release date: Apr. 1984
format: vinyl (PL84998) / digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,22]
producer: John Jansen, Lou Reed
label: RCA Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "I Love You, Suzanne" (official video - live) - 2. "Endlessly Jealous" - 4. "Turn to Me" - 5. "New Sensations" - 6. "Doin' the Things That We Want To" - 11. "Down at the Arcade"
13th studio album by Lou Reed follows only a single year after the predecessor Legendary Hearts (Mar. 1983), and on this he has teamed up with John Jansen as album producers. Perhaps, given Reed's hard time as only producer on the '83 album. The album marks another style-shift reflecting a turn to a more positive universe. The album oozes of warmth and a happy Lou [?]. It seems like Lou Reed has left the dark 70s and turned his back on drugs and excesses. I actually purchased this upon its release, but I didn't really enjoy it all that much. I guess, I fell for the single hit, but then quickly tired from both album and that song in particular. In retrospect, the whole album works a lot better than I recall, and it has aged quite well. The track "I Love You, Suzanne" is close to being a pure pop song. But then, it could very well have been included on New York (Jan. 1989).
New Sensations shows Reed in his experimental corner, going new ways but it's not one of his better albums.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
