Lou Reed - Berlin

Lou Reed - Berlin

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Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Lou Reed [click here to see more products featuring Lou Reed]

Choir – Bob Ezrin, Dennis Ferrante, Dick Wagner, Elizabeth March, Lou Reed, Steve Hyden

Bass Trombone – Jon Pierson

Electric Guitar – Dick Wagner, Steve Hunter

Organ, Harmonium – Steve Winwood

Piano, Mellotron – Bob Ezrin

Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker

Trumpet – Randy Brecker

Bass – Jack Bruce (A1, A3 to B1, B3-4), Gene Martynec (A2), Tony Levin (B2)

Drums – Aynsley Dunbar (A1, A3 to B1, B3-4), B.J. Wilson (A2, B2)

Piano – Allan Macmillan (A1), Blue Weaver (A3)

Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer – Gene Martynec (B3)

Arranged by Allan Macmillan, Bob Ezrin

Vocal Arrangements by Gene Martynec (B3)

Written by Lou Reed

 

1 LP, gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing

Limited numbered edition

Original analog Master tape : YES

Heavy Press : 180g

Record color : black

Speed : 33 RPM

Size : 12'’

Stereo

Studio

Record Press : Fidelity Record Pressing

Label : Mofi

Original Label : RCA Victor

Recorded at Morgan Studio, London and Record Plant, New York City

Recorded by Peter Flanagan, Robin Black

Engineered by Richard Lewzey at CTS Studios and Danny Turbeville, Dennis Ferrante, Ed Sprigg, Greg Calby, Jay Messina, Jim Frank, Jim Reeves, Joe Lopes, Pat Martin, Shelley Yakus at Record Plant

Produced by Bob Ezrin

Design by Pacific Eye & Ear

Photography by La Legion, Saint-Jivago Desanges

Originally released in October 1973

Reissued in 2024

 

Tracks:

Side A:

  1. Berlin
  2. Lady Day
  3. Men of Good Fortune
  4. Caroline Says I
  5. How Do You Think It Feels
  6. Oh, Jim

Side B:

  1. Caroline Says II
  2. The Kids
  3. The Bed
  4. Sad Song

 

Awards:

Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time - Ranked No. 344

Included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

 

Reviews :

“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 was the musical equivalent of a drug-addled kid set loose in a candy store; the album's songs, which form a loose story line about a doomed romance between two chemically fueled bohemians, were fleshed out with a huge, boomy production (Bob Ezrin at his most grandiose) and arrangements overloaded with guitars, keyboards, horns, strings, and any other kitchen sink that was handy (the session band included Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Aynsley Dunbar, and Tony Levin). And while Reed had often been accused of focusing on the dark side of life, he and Ezrin approached Berlin as their opportunity to make The Most Depressing Album of All Time, and they hardly missed a trick. This all seemed a bit much for an artist who made such superb use of the two-guitars/bass/drums lineup with the Velvet Underground, especially since Reed doesn't even play electric guitar on the album; the sheer size of Berlin ultimately overpowers both Reed and his material. But if Berlin is largely a failure of ambition, that sets it apart from the vast majority of Reed's lesser works; Lou's vocals are both precise and impassioned, and though a few of the songs are little more than sketches, the best -- "How Do You Think It Feels," "Oh, Jim," "The Kids," and "Sad Song" -- are powerful, bitter stuff. It's hard not to be impressed by Berlin, given the sheer scope of the project, but while it earns an A for effort, the actual execution merits more of a B-.” AllMusic Review by Mark Deming

 

 

Ratings :

AllMusic : 3.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.35 / 5




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