Set the Twilight Reeling
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [3] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Set the Twilight Reeling is the seventeenth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in February 1996 by Sire Records. As noted on the lyric sheet, "Finish Line" was Reed's tribute to the Velvet Underground's guitarist Sterling Morrison, who had died the previous year.
Packaging
The cover artwork direction and packaging design was done by Stefan Sagmeister.[6] The photograph is by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Pete Cornish.[6] The CD case sold with the album was a dark purple/blue hue, making the cover look like a dark blue picture of Reed's face; the bright yellow aspect and the "rays" of the cover image were only made apparent when the liner notes were removed from its case.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lou Reed.
- "Egg Cream" – 5:18
- "NYC Man" – 4:56
- "Finish Line" – 3:24
- "Trade In" – 4:59
- "Hang On to Your Emotions" – 3:46
- "Sex with Your Parents (Motherfucker), Part II" – 3:37
- "HookyWooky" – 4:19
- "The Proposition" – 3:27
- "Adventurer" – 4:18
- "Riptide" – 7:46
- "Set the Twilight Reeling" – 5:04
"Sex with Your Parents (Motherfucker)" recorded live on July 14, 1995 at The Roof, New York City
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the Set the Twilight Reeling liner notes.[7]
- Lou Reed – vocals; guitars
- Fernando Saunders – fretless and fretted electric bass guitar; acoustic guitar on "NYC Man"; backing vocals
- Tony "Thunder" Smith – drums; backing vocals
- Oliver Lake, J. D. Parran, Russell Gunn, Jr. – horns on "NYC Man"
- Roy Bittan – piano on "Finish Line"
- Mino Cinelu – percussion on "Finish Line"
- Laurie Anderson – backing vocals on "Hang On to Your Emotions"
- Struan Oglanby – programming; production co-ordination
See also
References
- ^ Deming, Mark. Set the Twilight Reeling at AllMusic
- ^ Browne, David (1996-02-23). "Neil Young and Lou Reed return". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (1996-02-20). "Reed's 'Twilight' Glows With Illumination From the Heart". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lou+Reed
- ^ Fricke, David (1998-02-02). "Lou Reed: Set The Twilight Reeling : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-06-13. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Lou Reed, 'Set the Twilight Reeling' - Work - Sagmeister & Walsh". Sagmeisterwalsh.com. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ^ Set the Twilight Reeling (CD booklet). Lou Reed. Sire Records. 1996.
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External links
- Set the Twilight Reeling at Discogs (list of releases)