RCA
LOU REED - Transformer LP
$47.95
Highly recommended.
After an often-forgotten and rather ignored debut solo album, Lou Reed hit it out of the park with Transformer, embracing the arty glam rock aesthetic of number one Velvet Underground fan David Bowie and producing a series of songs celebrating the liberating effects of sexuality and walks on the wild side. Opening with a catty and mildly camp put-down (Vicious), continuing with a surreal tribute to Andy Warhol (Andy's Chest), and continuing through various other odes to debauchery and the lifestyles of the Factory luminaries, it's a wonderfully filthy celebration of decadence.
After an often-forgotten and rather ignored debut solo album, Lou Reed hit it out of the park with Transformer, embracing the arty glam rock aesthetic of number one Velvet Underground fan David Bowie and producing a series of songs celebrating the liberating effects of sexuality and walks on the wild side. Opening with a catty and mildly camp put-down (Vicious), continuing with a surreal tribute to Andy Warhol (Andy's Chest), and continuing through various other odes to debauchery and the lifestyles of the Factory luminaries, it's a wonderfully filthy celebration of decadence.
