What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

Another artist that really never released a bad album IMHO !!!! perhaps he did with Metallica ...haven't listened to it at length! I remember back in 1973, Crazy, the critics slagged Lou's Berlin concept album whilst I was raving over it ! ...now nearly 40 years later, it's considered a classic of sorts !!!...go figure...lol

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LOU REED "growing up in public" cd,1980.

universally criticised in the music press at the time and also one of his worst selling albums....but i like this one(go figure?).
he was sort of at a crossroads here...several bad albums prior to this one..so he changed his style and looking back it was the start of 'delivery' of what he became in the 1980s and IMO he peaked with that sound on "new york" a few years later..
a highly personalised one in that he is looking at his private life in the lyrics.
the music is uptempo,yet simplistic in its delivery.
lyrically though, it is up there with his best works IMO...especially "how do you speak to an angel?"(absolutely classic Reed)
the almighty pro's at allmusic only rate this one a lowly converted 1.5.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: smiles
best track: how do you speak to an angel?

tracks:

1. how do you speak to an angel? ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uysWaBnKVd4 audio
2. my old man **
3. keep away **
4. growing up in public **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZHti-x2lE audio
5. standing on ceremony **
6. so alone **
7. love is here to stay **
8. the power of positive drinking **
9. smiles **
10. think it over **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3AlvGlsaCs audio
11.teach the gifted children ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pmvQsrsNA audio

3s=2
2s=9
1s=0

rating: 2.2