New Sensations

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New Sensations
Studio album by Lou Reed
Released April 1984
Recorded at Skyline Studios, New York City
Genre Rock
Length 42:24
Label RCA
Producer John Jansen, Lou Reed
Lou Reed chronology
Live in Italy
(1984)
New Sensations
(1984)
City Lights
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[2]

New Sensations is the thirteenth solo album by Lou Reed.

When this album was released, critics and listeners alike took note of a change in the songs as being more upbeat and fun than much of Reed's prior work. [3] Lou seemed to have abandoned the often self-destructive lifestyle of a New York rock star and retreated to the New Jersey suburbs.

I wrote this song cause I'd like to shake your hand
In a way you guys are the best friends I ever had
Doin' The Things We Want to


If your father is free-basing and your mother turning tricks
That's still no reason you should have a rip
Remember I'm the one who loves you
You can always give me a call
Turn To Me


Nevertheless despite this "retreat" from the city, Lou still decried the lifestyle of suburban materialism.

You can keep your dresses
You can keep your jewels
You can keep the colored TV
Those soaps just make me sick
All I'm asking you to leave me is my red joystick
My Red Joystick


Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Lou Reed.

[edit] Side one

  1. "I Love You, Suzanne" – 3:19
  2. "Endlessly Jealous" – 3:57
  3. "My Red Joystick" – 3:36
  4. "Turn to Me" – 4:22
  5. "New Sensations" – 5:42

[edit] Side two

  1. "Doin' the Things that We Want To" – 3:55
  2. "What Becomes a Legend Most" – 3:37
  3. "Fly Into the Sun" – 3:04
  4. "My Friend George" – 3:51
  5. "High in the City" – 3:27
  6. "Down at the Arcade" – 3:40

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ New Sensations by Lou Reed, Kurt Loder, 07 June 1984, Rolling Stone
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