Hudson River Wind Meditations

Hudson River Wind Meditations
Studio album by Lou Reed
Released	April 24, 2007
Recorded	2006
Studio	Animal Lab, New York City
Genre	Meditational music, new-age
Label	Sounds True
Producer	Lou Reed, Hal Willner
Lou Reed chronology
Le Bataclan '72 (2004)Le Bataclan '722004 Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007) The Creation of the Universe (2008)The Creation of the Universe2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Prefix Magazine	(8.0/10)[2]

Hudson River Wind Meditations is the twentieth and final solo album by Lou Reed, a collection of meditational music on the Sounds True record label. It is a departure from his regular rock output. It is named for one of New York City's key features, the Hudson River. It is inner music intended to relax the body, mind and spirit, adjunct to T'ai chi and bodywork. The cover photograph is also by Reed.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Lou Reed.

1. "Move Your Heart" – 28:54
2. "Find Your Note" – 31:35
3. "Hudson River Wind (Blend the Ambiance)" – 1:50
4. "Wind Coda" – 5:23

Personnel

• Héctor Castillo - Mixing engineer (at Animal Lab, NYC)
• Timothy Greenfield-Sanders - Photography (Lou Reed portrait, album back cover)
• Emily Lazar - Mastering engineer (at The Lodge, Greenwich Village)
• Mark Mahaney - Photo assistance
• Chad Morgan - Package design
• Karen Polaski - Package design
• Lou Reed - Executive co-producer, author, all arrangements, performer, mixing engineer, photography (album front cover)
• Hal Willner - executive co-producer, Mixing Engineer (at Animal Lab, NYC)
• Thanks to: Hal Willner, Héctor Castillo, Laurie Anderson, Zeljko McMullen, Tom Sarig, Jennifer Coffee, Chantal Pierrat, Dr. Shelly Peng, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, and Vita Shapiro.
• Special thanks to Ableton Live.

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