Tag: Lou Reed

  • Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Album Collection 17CD box set

    Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Album Collection 17CD box set

    The thing which really set Lou Reed apart from the other stars he was grouped with in the Seventies (including David Bowie, Iggy Pop and so on) is that he never once considered pandering to his audience – he always made them work for their enjoyment of his music. It could be said that making…

  • Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu

    The sense that both Lou Reed and Metallica are too proud and too set in their ways to give each other a little leeway in this collaboration ends up being Lulu’s defining trait. Each step of the way through this run-time, Reed plays the stoic artist of words and music has has always been, while…