“Last laughs can be sweet, and according to
music journalist, Anthony DeCurtis, his friend, the late Lou Reed, ‘reveled’ in the critical drubbing that greeted his 3rd solo album, 1973’s
Berlin. Not immediately, however.Berlin, which followed hard on the heels of Reed’s widely adored
Transformer, had a painful, protracted delivery. This was due in part due to RCA execs getting cold feet about releasing Reed’s grim concept record as a double album. This necessitated a lot of pruning, a week before deadline.Producer Bob Ezrin, who had planted the idea for a concept album based on
a track from Reed’s eponymous first solo effort, was detoxing in the hospital, and thus not present for the final mastering. But much of the hell leading to
Berlin’s release was a hell of Reed’s own making. ...”
2010 August: Heroin, 2011 June: All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground, 2011 June: The Velvet Underground, 2012 November: Songs for Drella - Lou Reed and John Cale, 2013 October: Lou Reed (1942 - 2013), 2014 June: The Bells (1979), 2014 August: New York (1989), 2015 June: Capitol Theatre Passaic, NJ 9/25/1984, 2015 October: The Blue Mask (1982), 2016 March: New Sensations (1984), 2016 May: Coney Island Baby (1976), 2017 March: Celebrating Lou Reed: 1942–2013, 2017 November: Watch Footage of the Velvet Underground Composing..., 2018 February: Street Hassle (1978), 2018 October: Lou Reed at The Ritz (07-16-1986), 2019 February: Lou Reed, John Cale And Nico - Le Bataclan '72 (1972)
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