Berlin (Live at St. Ann's Warehouse)
Lou Reed
Berlin (Live at St. Ann's Warehouse)
Boomkat Product Review:
Matador must be on a real high these days: in addition to the current roster of bright young things, including celebrated punk rapscallions Jay Reatard and Times New Viking, they've got the old guard onside too. Having recently snapped up Sonic Youth, they're now putting out this amazing live document of Lou Reed's rediscovered classic Berlin, performed at the end of 2006 in St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. The timing of this release could hardly be better too; the Julian Schnabel film about Berlin sees a release at the same time, helping to tell the story of this most controversial of albums. It's hard to work out exactly how these songs could have been so maligned upon their first publication thirty years ago. Although their subject matter might be seen to wallow in tragedy and depression there's an undeniable beauty to the album as a kind of rock opera, benefitting from some of the most lavish and extravagant arrangements and orchestrations to ever feature in Reed's work. Although the flamboyant instrumentation is retained, the production values of the original are broken down here, and this album finds Berlin as a living thing once again, resuscitated as something slightly different - 'Caroline Says Pt. II' for instance, features vocals from Antony Hegarty, who has to rank as one of the most prevalent voices in contemporary alternative music, bringing a distinctly 'now'-ish feel to an album once left for dead.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Matador must be on a real high these days: in addition to the current roster of bright young things, including celebrated punk rapscallions Jay Reatard and Times New Viking, they've got the old guard onside too. Having recently snapped up Sonic Youth, they're now putting out this amazing live document of Lou Reed's rediscovered classic Berlin, performed at the end of 2006 in St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. The timing of this release could hardly be better too; the Julian Schnabel film about Berlin sees a release at the same time, helping to tell the story of this most controversial of albums. It's hard to work out exactly how these songs could have been so maligned upon their first publication thirty years ago. Although their subject matter might be seen to wallow in tragedy and depression there's an undeniable beauty to the album as a kind of rock opera, benefitting from some of the most lavish and extravagant arrangements and orchestrations to ever feature in Reed's work. Although the flamboyant instrumentation is retained, the production values of the original are broken down here, and this album finds Berlin as a living thing once again, resuscitated as something slightly different - 'Caroline Says Pt. II' for instance, features vocals from Antony Hegarty, who has to rank as one of the most prevalent voices in contemporary alternative music, bringing a distinctly 'now'-ish feel to an album once left for dead.
Boomkat Product Review:
Matador must be on a real high these days: in addition to the current roster of bright young things, including celebrated punk rapscallions Jay Reatard and Times New Viking, they've got the old guard onside too. Having recently snapped up Sonic Youth, they're now putting out this amazing live document of Lou Reed's rediscovered classic Berlin, performed at the end of 2006 in St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. The timing of this release could hardly be better too; the Julian Schnabel film about Berlin sees a release at the same time, helping to tell the story of this most controversial of albums. It's hard to work out exactly how these songs could have been so maligned upon their first publication thirty years ago. Although their subject matter might be seen to wallow in tragedy and depression there's an undeniable beauty to the album as a kind of rock opera, benefitting from some of the most lavish and extravagant arrangements and orchestrations to ever feature in Reed's work. Although the flamboyant instrumentation is retained, the production values of the original are broken down here, and this album finds Berlin as a living thing once again, resuscitated as something slightly different - 'Caroline Says Pt. II' for instance, features vocals from Antony Hegarty, who has to rank as one of the most prevalent voices in contemporary alternative music, bringing a distinctly 'now'-ish feel to an album once left for dead.
Boomkat Product Review:
Matador must be on a real high these days: in addition to the current roster of bright young things, including celebrated punk rapscallions Jay Reatard and Times New Viking, they've got the old guard onside too. Having recently snapped up Sonic Youth, they're now putting out this amazing live document of Lou Reed's rediscovered classic Berlin, performed at the end of 2006 in St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York. The timing of this release could hardly be better too; the Julian Schnabel film about Berlin sees a release at the same time, helping to tell the story of this most controversial of albums. It's hard to work out exactly how these songs could have been so maligned upon their first publication thirty years ago. Although their subject matter might be seen to wallow in tragedy and depression there's an undeniable beauty to the album as a kind of rock opera, benefitting from some of the most lavish and extravagant arrangements and orchestrations to ever feature in Reed's work. Although the flamboyant instrumentation is retained, the production values of the original are broken down here, and this album finds Berlin as a living thing once again, resuscitated as something slightly different - 'Caroline Says Pt. II' for instance, features vocals from Antony Hegarty, who has to rank as one of the most prevalent voices in contemporary alternative music, bringing a distinctly 'now'-ish feel to an album once left for dead.
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