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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 06/17/2008
Playlist: The Very Best of Lou Reed features an eclectic set of tracks defined on the back jacket as "the life-changing songs, the out-of-print tracks, the hits, the fan favorites everyone loves, and the songs that make the artists who they are."
Reed, with his myriad personas and wildly uneven catalog makes for a difficult subject to dutifully chronicle, and
Playlist is no better nor worse than other attempts. Through 13 cuts (four songs off of
Transformer, two from
Coney Island Baby, and a smattering of one-offs from
Berlin,
Rock 'N' Roll Animal,
Sally Can't Dance,
New Sensations,
Live in Italy,
Lou Reed, and
Street Hassle), listeners can decide for themselves whether or not bona fide
Reed classics like
"Satellite of Love," "Sweet Jane," and
"Vicious" pair well with all 11 minutes of
"Street Hassle," but at least they managed to leave out any
Velvet Underground tracks this time around and let the focus stay on the man's far more prolific solo career. [
Legacy's
Playlist series functions both as a conventional CD and as a CD-ROM, featuring a large .pdf file with complete liner and track info, CD-quality plus mp3-ready files, photos, wallpaper, and other extras.]
~James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
;)
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