release date: Oct. 1976
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,57]
producer: Lou Reed
label: Arista Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 4. "You Wear It So Well" - 6. "Rock and Roll Heart" - 12. "Temporary Thing"
7th studio album by Lou Reed and his first on Arista Records after leaving RCA. Despite having a more than a few interesting stories, it's not really a great album. Two of songs here - track #3 "Follow the Leader" and track #11 "A Sheltered Life" were written by Reed at the time when he was part of The Velvet Underground, and deom and live recordings of these have later been issued. The attempt was possibly to follow Coney Island, Baby but the sound remains more one-dimensional, and Lou just plays and sings on auto-pilot, sounding rather indifferent. Not a favourite Lou Reed album.
No recommended.
[ allmusic.com 2 / 5 stars ]
