The Bells is a Rock album by Lou Reed, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 54 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.
About
In 1979, Lou Reed could've put out an album's worth of three-chord antisocial screeds to cash in on the punk craze he'd helped inspire. Instead, he released <i>The Bells</i>, an artistically adventuresome work defying easy categorization. Reed's longtime obsession with decadence is supplanted here by more subtle reflections on love, maturity, and family relations. The music touches on everything from Springsteen-like East Coast rock to experimental jazz, displaying little similarity to Lou's Velvet Underground work. True, longtime Reed devotees will recognize the sneer and fury heard in "With You" and "Looking for Love." But those hoping for fresh tales of drugs and depravity will instead find the likes of "Stupid Man" and "All Through the Night," songs betraying an interest in the lives of more ordinary humans. "City Lights" (a wistful invocation of Charlie Chaplin) shows off Lou's underexposed sweet side. Steamy jazz-rock pieces ("Disco Mystic") and avant-garde explorations (the title tune) further confound the listener's expectations.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Stupid Man2:33
- A2Disco Mystic4:28
- A3I Want To Boogie With You3:52
- A4With You2:22
- A5Looking For Love3:30
- A6City Lights3:07
Side B
- B1All Through The Night4:56
- B2Families6:01
- B3The Bells9:18
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- gritty
- brooding
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Don CherryMUSICIAN, TRUMPET, GUITAR TRUMPET TRUMPET, GUITAR
- Ellard BolesBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Lou ReedARRANGED BY BACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR, GUITAR SYNTHESIZER
- Marty FogelARRANGED BY ELECTRIC PIANO HORN
- Michael FonfaraBACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO , SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHESIZER , BACKING VOCALS
- Michael SuchorskyDRUMS MUSICIAN, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
13 collectors on Gatefold own this · 54 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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