Lou Reed 24 Bit Vinyl Pack

Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Experimental, Hard Rock, New York Punk, Proto-Punk, Glam Rock
Source: Vinyl
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rates: ~ 2,800 - 3,000
Bits Per Sample: 24
Sample Rate: 96,000 Hz

Rock-N-Rock Animal
Live
Songs for Drella (w/ John Cale)
Metal Machine Music
Transformer
New York
Berline
The Blue Mask

The career of Lou Reed defies capsule summarization. Like David Bowie (whom Reed directly inspired in many ways), he has made over his image many times, mutating from theatrical glam rocker to strung-out junkie to avant-garde noiseman to straight rock & roller to your average guy. Few would deny Reed's immense importance and considerable achievements. As has often been written, he expanded the vocabulary of rock & roll lyrics into the previously forbidden territory of kinky sex, drug use (and abuse), decadence, transvestites, homosexuality, and suicidal depression. As has been pointed out less often, he remained (and remains) committed to using rock & roll as a forum for literary, mature expression well into middle age, without growing lyrically soft or musically complacent. By and large, he's taken on these challenging duties with uncompromising honesty and a high degree of realism. For these reasons, he's often cited as punk's most important ancestor. It's often overlooked, though, that he's equally skilled at celebrating romantic joy, and rock & roll itself, as he is at depicting harrowing urban realities. With the exception of Neil Young, no other star who rose to fame in the '60s continued to push himself so diligently into creating work that is meaningful and contemporary.