Released at the height of Glam rock, and featuring backing musicians who went on to join Alice Cooper's band, Lou swaggers through some intense Velvet Underground tracks, plus one from his recently released Berlin album, all recorded live in concert at Howard Stein's Academy of Music, New York, in late 1973.
The original version only had five songs, but contained possibly the best recorded versions of "Sweet Jane" and "White Light/White Heat" available anywhere. There's some great guitar interplay on this album, as well as that signature deadpan vocal delivery. As Lou himself said years later, "Nobody does Lou Reed better than me". After copping a lot of criticism over his 1973 album Berlin - one of the most depressing albums ever made - Lou further tested fans and critics with Metal Machine Music in 1975, which was basically 60 minutes of unlistenable noise & feedback spread over two LP's. But in between he gave us this gem: a timely reminder to the masses about the power of the Velvet Underground's music, delivered with "Lou Reed attitude".
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