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Coney Island Baby
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Coney Island Baby is Lou Reed's sixth solo album and was released in December 1975 by RCA. Anthony DeCurtis called it perhaps the most romantic album of his career. Many songs were inspired by his girlfriend at the time, Rachel Humphreys. In the title song he mentions her by name, alongside the elementary school P.S. 192 in Brooklyn that he attended himself. The Velvet Underground had already recorded She's My Best Friend in 1969, but it only appeared in 1985.
Reed and Godfrey Diamond produced the album with a clear production and a band that, according to Rolling Stone, was the best since the Velvet Underground, with strong drumming by Michael Suchorsky. He dropped the vocal style of the preceding years for more assured, more expressive singing. The Rough Guide calls it his most pleasant soft rock album, with his best humour on A Gift.
Listening
Track list
- 1Crazy Feeling2:54Apple Music ↗
- 2Charley's Girl2:39Apple Music ↗
- 3She's My Best Friend5:00Apple Music ↗
- 4Kicks6:02Apple Music ↗
- 5A Gift3:45Apple Music ↗
- 6Ooohhh Baby3:46Apple Music ↗
- 7Nobody's Business3:48Apple Music ↗
- 8Coney Island Baby6:35Apple Music ↗
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