) RCA Victor NL 84388 Europe Unknown
SVLP 066 Lou Reed Berlin ‎(LP, Album, RE, TP) Simply Vinyl SVLP 066 Europe 1998