Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby (Vinyl) Discovery Beautiful Boy

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a title that recalls the fiery horror that befell London’s Grenfell Tower and the gruesome class inequity that disaster exposed just weeks before the album was announced

sympathetic and monumental

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Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby (Vinyl) Discovery Beautiful BoyConey Island Baby, Lou Reeds sixth studio album after leaving The Velvet Underground, is all about context. Lou Reeds first solo outings were David Bowie influenced and were pretty great. Then Lou decided he wanted to fuck with his audience and out spewed Sally Cant Dance and Metal Machine Music. Coney Island Baby is what Reed should have been doing all along. His instantly recognizable monotone sounds much more comfortable above the minimalist