Lou Reed: NYC Man: The Collection : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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As Lou Reed proclaimed in the title song of his 1976 classic Coney Island Baby, "different people have peculiar tastes," and it sums him up -- in the course of his career, Lou Reed has been lots of different people, and they've all had peculiar tastes. NYC Man, thirty-one tracks selected by the man himself, shows the many strange faces of Lou Reed: the decadent Chelsea-boy punk poet of the Velvet Underground ("I'm Waiting for the Man," "Heroin"), the Seventies glam-rock ho ("Walk on the Wild Side"), the reluctantly wise gutter sage ("Street Hassle," "The Blue Mask") and the guy who took a ton of drugs ("Berlin"). "Ecstasy," from 2000, proves that Reed's creative powers remain fierce -- even if his recent rock opera about Edgar Allan Poe is a lot to forgive.

ROB SHEFFIELD

(Posted: Jun 6, 2003)

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Who Am I (from "The Raven") - (previously unreleased, alternate take) (track not available in Rhapsody)
Sweet Jane (track not available in Rhapsody)
Rock 'N' Roll (track not available in Rhapsody)
I'm Waiting For The Man (track not available in Rhapsody)
White Light/White Heat
Street Hassle
Berlin
Caroline Says
The Kids
Walk On The Wild Side
Kill Your Sons - (previously unreleased, live, In U.S.)
Vicious
The Blue Mask
I'll Be Your Mirror - (live) (track not available in Rhapsody)
Magic And Loss (track not available in Rhapsody)
Ecstasy (track not available in Rhapsody)
I Wanna Be Black
Temporary Thing
Shooting Star
Legendary Hearts
Heroin - (previously unreleased, live, In U.S.)
Coney Island Baby
The Last Shot
The Bells
Perfect Day
Sally Can't Dance
Satellite Of Love
NYC Man (track not available in Rhapsody)
Dirty Blvd. (track not available in Rhapsody)
Rock Minuet (track not available in Rhapsody)
Pale Blue Eyes (track not available in Rhapsody)