New York (album)

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New York
New York cover
Studio album by Lou Reed
Released December 13, 1988
Recorded May 1988-October 1988
Genre Rock
Length 56:40
Label Sire
Producer(s) Lou Reed and Fred Maher
Professional reviews
Lou Reed chronology
Mistrial
(1986)		 New York
(1988)		 Songs for Drella
(1990)


New York is a 1988 album by Lou Reed. It was received very warmly as a return to the style of The Velvet Underground, the group which Reed founded in the 1960s and whose legacy had grown in stature during the 1980s as it was carried on by any number of alternative rock acts. Reed's straightforward, rock and roll sound on this album was unusual for the time and — along with other releases such as Graham Parker's The Mona Lisa's Sister — presaged a back-to-basics turn in mainstream rock music. On the other hand, the lyrics through the 14 songs are profuse and carefully woven, making New York Reed's most overtly conceptual album since the early 1970s. His polemical liner notes direct the listener to hear the 57-minute album in one sitting, "as though it were a book or a movie."

"Dirty Blvd." was a #1 hit on the newly created Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed except as indicated.

  1. "Romeo Had Juliette" – 3:09
  2. "Halloween Parade" – 3:33
  3. "Dirty Blvd." – 3:29
  4. "Endless Cycle" – 4:01
  5. "There Is No Time" – 3:45
  6. "Last Great American Whale" – 3:42
  7. "Beginning of a Great Adventure" (Reed, Mike Rathke) – 4:57
  8. "Busload of Faith" – 4:50
  9. "Sick of You" – 3:25
  10. "Hold On" – 3:24
  11. "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" – 4:35
  12. "Xmas in February" – 2:55
  13. "Strawman" – 5:54
  14. "Dime Store Mystery" – 5:01

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional musicians

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