Name: Berlin - Live At St Ann's Warehouse
Brand: Lou Reed

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ole8492

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-10-27

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PIAS

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Lou Reed

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Classic

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lou reed recorded the album 'berlin' in 1973. it was a commercial failure. for five nights in december 2006 at st ann's warehouse brooklyn, lou reed performed his master work about love's dark sisters; jealousy, rage and loss. on the 1973 release of 'berlin', rolling stone's stephen davis described the album as akin to "taking the listener into a distorted and degenerate demi-monde of paranoia, schizophrenia, degradation, pill-induced violence and suicide." though that was undoubtedly meant to be a pan, depending on your sensibility, it might also be a fabulous pull-quote. 'berlin', a film by acclaimed painter-turned-director julian schnabel (basquiat, when night falls, the diving bell and the butterfly) documents lou reed's historic 2006 performances of this controversial 1973 followup to 'transformer', joined by fernando saunders, antony, steve hunter, rob wassermann, rupert christie, sharon jones, a seven piece orchestra (including eyvind kang and jane scarpantoni) along with the brooklyn youth chorus. while schnabel's effort is far more ambitious than your average concert film, this album more than stands on its own as a deft re-imagining of one of the 20th century's most powerful works. produced by bob ezrin and hal wilner.

Berlin - Live At St Ann's Warehouse

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