View basket “Bang!” has been added to your basket. Transformer Lou Reed SKU: LSP4807 Barcode: 4260019712240 35.00 £35.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Speakers Corner Released Date: 30th October 2004 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Transformer” – Lou Reed (voc, g, arr), Mick Ronson (voc, g, p, arr); David Bowie (voc, arr); Ronnie Ross (sax); Klaus Voorman (b), Herbie Flowers (tu, b); John Halzey, Barry Desouza; Ritchie Dharma (dr); a.o. It is well known that comparisons seldom get to the root of the matter, but in the case of Lou Reed, for example, they certainly reveal the unassuredness of those people who made them. Is he or isn’t he the Chuck Berry or Sergeant Pepper of the Seventies, or is he deliberately building up an image of himself as an ultra-sensitive Frankenstein, who lived out his neuroses and drug trips in horrific sound? »Some records are so unbelievably repulsive,« raged the magazine Rolling Stone, »that one would best like to take physical revenge on the artists who commit such offences.« The album “Transformer”, however, can by no means be classified as a case of ‘acoustic bodily harm’. It appeared just a few months after the somewhat unsuccessful appearance of Lou Reed’s fairly underground first release and rocketed straight into the charts. This production had two British guardian angels to help it on its way, namely David Bowie and Mick Ronson, both of whom obviously knew how to steer Reed’s songwriting qualities into safe waters, without watering down his biting sarcasm and humorous provocation. And that’s why grating guitar rock (“Vicious”) is found alongside a bittersweet, tender ballad (“Perfect Day”) and even an old-time jazz parody (“Goodnight Ladies”) which is sung with a tongue a heavy as lead. Why then compare this highly original music mix with others, when it’s so much easier to hear this record for what it is – a truly cult album? This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under http://www.pure-analogue.com. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid. Recording: 1972 by Arun Chakranerty Production: David Bowie and Mick Ronson Artist Lou Reed Genre Rock And Pop Label Speakers Corner Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country Germany Track Listings 1. Vicious 2. Andy's Chest 3. Perfect Day 4. Hangin' Around 5. Walk On The Wild Side 6. Make Up 7. Satellite Of Love 8. Wagon Wheel 9. New York Telephone Conversation 10. I'm So Free 11. Goodnight Ladies 12. Hangin' Round 13. Perfect Day 14. 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