Track Listing

1. Rock And Roll Heart
2. Perfect Day
3. Coney Island Baby
4. Men Of Good Fortune
5. How Do You Speak To An Angel
6. Downtown Dirt
7. Real Good Time Together
8. Vicious Circle
9. A Gift
10. Think It Over
11. My Friend George
12. Legendary Hearts
13. The Last Shot
14. Leave Me Alone
15. Temporary Thing
16. The Gun
17. Sad Song
18. Growing Up In Public

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91381 in Music
• Released on: 2005-07-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Lesser known gems
Besides the poignant title track, Perfect Day includes some lesser-known but brilliant tracks from a wide spectrum of Lou Reed albums. The choice of songs is unusual and interesting. His softer side emerges on songs like Coney Island Baby, Men Of Good Fortune and the sorrowful Sad Song from the Berlin album.

The best rock numbers are Rock `n Roll Heart, Vicious Circle, the powerful and rousing Temporary Thing and the ominous Gun which comes from the Blue Mask album. What I consider to be Reed's conversational style is exemplified by songs such as Growing Up In Public, Legendary Hearts and Downtown Dirt, no doubt related to (Uptown) Dirt from the Street Hassle album.

The great thing about this compilation is the fact that it contains some truly brilliant compositions from a number of neglected albums or those that were dismissed by the critics. Fact is, all of Reed's albums contain at last one or two great numbers. Perfect Day thus brings to light some gems of his oeuvre that might otherwise have remained buried. It is a strong collection for the devoted fan that wants to delve deeper and investigate Reed's work beyond the familiar hits.