release date: Apr. 1979
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,35]
producer: Lou Reed
label: Arista Records - nationality: USA
9th studio album by Lou Reed following his double live album Live: Take No Prisoners (Nov. 1978). The mid-70s found Lou Reed moving away from glam rock and making music primarily in pop / rock with a certain art rock profile. Here he expands his stylistic universe and incorporates disco and funk. I never really liked the album that much, and find it more of a transition period. Normally, Lou writes his songs all by himself, but here most songs are composed in a collaboration work with either Nils Lofgren (tracks #1, #4, #6), Michael Fonfara (tracks #2 and #3), Marty Fogel (tracks #2 and #9), Ellard Boles (tracks #2 and 8), or Don Cherry (track #7). At worst, it sounds somewhat like a poor imitation of Bruce Springsteen.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
