Perfect Night: Live in London is a live album by American musician Lou Reed recorded during the Meltdown '97 festival. It includes a version of the Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror", originally sung by Nico. The album includes two songs, "Talking Book" and "Into the Divine" from the 1996 play Time Rocker Reed's collaboration with Robert Wilson (direction and design), and Darryl Pinckney (text).[3] The cover photograph was taken by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. In Australia, the 2-CD tour edition of Reed's 2000 album Ecstasy included Perfect Night as the second disc.
| Perfect Night: Live in London | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | April 21, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | July 3, 1997 | |||
| Venue | Royal Festival Hall, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 66:08 | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Lou Reed.
Side one
- "I'll Be Your Mirror" – 3:16
- "Perfect Day" – 3:46
- "The Kids" – 4:26
- "Vicious" – 5:40
- "Busload of Faith" – 4:27
- "Kicks" – 4:16
- "Talking Book" – 3:43
- "Into the Divine" – 3:34
Side two
- "Coney Island Baby" – 6:11
- "New Sensations" – 6:07
- "Why Do You Talk" – 2:38
- "Riptide" – 4:13
- "Original Wrapper" – 4:49
- "Sex with Your Parents" – 2:56
- "Dirty Blvd." – 6:06
Personnel
editCredits are adapted from the Perfect Night: Live in London liner notes.[4]
- Lou Reed — guitar; vocals
- Mike Rathke — guitar
- Fernando Saunders — bass; backing vocals
- Tony "Thunder" Smith — drums
References
edit- ^ Deming, Mark. Perfect Night: Live in London at AllMusic
- ^ Wild, David (1998-04-16). "Lou Reed: Perfect Night: Live In London : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (14 November 1997). "NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL REVIEW/MUSIC; Echoes of H. G. Wells, Rhythms of Lou Reed". The New York Times.
- ^ Perfect Night: Live in London (CD booklet). Lou Reed. Sire Records. 1998.
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External links
edit- Perfect Night: Live in London at Discogs (list of releases)