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From 1972's Transformer onward, Lou Reed spent most of the '70s
playing the druggy decadence card for all it was worth, with
increasingly mixed results. But on 1976's Coney Island Baby, Reed's
songwriting began to move into warmer, more compassionate territory,
and the result was his most approachable album since Loaded. On most
of the tracks, Reed stripped his band back down to guitar, bass, and
drums, and the results were both leaner and a lot more comfortable
than the leaden over-production of Sally Can't Dance or Berlin. "Crazy
Feeling," "She's My Best Friend," and "Coney Island Baby" found Reed
actually writing recognizable love songs for a change, and while Reed
pursued his traditional interest in the underside of the hipster's
life on "Charlie's Girl" and "Nobody's Business," he did so with a
breezy, freewheeling air that was truly a relief after the lethargic
tone of Sally Can't Dance. "Kicks" used an audio-tape collage to
generate atmospheric tension that gave its tale of drugs and death a
chilling quality that was far more effective than his usual blasΘ take
on the subject, and "Coney Island Baby" was the polar opposite, a song
about love and regret that was as sincere and heart-tugging as
anything the man has ever recorded. Coney Island Baby sounds casual on
the surface, but emotionally it's as compelling as anything Lou Reed
released in the 1970s, and proved he could write about real people
with recognizable emotions as well as anyone in rock music -
- something you might not have guessed from most of the solo albums
that preceded it. [In 2006, Sony BMG/Legacy released an expanded and
remastered version of Coney Island Baby -- a welcome surprise, since
it was never one of Reed's more popular albums, even though it ranks
with his best work of the decade. In addition to a sonically upgraded
presentation of its original eight songs, the 2006 edition includes
"Nowhere at All," a emphatic and hard-edged B-side; alternate versions
of "Crazy Feeling," "She's My Best Friend," and "Coney Island Baby"
that rock harder but also sound a good bit sloppier; and early drafts
(with different lyrics) of two songs that would later surface on
1978's striking Street Hassle, "Downtown Dirt" and "Leave Me Alone."
For the most part, the bonus tracks follow a different path than the
rest of the material on Coney Island Baby, and it sounds like Reed was
wise to leave these takes on the shelf, but they also offer a
fascinating insight into his working process and how this minor
masterpiece came to be. Hopefully Sony BMG/Legacy will follow this by
upgrading a few more gems from Reed's back catalog.]
http://www.loureed.org
Tracks:
01. Crazy Feeling (2:55)
02. Charley's Girl (2:39)
03. She's My Best Friend (6:00)
04. Kicks (6:04)
05. A Gift (3:45)
06. Ooohhh Baby (3:46)
07. Nobody's Business (3:49)
08. Coney Island Baby (6:46)
Bonus Tracks:
09. Nowhere At All (3:17)
10. Downtown Dirt (4:18)
11. Leave Me Alone (5:35)
12. Crazy Feeling (Alternate Version) (2:39)
13. She's My Best Friend (Alternate Version) (4:08)
14. Coney Island Baby (Alternate Version) (5:41)
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