Skip to main content

#7 - Lou Reed - Berlin

 RCA Victor, 1973 

Category: Art Rock


What a weird emotional journey this album is. There are parts that are delightful, and others that are grating. I actually had to turn it off halfway through the second side because it was making my partner depressed! That said, it's a Lou Reed album through and through, and one I will keep. I'll just listen to it when my partner's not around ;)

I have a fondness for Lou Reed thanks to discovering the Velvet Underground at just the right stage of high school. My friends and I were not very conventional, and related to the weirdness and the raw expression of feelings or ways of being that were taboo in rural Nova Scotia in the 90s. This album is one I picked up later, so it's not one I have a huge connection with, but it's staying all the same.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

#73 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn

Blue Thumb Records, 1969 Psychedelic Acoustic Folk This album is very important to me. Those who know me, know I am fond of T Rex, but this pre T recording is extra special. I first remember hearing it in grade 8, and I fell in love with it entirely. It resonated with me a on strangley personal level, considering how far out the lyrics are. Warlord of the Royal Crocodiles was my jam. My friends were forced to listen to poorly dubbed cassettes every weekend, because that was the easiest way to copy and share music on the North Mountain in 1998.  I had always listened to my dad's record (from whence came the cassette) and didn't have my own copy when I moved out, so I was very excited when I found it at Taz---the old spot on, what was it, Grafton? Two locations ago. It was like finding treasure, though I spose that's always what second-hand vinyl shopping feels like to me. Maybe it was more like finding the Arkenstone. I remember being super excited, and Bob telli...
Post a Comment
Read more

#92 Dave Brubeck ft. Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond, Alan Dawson, Jack Six - We're All Together Again for the First Time

Atlantic, 1973 Jazz, Bop I wish I could remember how I came by this one. I was absolutely delighted to find it in my collection, if a little unsettled that I could forget such an acquisition.  This is a solid offering, if a little frenetic. I have to be in the right mood, but then I am enthralled. 
Post a Comment
Read more

#11 The Joe Pass Trio - Live at Donte's

Pablo Live, 1981 Category: Jazz This is a great record. It's chill enough to be good listening for dinner or hangouts, but also very mentally engaging and stimulation for more intensive listening. Joe Pass has elements of Django Reinhardt, but also a style all his own. Listening to him improvise is a genuine pleasure.  I picked this record up at the ReFound shop on Thistle Street, and was very excited to find it. I used to have a burned cd of some solo recordings of his, and that was great, but hearing him with the trio is a real treat. You can tell he is really exploring and having fun. No regrets on this purchase!
Post a Comment
Read more