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Street Hassle by: Lou Reed |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 4007192622702 Format: Import Label: Phantom Sound & Vision Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Phantom Sound & Vision Release Date: January 04, 2005 Studio: Phantom Sound & Vision Sales Rank: 20085 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. BMG. 2006. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - SWEET LOU AT HIS LATE 70's BESTIf you've never listened to Lou Reed before, this mightn't be where you want to start. The uninitiated would do better to pick up "Transformer," "Rock And Roll Animal," or "New York." However, if you are already a bona-fide Lou Reed fan looking to get a new, totally fresh perspective on the man, you are ready for "Street Hassle." I'd also apply the same caveat to "Take No Prisoners," his live album from this era: not for first-time listeners, but if you're ready for the real HEART of Lou Reed, it's all here. "Gimme Some Good Times" starts proceedings in fine fashion, with Lou's quavering, overdubbed vocals casting a gritty pallor over a ultimately catchy tune. "Dirt," is my opinion, was better served in it's earlier form as "Downtown ... Read More: Rating:  - Sha la la manIn the title song, Lou is at his cold-hearted best. Beautiful music with Lou's cynical observer of human depravity street-wise poetry, then a great surprise vocal from a special guest, then the real surprise when Lou assumes the voice of the dead girl and it suddenly turns heart wrenchingly sad. Yikes, Lou where did that come from? Thought I had you pegged and then the "Love has gone away" finale. I was stunned and speechless when I finally figured out (well I think I figured it out anyway) who was who in the song. A totally unexpected and pleasant surprise. And the heartless parts of the song ain't bad either, some of Lou's best lines ever "Some people got no choice/because they can never find a voice/to talk with/or ... Read More: Rating: - Undone By Its Very StrengthsThis review is of the Japanese version, although I doubt there are substantial differences between this and the US issue. Street Hassle is my single favorite Lou Reed solo release. The most important songs on SH - with the notable exception of the title track - are based around repeated half-riffs and chords in the same way VU stuff is. 'Dirt' and 'Leave Me Alone' especially are ugly songs with ugly arrangements, ugly lyrics, and very ugly performances. Nothing contrived, though. 'Gimme Some Good Times' and 'Wait' are the filler, but they are also the bookends, and seem easier to tolerate as such. 'Street Hassle'...what can I say that hasn't been mentioned here already? It's undeniably a classic, and true rock theater in ... Read More: Rating: - Dark GeniusIt amazes me that this one has remained so obscure. To me, it is his best and will be a collectable item for decades. "Dirt is surely one of , if not his best, composition. Rating: - right up there with VU albumsIn my opinion Street Hassle is a masterpiece. The album delivers everything that makes Lou a great musical artist- street-wise lyrics, sleazy rhythms and an attitude to kill. How many listeners out there know about Bruce Springsteen's cameo on the title track? And the way Lou nails the vocal after Bruce's spoken word delivery. "I Wanna Be Black" is hysterical. "Dirt" is a wonderfully raunchy put-down of someone who obviously got on Lou's bad side. And there's even a tribute to Phil Spector called "Wait" with a subtle Crystals reference. But note this album does not offer instant gratification- it takes a while to sink into your pores, but once it does your hooked. If it ain't the rock n roll animal himself! |
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