Perfect Night: Live in London

Perfect Night: Live in London
Live album by Lou Reed
Released	April 21, 1998
Recorded	July 3, 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	66:08
Label	Sire
Producer	Lou Reed, Mike Rathke
Lou Reed chronology
Retro (1998)Retro1998 Perfect Night: Live in London (1998) A Retrospective (1998)A Retrospective1998

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Perfect Night: Live in London is an acoustic live album by Lou Reed recorded during the Meltdown '97 festival. It includes a version of the Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror", originally sung by Nico. The album includes two songs, "Talking Book" and "Into The Divine" from the 1996 play "Time Rocker" Lou's collaboration with Robert Wilson (direction and design), and Darryl Pinckney (text).^[3] The cover photograph was taken by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. In Australia, the 2-CD tour edition of Reed's album Ecstasy included Perfect Night as the second disc.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed

1. "I'll Be Your Mirror"
2. "Perfect Day"
3. "The Kids"
4. "Vicious"
5. "Busload of Faith"
6. "Kicks"
7. "Talking Book"
8. "Into the Divine"
9. "Coney Island Baby"
10. "New Sensations"
11. "Why Do You Talk"
12. "Riptide"
13. "Original Wrapper"
14. "Sex with Your Parents"
15. "Dirty Blvd."

Personnel

• Lou Reed - guitar, vocals
• Mike Rathke - guitar
• Fernando Saunders - bass, backing vocals
• Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums

References