Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Who Am I
2. Sweet Jane
3. Rock and Roll
4. I�m Waiting For The Man
5. White Light/White Heat (live)
6. Street Hassle
7. Berlin
8. Caroline Says I
9. The Kids
10. Walk On The Wild Side
11. Kill Your Sons (live)
12. Vicious
13. The Blue Mask
14. I�ll Be Your Mirror (live)
15. Magic And Loss
16. Ecstasy

Disc 2:

1. I Wanna Be Black (live edit)
2. Temporary Thing
3. Shooting Star
4. Legendary Hearts
5. Heroin (live)
6. Coney Island Baby
7. The Last Shot
8. The Bells
9. Perfect Day
10. Sally Can�t Dance
11. Satellite Of Love
12. NYC Man
13. Dirty Boulevard.
14. Rock Minuet
15. Pale Blue Eyes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77573 in Music
• Released on: 2003-05-12
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

CD Description
Best of Lou Reed, solo and with the Velvet Underground, chosen by the man himself. Not chronological or even including such gems as 'I Love You Suzanne' but offering a view of theman as well as his music. Wilfully perverse, awkward and brilliant. From 'Pale Blue Eyes' to 'Who Am I' from 2003's Edgar Allen Poe tribute 'The Raven' by way of a peculiar live version of 'Heroin' and overlooked pieces such as 'The Blue Mask'.

Customer Reviews

The place to go for Reed newbies
This isn't a corporate cash-in collection. NYC man was compiled by the barely-alive star himself, but don't worry, there's hardly any guff about Edgar Alan Poe here. It opens with the standout track from recent offering The Raven, Who Am I, then goes through the whole back catalogue of both his solo career and the Velvet Underground. That means classics such as the jangly Sweet Jane, tranquil Walk On The Wild Side, and the almighty Perfect Day and Satellite Of Love. A lovingly-compiled and essential compilation.

WISE SELECTION
Whoever made the selection for this 2-disc set deserves a medal. Reed’s much maligned albums like Sally Can’t Dance, Rock ‘n Roll Heart and Growing Up In Public are well represented by heir best tracks such as Kill Your Songs (albeit a live version), Temporary Thing and The Last Shot. I am pleased that for once someone ignored the critics and just got a lot of the good songs together. The tracks are not arranged chronologically but that just makes the listening experience all the more interesting. Highlights on Disc One are Street Hassle, I’ll Be Your Mirror and Ecstacy. On Disc Two, the music leads up to a climax with The Bells right in the middle and my other favourites here include the live Heroin, the beautiful and moving Satellite Of Love, Dirty Boulevard, Rock Minuet and of course, the poetic Pale Blue Eyes. It’s great hearing these masterpieces out of the context of their original albums, it certainly makes them stand out more as individual songs. I strongly recommend this album to those who would like to investigate Reed’s wok as well as to the long-time fans.

Feels like the first time
Listening to this you hear tracks that you thought you knew really well- that you can then hear again as for the first time. It genuinely is exciting- hearing notes I bever heard before.
Only grudge- we all have favourites that we'd want included- mine would be New York Conversation and Good night Ladies. Hugely recommended- can the same re-mastering be done to Transformer? Please?
Hugely recommended.