Walk On The Wild Side The Best Of Lou Reed Music Cd

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side The Best Of Lou Reed

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Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed      Artist : Lou Reed      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $8.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : RCA      Label : RCA      Avg. Customer Rating : (13 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Walk On The Wild Side The Best Of Lou Reed      THIS COLLECTION SMELLS LIKE A BUFFALO TURD! YUK!      Rating:      This collection is way too short and is missing so much and it makes no sense because there's SO MUCH room left on this cd. I don't get record companies that decide to release an album on cd yet they don't do anything to enhance an already measly collection. What is the point???? Anyway, you get the ultra classic "Satellite of Love" with those great Bowie harmonies at the end and hand claps and you also get the expected "Walk on the wild side" which was one of only two top 40 hits scored so far in Lou's career. You also get a slice of the incendiary "Rock n' roll animal" with "Sweet jane" but the scorching guitar twin attack opening has been chopped off which really sucks since it's one of the highlights of that album but "White light" plays on uncut. There's the laidback tendertale of "Coney Island baby" in where Lou proclaims that he "wanted to play football for the coach" and then dedicates the song to his transexual love interest Rachel saying that he would give it all up for her. You also get the playful "Wild child" and "I love you" off his debut and "How do you think it feels" from the ultra depressed but masterful "Berlin". Now my big problem with this collection is where is the artful and touching masterpiece "Perfect day" and the brutal epic "Street Hassle" and the harrowing "Lady day" and the poetic eloquence of "Women" etc.... I mean Lou is one of the greatest writers of all time so when you say "The Best of Lou Reed" well then you expect to get not a taste of the best of but THE BEST OF!!!! This is a cd release of an old album so add in the classics like "Street hassle" and or a interview possibly never released before or something else other than this pathetic excuse for a collection from one of the icons of rock. You'd do much better by breaking out a few more bills and getting the Lou conceived double collection "NYC MAN" where you get a slice of Velvets and a BIG CHUNK of Lou's solo career. There's no other way to do it because Lou is that great an artist. Skip on this morsel and get yourself A REAL MEAL and don't forget to click on that response button and voice with me that you agree that this collection SMELLS LIKE A BUFFALO TURD!!!!!! WHEW!!!!! MAN IT STINKS!!!!!!!!! Other Essential Lou/Velvet Albums that every rock fan should also have in their collection=The Velvet Underground and nico,The Velvet Underground, Loaded, New York, Berlin, The Blue mask, Transformer, Rock n' roll animal, and Coney Island Baby.     Customer Reviews for Walk On The Wild Side The Best Of Lou Reed Cd      Ho-Hum "Best of..." package best left on the shelf      Rating:      There are a few things about this "Best of" collection that deserve mention: 1) The photo-montage on the cover shows Lou with longtime "girlfriend" Rachel, a transsexual man who Lou dated for a large part of the mid-70's. Lou has refused to mention a single word about her since about 1978. (She also appeared on the inner jacket of the Sally Can't Dance LP) 2) "Nowhere At All" is a little known non-LP B-side. It's pretty good, actually. 3) Unlike so many of his later single-CD "Hits" collections, this pulls songs from all of his solo LP's (up to 1977, that is) minus Lou Reed Live and Metal Machine Music (MMM hardly classifies as a "Rock" album). 4) The "Intro" section to "Sweet Jane," found on "Rock 'N' Roll Animal" has been edited out. Considering the fact this it is one of the GREAT guitar workouts of any "Live" record EVER, I think this is a terrible mistake. However, in order to fit such an eclectic mix of songs onto a single CD, I guess it was necessary. What this CD accomplishes is it gives the listener a very basic introduction to 70's Lou Reed. Be warned, the sound quality is ATROCIOUS. I suggest this CD is for "completists" ONLY. For everyone else, try "The Wild Side: Best of Lou Reed" instead. If you REALLY want "Nowhere At All," download it from iTunes.