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Transformer, Lou Reed's second post- Velvet Underground album, was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson (Bowie's guitarist) in 1972. It features such classics as "Vicious" and "Walk On The Wild Side", as well as a bopping, subdued version of "Andy's Chest", which the Velvet Underground had already recorded. The album's consistently goofy and great back-up vocals are courtesy of Bowie and Ronson. Lou's usual cast of characters are present throughout: transvestites, junkies, weirdoes, Holly, Candy, Little Joe, Sugar, Jacki--even Harry, Mark and John, who stop by to say hi in the middle of "Satellite Of Love". "Goodnight Ladies" features a rocking tuba downbeat and a baritone sax that will wail you away to la-la land. Other than that, it is packed with Reed's raw guitar and rah-rah lyrics, like, "The tinsel light of starbreak/Is all that's left to applaud my heartbreak/And at 11 o'clock I watch the network news". --Dan Leone
Album Details
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this 1972 album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 11 tracks including 'Walk On The Wild Side' and 'Andy's Chest'. RCA. 2006.
Album Description
2006 Issued Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
