Definitive Collection

by Lou Reed

Definitive Collection cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 23 December 1999
  • Label: BMG
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:30
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Very Best of Lou Reed' collects Reed's solo recordings, from 'Walk on the Wild Side' to the New York albums of his later career. His plainspoken writing carried the Velvet Underground's subjects into mainstream rock.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, harmonies, accessible, retro, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. The Blue Mask (5:05)
  2. I Wanna Be Black (2:57)
  3. Looking For Love (3:28)
  4. Coney Island Baby (6:37)
  5. Shooting Star (3:11)
  6. Romeo Had Juliette (3:10)
  7. I Want To Boogie With You (3:55)
  8. Set The Twilight Reeling (5:06)
  9. Vicious (2:56)
  10. Street Hassle: Waltzing Matilda / Street Hassle / Slipaway (11:02)
  11. Vicious Circle (2:54)
  12. Walk On The Wild Side (4:15)
  13. Temporary Thing (5:15)
  14. Cremation - Ashes To Ashes (2:55)
  15. The Bells (6:33)
  16. Dirty Blvd. (Live) (6:11)

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