Perfect Night: Live in London

Live album by Lou Reed

Released

April 21, 1998

Recorded

July 3, 1997

Genre

Rock

Length

66:08

Label

Sire

Producer

Lou Reed, Mike Rathke

Lou Reed chronology

Retro
(1998)

Perfect Night: Live in London
(1998)

A Retrospective
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

Perfect Night: Live in London is an acoustic live album by 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" Lou'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 album Ecstasy included Perfect Night as the second disc.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed

"I'll Be Your Mirror"
"Perfect Day"
"The Kids"
"Vicious"
"Busload of Faith"
"Kicks"
"Talking Book"
"Into the Divine"
"Coney Island Baby"
"New Sensations"
"Why Do You Talk"
"Riptide"
"Original Wrapper"
"Sex with Your Parents"
"Dirty Blvd."

Personnel

Lou Reed - guitar, vocals
Mike Rathke - guitar
Fernando Saunders - bass, backing vocals
Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums

References

↑ 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". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/14/movies/next-wave-festival-review-music-echoes-of-h-g-wells-rhythms-of-lou-reed.html

Lou Reed

Discography

Studio albums	Lou Reed Transformer Berlin Sally Can't Dance Metal Machine Music Coney Island Baby Rock and Roll Heart Street Hassle The Bells Growing Up in Public The Blue Mask Legendary Hearts New Sensations Mistrial New York Magic and Loss Set the Twilight Reeling Ecstasy The Raven Hudson River Wind Meditations

Collaborations	Le Bataclan '72 (with John Cale and Nico) Songs for Drella (with John Cale) The Stone: Issue Three (with John Zorn and Laurie Anderson) Lulu (with Metallica)

Live albums	Rock 'n' Roll Animal Lou Reed Live Live: Take No Prisoners Live in Italy Live in Concert Perfect Night: Live in London American Poet Animal Serenade Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse The Creation of the Universe

Compilations	Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980 City Lights Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits Different Times: Lou Reed in the '70s The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground A Retrospective Perfect Day Retro The Definitive Collection The Very Best of Lou Reed Legendary Lou Reed NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967–2003) The Essential Lou Reed

Box sets	Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology

Related articles	The Velvet Underground John Cale Nico Metal Machine Trio Live at Montreux 2000

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