Lou Reed - The Wild Side: Best of Lou Reed

Title: The Wild Side: Best of Lou Reed Artist: Lou Reed Release Date: 11/7/2000 Label: BMG International Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 0743217960025, 632427697220, 743217960025, 766486485327 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Album Rock Moods: Confident, Confrontational, Street-Smart, Theatrical, Angst-Ridden, Cerebral, Complex, Distraught, Druggy, Gloomy, Intimate, Passionate, Searching, Acerbic, Aggressive, Ambitious, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Brash, Campy, Cathartic, Cynical/Sarcastic, Detached, Earnest, Ironic, Literate, Playful, Poignant, Provocative, Self-Conscious, Sophisticated, Tense/Anxious, Witty, Wry, Freewheeling, Intense, Irreverent, Reflective, Snide, Yearning, Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Brooding, Humorous, Melancholy, Plaintive, Quirky, Bitter, Exuberant, Fiery, Hostile, Menacing, Nihilistic, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Rousing, Wistful, Somber Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. I'm Waiting for the Man
2. Vicious
3. White Light/White Heat [Live]
4. Sweet Jane [Live]
5. Heroin
6. Pale Blue Eyes
7. Endlessly Jealous
8. Sally Can't Dance
9. Rock & Roll Heart
10. Satellite of Love
11. Walk on the Wild Side
12. Rock & Roll [Live]
13. Lady Day
14. Coney Island Baby
15. Perfect Day
16. Berlin [Live]

1. How Do You Think It Feels
2. Romeo Had Juliette
3. Mistrial
4. I Love You, Suzanne
5. No Money Down
6. The Bells
7. New Sensations
8. Dirty Blvd.
9. I Wanna Be Black
10. Kill Your Sons
11. Power and Glory, Pt. 2
12. Temporary Thing
13. Video Violence
14. Men of Good Fortune
15. Street Hassle

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD BMG International 79600

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With most veteran rock artists, a single-disc overview just doesn't cut it -- far too many stones are left unturned. And Lou Reed fits this description to a tee -- with 20 studio albums as of 2004 (and that's, of course, not counting his work with the Velvet Underground or his live sets), good luck trying to assemble a single disc that doesn't leave out several classics. Hence, the double-disc Wild Side: Best of Lou Reed. which fits the bill much better with 31-tracks total. Although it doesn't touch upon Reed's late-'90s albums (and the track listing is haphazardly thrown together -- it's not in chronological order), all the expected classics are here, as well as key album cuts. Standouts include such Velvet Underground-era compositions as "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Sweet Jane," the glam classics "Vicious" and "Walk on the Wild Side," the ballads "Perfect Day" and "Coney Island Baby," Reed's darker side -- "Heroin," "Kill Your Sons," and "How Do You Think It Feels," plus "Street Hassle," a track that defies categorization altogether. One day, a compilation will appear that touches upon all phases of Reed's career, but until then, Wild Side: Best of Lou Reed doesn't do too badly. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Name Credits Mark Rhodes Coordination The Velvet Underground Performer