Album artwork for Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed

Newly remastered on vinyl. On 1976's 'Coney Island Baby', Reed's songwriting began to move into warmer, more compassionate territory, and the result was his most approachable album since 'Loaded'. On most of the tracks, Reed stripped his band back down to guitar, bass, and drums, and the results were both leaner and a lot more comfortable than the leaden over-production of 'Sally Can't Dance' or 'Berlin'. 'Crazy Feeling,' 'She's My Best Friend,' and 'Coney Island Baby' found Reed actually writing recognizable love songs for a change, and while Reed pursued his traditional interest in the underside of the hipster's life on 'Charlie's Girl' and 'Nobody's Business,' he did so with a breezy, freewheeling air that was truly a relief after the lethargic tone of 'Sally Can't Dance'. 'Kicks' used an audio-tape collage to generate atmospheric tension that gave its tale of drugs and death a chilling quality that was far more effective than his usual blase take on the subject, and 'Coney Island Baby' was the polar opposite, a song about love and regret that was as sincere and heart-tugging as anything the man has ever recorded. 'Coney Island Baby' sounds casual on the surface, but emotionally it's as compelling as anything lou reed released in the 1970s, and proved he could write about real people with recognizable emotions as well as anyone in rock music.

Lou Reed

Coney Island Baby

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Album artwork for Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed
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Album artwork for Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed
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Released 11/17/2017Catalog Number

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Lou Reed

Coney Island Baby

Legacy
Album artwork for Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed
LP +

$39.99

White
Released 03/19/2021Catalog Number

SNUK7971811.1

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Album artwork for Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed
LP

$26.99

Released 11/17/2017Catalog Number

88985349061

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Newly remastered on vinyl. On 1976's 'Coney Island Baby', Reed's songwriting began to move into warmer, more compassionate territory, and the result was his most approachable album since 'Loaded'. On most of the tracks, Reed stripped his band back down to guitar, bass, and drums, and the results were both leaner and a lot more comfortable than the leaden over-production of 'Sally Can't Dance' or 'Berlin'. 'Crazy Feeling,' 'She's My Best Friend,' and 'Coney Island Baby' found Reed actually writing recognizable love songs for a change, and while Reed pursued his traditional interest in the underside of the hipster's life on 'Charlie's Girl' and 'Nobody's Business,' he did so with a breezy, freewheeling air that was truly a relief after the lethargic tone of 'Sally Can't Dance'. 'Kicks' used an audio-tape collage to generate atmospheric tension that gave its tale of drugs and death a chilling quality that was far more effective than his usual blase take on the subject, and 'Coney Island Baby' was the polar opposite, a song about love and regret that was as sincere and heart-tugging as anything the man has ever recorded. 'Coney Island Baby' sounds casual on the surface, but emotionally it's as compelling as anything lou reed released in the 1970s, and proved he could write about real people with recognizable emotions as well as anyone in rock music.