Transformer - GERMANY
Released: Aug 25, 1998
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Released: Aug 25, 1998
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David Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground's music had a major impact on Bowie's work, it was...
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Rock and Roll Heart
Released: Aug 11, 1998
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Released: Aug 11, 1998
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This 75-minute documentary, spanning Lou Reed's career through the late 1990s, was originally broadcast on public television as part of the American Masters series. It's a pretty straightforward...
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Perfect Night: Live in London
Released: Apr 21, 1998
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Released: Apr 21, 1998
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By 1997, the "Unplugged" craze, in which nearly every rocker under the sun decided to look back on their songbook with tasteful and unamplified maturity, had just about run its course, but that...
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Set the Twilight Reeling
Released: Feb 20, 1996
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Released: Feb 20, 1996
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After contemplating the decline of New York City, the passing of his mentor Andy Warhol, his place in (perhaps) the greatest American rock band of all time, and the very nature of life and death,...
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Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology
Released: Apr 14, 1992
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Released: Apr 14, 1992
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In October 1990, Lou Reed interviewed Vaclav Havel, playwright, poet, president of the newly emancipated Czechoslovakia, and -- surprisingly? -- a Velvet Underground fan. During the course of their...
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Magic and Loss
Released: Jan 14, 1992
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Released: Jan 14, 1992
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With 1982's The Blue Mask, Lou Reed began approaching more mature and challenging themes in his music, and in 1992, Reed decided it was time to tackle the Most Serious Theme of All -- Death. Reed...
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New York Album
Released: Jul 1, 1991
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Released: Jul 1, 1991
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The incontrovertible power of Lou Reed's New York album -- truly his most exciting LP since his mid-'70s heyday -- translates effortlessly into his most exciting live recording ever, edging even...
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