Through his many incarnations, from proto punk to glam rocker to elder statesman of the avant-garde, Lou Reed's work has maintained an undeniable vividness, fueled by precise character studies and rendered with an admirable shot of moral ambiguity. This book features Reed's complete lyrics.
Features a song that was discovered by a new generation in the 1990s when it was featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting and after, its release as a charity single in 1997.
A comprehensive collection of over 30 years of work, spanning Lou Reed's entire career: from his early days with the Velvet Underground to the classic albums "Transformer", "Berlin" and "New York"; from the elegiac "Magic and Loss" to "Ecstasy".