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| | Amazon.co.uk: Transformer: Music: Lou Reed (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | TRANSFORMER built on the stripped-down, quirky pop of LOADED-era VU, infusing it with the androgynous, cheeky glitz of the glam era (the bleached-out fl-and-white cover photo of Reed in eye makeup is a giveaway), not to mention a fair bit of Ronson's guitar muscle. |
 | | But TRANSFORMER's highlights aresome of Reed's best-ever songs: the soaring ditty "Satellite of Love", for instance, the cutting "Vicious", the romantic, yet chillingly melancholic "Perfect Day", and the slice of pop perfection that is "Walk On The Wild Side", complete with shuffling groove, sliding bass, instantly memorable vocal back-ups, and Reed's deadpan talk-singing. |
 | | Transformer is a type of decadent cabaret comparable to Bowie's Alladin Sane, but it is less bleak and much more colourful and engaging. |
| www.amazon.co.uk /Transformer-Lou-Reed/dp/B00006LLOG (1024 words) |
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