Sally Can't Dance
release date: Aug. 1974
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,58]
producer: Steve Katz, Lou Reed
label: RCA Records - nationality: USA
4th studio album by Lou Reed isn't really the place to start if you wanna check out the man's repertoire. This is possibly his most funky album, but Lou still comes out as a laid-back, almost indifferent musician, who release just another one. It doesn't contain classics nor horrible nonsense, but it stays there in the middle of nowhere with no ambitions to do much other than... entertain? It's Lou's first studio album that doesn't contain any songs he had written while in The Velvet Underground, and it's his first in a long series of albums with keyboardist Michael Fonfara. It's also known for having been made in a period where Lou was either high on drugs or drunk. It's a bit of a low point, really, although his fifth studio album, the successor really hits the bottom, Metal Machine Music from 1975 is... just a Lou Reed (experimental) release, and that's the best thing you can say about that. This one is mediocre, and Lou has produced several.
[ allmusic.com 2 / 5 stars ]