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  Type Album
  Artist Lou Reed
  Cover Lou Reed-New York (album cover)jpg
  Background orange
  Released 1989
  Recorded
  Genre Rock
  Length 56:40
  Label Sire
  Producer Lou Reed and Fred Maher
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  Last Album '' Mistrial '' <br /> (1986)
  This Album '''''New York''''' <br /> (1989)
  Next Album '' Songs For Drella '' <br /> (1990)


''New York'' is a 1989 Album by Lou Reed . It was received very warmly as a return to the style of The Velvet Underground , the group which Reed founded in the 1960s and whose legacy had grown in stature during the 1980s as it was carried on by any number of Alternative Rock acts. Reed's straightforward, Rock And Roll sound on this album was unusual for the time and — along with other releases such as Graham Parker 's '' The Mona Lisa's Sister '' — presaged a back-to-basics turn in mainstream Rock Music . On the other hand, the Lyrics through the 14 songs are profuse and carefully woven, making ''New York'' Reed's most overtly Conceptual album since the early 1970s. His polemical Liner Notes direct the listener to hear the 57-minute album in one sitting, "like a play or movie."


TRACK LISTING

All tracks written by Lou Reed except as indicated.

# "Romeo Had Juliette" (3:09)
# "Halloween Parade" (3:33)
# "Dirty Blvd." (3:29)
# "Endless Cycle" (4:01)
# "There Is No Time" (3:45)
# "Last Great American Whale" (3:42)
# "Beginning of a Great Adventure" (Reed, Mike Rathke) (4:57)
# "Busload of Faith" (4:50)
# "Sick of You" (3:25)
# "Hold On" (3:24)
# "Good Evening Mr. Waldheim" (4:35)
# "Xmas in February" (2:55)
# "Strawman" (5:54)
# "Dime Store Mystery" (5:01)


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