Track listing DISC 1: 1. Advice 2. Smalltown 3. Tell It to Your Heart 4. Men of Good Fortune 5. How Do You Think It Feels 6. Vanishing Act 7. Ecstasy 8. Day John Kennedy Died, The 9. Street Hassle 10. Bed, The 11. Revien ... more »Cherie 12. Venus in Furs DISC 2: 1. Dirty Blvd. 2. Sunday Morning 3. All Tomorrow's Parties 4. Call on Me 5. Raven, The 6. Set the Twilight Reeling 7. Candy Says 8. Heroin Details Contributing artists: Antony, Jane Scarpantoni Producer: Fernando Saunders, Lou Reed Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Recording type: Live Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album notes Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Antony (vocals); Fernando Saunders (vocals, guitar, bass, Kydd FS Piccolo bass, Roland drums); Mike Rathke (guitar, guitar synthesizer, ztar); Jane Scarpantoni (cello). Recorded live at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California on June 24, 2003. Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Fernando Saunders (vocals, guitar, drums, background vocals); Antony (vocals, background vocals); Mike Rathke (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Jane Scarpantoni (cello). Audio Mixer: Nick Launay. Recording information: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA (06/24/2003). Photographers: Jane L. Wechsler; Roberta Stacy; Guido Harari« less
Track listing DISC 1: 1. Advice 2. Smalltown 3. Tell It to Your Heart 4. Men of Good Fortune 5. How Do You Think It Feels 6. Vanishing Act 7. Ecstasy 8. Day John Kennedy Died, The 9. Street Hassle 10. Bed, The 11. Revien Cherie 12. Venus in Furs DISC 2: 1. Dirty Blvd. 2. Sunday Morning 3. All Tomorrow's Parties 4. Call on Me 5. Raven, The 6. Set the Twilight Reeling 7. Candy Says 8. Heroin Details Contributing artists: Antony, Jane Scarpantoni Producer: Fernando Saunders, Lou Reed Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Recording type: Live Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album notes Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Antony (vocals); Fernando Saunders (vocals, guitar, bass, Kydd FS Piccolo bass, Roland drums); Mike Rathke (guitar, guitar synthesizer, ztar); Jane Scarpantoni (cello). Recorded live at The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California on June 24, 2003. Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Fernando Saunders (vocals, guitar, drums, background vocals); Antony (vocals, background vocals); Mike Rathke (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Jane Scarpantoni (cello). Audio Mixer: Nick Launay. Recording information: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA (06/24/2003). Photographers: Jane L. Wechsler; Roberta Stacy; Guido Harari
"A quietly powerful album. Understated, with lots of space. Moments of humor and intimacy. Old songs revisited and deepened. Takes time to listen to in order to reveal its depths. A walk down memory lane with troubled souls who may have spent time in the gutter but always found time to gaze at the stars. Unique."
Lou is just in a "try something new" phase
Scott B. Saul | COOPER CITY, FL USA | 08/07/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I like this cd. Lou has turned into a great musician without being a virtuoso guitar player. The arrangements are sparce and intriguing. Small Town, How do you think it feels and All Tomorrows Parties are the best songs. Candy Says is different (the singer is really wimpy) but a worthy intrepretation. Dirty Blvd has been toned down but its still good.
Lou made a concert with no drums...can't fault him for trying something different. Compare this to his accoustic cd, I think this is much better!
For all of you ripping this cd, the fact that you even bought it means that you are a big fan (he has never been mainstream stuff). If this act, played like on the cd, came to your town, you would go see it in a heartbeat!
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Stripped bare
Jim Z | 10/22/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Lou and a few others. Very intimate performances of many of Lou's best. A lot of complaints about the "talking instead of singing"... C'mon , did Lou really ever sing ? A quality disc package from an icon. If you didn't like it the first time, listen again. The man continues to surprise 40 plus years on."
One of my favorite CD's by Lou..from over a dozen!
J.Brahin | Winnetka, Il. U.S. | 10/26/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is really Lou's genre...live performances. He does songs from his entire career with the new "maturity" that he's shown in the last few decades and it shines! To those who gave it ONE star...your loss. Some focus on a background singer to rate a wonderful performance or other trivial nonsense? That's just ridiculous. It's reminiscent of the reviewers who criticized Dylan because his voice wasn't "nice". BOOO-YAHH! This is a great assortment of well-prformed songs by the master of "rock noir". Buy it and don't look back. Five frigging stars."
One of his best
Robert M. St John | Dublin, Ireland | 02/09/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Lou Reed is certainly hit or miss when it comes to live performances; however, this one definitely falls under the hit category. The recording captures Lou in a good and playful mood which translates into a good time for all. The songs cover a wide range of his career from Velvet Underground up to The Raven. It includes an incredible version of Venus in Furs with scathing cello playing by Jane Scarantoni. (worth the price of this CD alone, IMHO). I would have loved to hear how this ensemble tackled some of his songs from Magic & Loss; namely What's Good, Power and Glory, Sword of Damocles and Magic & Loss."