
Artist
Lou Reed
Lou Reed is a rock artist from Brooklyn, New York, USA formed in 1964. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Best rock albums
- 48
- Releases
- 1972–2023
- Active years
- 1964
- Formed

Artist
Lou Reed is a rock artist from Brooklyn, New York, USA formed in 1964. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Best rock albums

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Transformer
1972 · 11 tracks

Berlin
1973

New York
1989

Songs for Drella
1990

Coney Island Baby
1976

The Blue Mask
1982

Lou Reed
1972

Magic and Loss
1992

Sally Can't Dance
1974

Perfect Night: Live in London
1998

Street Hassle
1978

Metal Machine Music
2007

Animal Serenade
2004

Ecstasy
2000

New Sensations
1984

Rock and Roll Heart
1976

Set the Twilight Reeling
1996

The Bells
1979

The Raven
2003

Legendary Hearts
1983

Mistrial
1986

Growing Up in Public
1980

I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos
2022

Live At Alice Tully Hall (January 27, 1973 - 2nd Show)
2021

Rock 'n' Roll Animal (Live)
2015

The Studio Album Collection:1989-2000
2015

The Sire Years: Complete Albums Box
2015

The Sire Years: The Solo Collection
2014

Perfect Day
2009

Berlin (Live at St. Ann's Warehouse)
2008
Hudson River Wind Meditations
2007
Greatest Hits: NYC Man
2004

Take No Prisoners - Live
2002

The Very Best Of
1999

The Definitive Collection
1999
Different Times: Lou Reed in the 70s
1996

Between Thought And Expression
1992

Live In Italy
1992

Lou Reed Live
1989
Retro: Best of Lou Reed
1989
Pop Classics
1988
Rock and Roll Diary 1967–1980
1980
Live: Take No Prisoners
1978
Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed
1977
Rock n Roll Animal
1974
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (2 March 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA - 27 October 2013, Southampton, New York, USA) was an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He was best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which spanned several decades. Though the Velvet Underground were a commercial failure in the late 1960s, the group gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era. As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and drug culture. After his departure from the group, Reed began a solo career in 1971. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side", although he subsequently lacked the mainstream commercial success its chart status seemed to indicate. Reed's work as a solo artist frustrated critics wishing for a return of the Velvet Underground. In 1975, Reed released a double album of feedback loops, Metal Machine Music, upon which he later commented, "No …