On January 28, 2003, “Sire” label released “The Raven”, the nineteenth Lou Reed album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Hal Willner and Lou Reed. “The Raven” is concept album recounting the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe through word and song. The album also features new versions of two of Lou Reed’s songs, “The Bed” and “Perfect Day”.

Personnel:

• Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
• Mike Rathke – guitar
• Russ DeSalvo- guitar, keyboards
• Friedrich Paravicini – piano, keyboards
• Fernando Saunders- bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Tony “Thunder” Smith- drums
• Patrick Carroll- bass, drum programming
• Laurie Anderson – vocals
• Antony Hegarty, David Bowie- vocals
• Doug Wieselman – baritone and tenor saxophone
• Paul Shapiro- tenor saxophone
• Steve Bernstein- trumpet, horn arrangement
• Art Baron- trombone
• Ornette Coleman- alto saxophone
• Frank Wulff- oboe, hurdy-gurdy
• Shelly Woodworth – English horn
• Antoine Silverman, Marti Sweet – violin
• Rob Mathes- string arrangements
• Jane Scarpantoni- cello, string arrangement
• Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Elizabeth Ashley, Amanda Plummer- voice
• Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
• The Blind Boys of Alabama- backing vocals
• Julian Schnabel – art cover

All tracks by Lou Reed.

1. Overture
2. Edgar Allan Poe
3. Call On Me
4. The Valley Of Unrest
5. A Thousand Departed Friends
6. Change
7. The Bed
8. Perfect Day
9. The Raven
10. Balloon
11. Broadway Song
12. Blind Rage
13. Burning Embers
14. Vanishing Act
15. Guilty
16. I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)
17. Science Of The Mind
18. Hop Frog
19. Tripitena’s Speech
20. Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song)
21. Guardian Angel