Lou Reed - The Sire Years: The Complete Albums Box (10 CD, 2015)

 

Lou Reed was a singer and guitarist best known as a co-founder of the influential rock group the Velvet Underground and later, as a legendary solo artist. He wrote evocative music using his knowledge of poetry while exploring a variety of genres and personas over his career including glam rock and heavy metal. Famous for writing and singing famous classic hits including 'Perfect Day', 'Sister Jane', and 'Rock and Roll', Reed continued to perform and record into his later years, releasing more than 16 albums over the course of his lengthy career. He has won two Grammy awards including the Hall of Fame award after his tragic death in 2013. 

‘The Sire Years: Complete Albums Box’ contains eight incredible Lou Reed albums in a quirky 10CD clamshell box including: New York, Songs For Drella, Magic and Loss, Set The Twilight Reeling, Perfect Night In London, Ecstasy, The Raven and Animal Serenade.


1989 New York 00:56:54

01. Romeo Had Juliette
02. Halloween Parade
03. Dirty Blvd.
04. Endless Cycle
05. There Is No Time
06. Last Great American Whale
07. Beginning Of A Great Adventure
08. Busload Of Faith
09. Sick Of You
10. Hold On
11. Good Evening Mr. Waldheim
12. Xmas In February
13. Strawman
14. Dime Store Mystery


1990 Lou Reed & John Cale: Songs For Drella 00:54:53

01. Smalltown
02. Open House
03. Style It Takes
04. Work
05. Trouble With Classicists
06. Starlight
07. Faces And Names
08. Images
09. Slip Away (A Warning)
10. It Wasn't Me
11. I Believe
12. Nobody But You
13. A Dream
14. Forever Changed
15. Hello It's Me


1992 Magic And Loss 00:58:35

01. Dorita (The Spirit)
02. What's Good (The Thesis)
03. Power And Glory (The Situation)
04. Magician (Internally)
05. Sword Of Damocles (Externally)
06. Goodby Mass (In A Chapel Bodily Termination)
07. Cremation (Ashes To Ashes)
08. Dreamin' (Escape)
09. No Chance (Regret)
10. Warrior King (Revenge)
11. Harry's Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray)
12. Gassed And Stoked (Loss)
13. Power And Glory Part II (Magic / Transformation)
14. Magic And Loss (The Summation)


1996 Set The Twilight Reeling 00:50:57

01. Egg Cream
02. NYC Man
03. Finish Line
04. Trade In
05. Hang On To Your Emotions
06. Sex With Your Parents (Motherxxxer)
07. Hookywooky
08. The Proposition
09. Adventurer
10. Riptide
11. Set The Twilight Reeling


1998 Perfect Night: Live In London 01:06:25

01. I'll Be Your Mirror
02. Perfect Day
03. The Kid
04. Vicious
05. Busload Of Faith
06. Kicks
07. Talking Book
08. Into The Divine
09. Coney Island Baby
10. New Sensations
11. Why Do You Talk
12. Riptide
13. Original Wrapper
14. Sex With Your Parents
15. Dirty Blvd.


2000 Ecstasy 01:17:22

01. Paranoia Key Of E
02. Mystic Child
03. Mad
04. Ecstasy
05. Modern Dance
06. Tatters
07. Future Farmers Of America
08. Turning Time Around
09. White Prism
10. Rock Minuet
11. Baton Rouge
12. Like A Possum
13. Rouge
14. Big Sky


2003 The Raven (2CD) 02:05:28

CD1
01. The Conqueror Worm
02. Overture
03. Old Poe
04. Prologue (Ligiea)
05. Edgar Allan Poe
06. The Valley Of Unrest
07. Call On Me
08. The City In The Sea / Shadow
09. A Thousand Departed Friends
10. Change
11. The Fall Of The House Of Usher
12. The Bed
13. Perfect Day
14. The Raven
15. Balloon

CD2
01. Broadway Song
02. The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 1
03. Blind Rage
04. The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 2
05. Burning Embers
06. Imp Of The Perverse
07. Vanishing Act
08. The Cask
09. Guilty (Spoken)
10. Guilty (Song)
11. A Wild Being From Birth
12. I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)
13. Science Of The Mind
14. Annabel Lee/The Bells
15. Hop Frog
16. Every Frog Has His Day
17. Tripitena's Speech
18. Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
19. Courtly Orangutans
20. Fire Music
21. Guardian Angel


2003 Animal Serenade (2CD) 02:08:08

CD1
01. Advice
02. Smalltown
03. Tell It To Your Heart
04. Men Of Good Fortune
05. How Do You Think It Feels
06. Vanishing Act
07. Ecstasy
08. The Day John Kennedy Died
09. Street Hassle
10. The Bed
11. Revien Cherie
12. Venus In Furs

CD2
1. Dirty Blvd.
2. Sunday Morning
3. All Tomorrow's Parties
4. Call On Me
5. The Raven
6. Set The Twilight Reeling
7. Candy Says
8. Heroin