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[CRAZY-HORSE]

"NEW YORK" Lou Reed

dare i say it? this is my favourite Lou Reed album ever.
it was released in 1989,reaching #14 in UK and #40 in US
the album is like a storyboard of life,as Lou see it, in the Big Apple. to me, i cant just listen to one track, the album has to be listened to in one sitting,anything else is like reading a random chapter from a book...it just doesnt work that way.
Lou's lyrics are tight,precise and very witty in places to counteract the bleakness of the songs, the subject matter deals with interracial love,unemployment,vietnam vets,grugs,hookers,socio-economics,homosexuality,domestic violence,NYPD,racism and religion....all in a way only Lou Reed can do,and lets face it he is a master of these subjects.
the music is rough,raw and very garage rock sounding, and it all adds to the subject matter.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

best track:last great american whale
worst track:dime store mystery

tracks:

1....romeo and juliette(2.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-TGvfkTS...re=related
2....halloween parade(2.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2WFatJK5c
3....dirty blvd(3.0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31n-8ffVF...re=related
4....endless cycle(2.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFulWX-sD...re=related
5....this is no time(2.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNAnIG8g...re=related
6....last great american whale(3.0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlsSXNT2...re=related
7....busload of faith(2.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBIlehYpd...re=related
8....sick of you(2.0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKwqr2SK...re=related
9....hold on(2.0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzjD_ury...re=related
10..good evening mr.waldheim(2.0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66qe76gkC...re=related
11..xmas in february(2.0)
12..strawman(2.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiNiX5-z...re=related
13..dime store mystery(1.5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFU-hwKqK...re=related

3.0=2
2.5=6
2.0=4
1.5=1

rating 2.3