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Lou Reed: New Sensation

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In April 1984, “RCA” label released “New Sensations”, the thirteenth Lou Reed studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Skyline Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Lou Reed and John Jansen.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • Peter Wood– piano, synthesizers, accordion
  • Fernando Saunders– electric and string bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Fred Maher– drums
  • Lakshminarayana Shankar– electric violin
  • Michael Brecker– tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet
  • Jon Faddis– trumpet
  • Tom Malone– trombone, horn arrangement
  • Jocelyn Brown– backing vocals
  • Rory Dodd– backing vocals
  • Connie Harvey – backing vocals
  • Eric Troyer– backing vocals
  • Dan Nash – engineer assistant
  • Roger Moutenot – engineer asistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Waring Abbott – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed

  1. I Love You, Suzanne
  2. Endlessly Jealous
  3. My Red Joystick
  4. Turn to Me
  5. New Sensations
  6. Doin’ the Things that We Want To
  7. What Becomes a Legend Most
  8. Fly Into the Sun
  9. My Friend George
  10. High in the City
  11. Down at the Arcade

Yo La Tengo: Electr-O-Pura

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Electr-O-Pura

On May 2, 1995, “Matador Records” label released “Electr-O-Pura”, the seventh Yo La Tengo studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Roger Moutenot.

Personnel:

  • Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitars, piano
  • James McNew – vocals, bass
  • Georgia Hubley – vocals, drums, piano, design
  • Brad Jones – recording assistant
  • Devin Emke – mixing assistant
  • Ed Raso – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Scott Ansell – sequencing

Track listing:

  1. Decora
  2. Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
  3. The Hour Grows Late
  4. Tom Courtenay
  5. False Ending
  6. Pablo and Andrea
  7. Paul Is Dead
  8. False Alarm
  9. The Ballad of Red Buckets
  10. Don’t Say a Word (Hot Chicken #2)
  11. (Straight Down to the) Bitter End
  12. My Heart’s Reflection
  13. Attack on Love
  14. Blue Line Swinger

They Might Be Giants: Flood

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Flood

On January 15, 1990, “Elektra” label release “Flood”, the third “They Might Be Giants” studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at the “Skyline Studios” in New York, and was produced by John Flansburgh, John Linnell, , Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer.

Personnel:

  • John Flansburgh – vocals, guitar, programming, mandolin, kitchen utensils, trumpet, design
  • John Linnell – vocals, accordion, keyboards, saxophones, melodica, programming
  • Arto Lindsay– guitar
  • Alan Bezozi – drum programming
  • Mark Feldman – violin
  • Rick McRae – trombone
  • Frank London, Charlie Sepulveda – trumpet
  • Marion Beckenstein, Joel Mitchell – vocals
  • The Skyline Staff – handclaps
  • Roger Moutenot – whip
  • Elizabeth van Itallie – design
  • Helene Silverman – design consultant
  • Margaret Bourke-White– photography
  • Barbara Lipp – art assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Flansburgh and John Linnell, except where noted.

  1. Theme From Flood
  2. Birdhouse in Your Soul
  3. Lucky Ball & Chain
  4. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon
  5. Dead
  6. Your Racist Friend
  7. Particle Man
  8. Twisting
  9. We Want a Rock
  10. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
  11. Hearing Aid
  12. Minimum Wage
  13. Letterbox
  14. Whistling in the Dark
  15. Hot Cha
  16. Women & Men
  17. They Might Be Giants
  18. Road Movie to Berlin

Lou Reed: Magic and Loss

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On January 14, 1992, “Sire” label released “Magic and Loss”, the sixteenth Lou Reed album.  It was recorded in April 1991, at the “Magic Shop” in New York, and was produced by Lou Reed and Mike Rathke.

Personnel:

  • Lou Reed- vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mixing
  • Mike Rathke – guitar
  • Rob Wasserman- bass
  • Michael Blair – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Roger Moutenot – backing vocals
  • Little Jimmy Scott- backing vocals
  • Roger Moutenot, recording, engineer, mixing
  • Mike Rathke – mixing
  • Joseph Warda – engineer assistant
  • Shannon Carr – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Sylvia Reed – art direction, design
  • Judith Salavetz – additional design
  • Louis James – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed, except where noted.

  1. Dorita – The Spirit
  2. What’s Good – The Thesis
  3. Power and Glory – The Situation – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke
  4. Magician – Internally
  5. Sword of Damocles- Externally
  6. Goodby Mass – In a Chapel Bodily Termination
  7. Cremation – Ashes to Ashes
  8. Dreamin’ – Escape – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke
  9. No Chance – Regret
  10. Warrior King – Revenge
  11. Harry’s Circumcision – Reverie Gone Astray
  12. Gassed and Stoked – Loss – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke
  13. Power and Glory, Part II – Magic – Transformation – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke
  14. Magic and Loss – The Summation – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke