Magic and Loss

by Lou Reed

Magic and Loss cover art

Prompted by the deaths of two close friends, 'Magic and Loss' is a deeply somber and existential concept album exploring the grieving process. Lou Reed utilizes sparse art-rock arrangements and his signature talk-singing delivery to craft an incredibly serious, poignant, and profoundly sad meditation on mortality.

Genres

  • Art Rock

Tracklist

  1. Dorita (The Spirit)
  2. What's Good (The Thesis)
  3. Power and Glory (The Situation)
  4. Magician (Internally)
  5. Sword of Damocles (Externally)
  6. Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination)
  7. Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)
  8. Dreamin' (Escape)
  9. No Chance (Regret)
  10. Warrior King (Revenge)
  11. Harry's Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray)
  12. Gassed and Stoned (Loss)
  13. Power and Glory Pat II (Magic Transformation)
  14. Magic and Loss (Summation)