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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980
| name = Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980
| type = [[Compilation Album]]
| type = [[compilation album]]
| artist = [[Lou Reed]]
| artist = [[Lou Reed]]
| cover = Lou Reed - R&R Diary 1967-1980.jpg
| cover = Lou Reed - R&R Diary 1967-1980.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = December 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/682/mode/2up?q=Lou+Reed|page=682|title=The Great Rock Discography}}</ref>
| released = 1980
| recorded = 1967-1980
| recorded = 1966–1980
| venue =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = 74:29
| length = 74:29
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Rock+and+Roll+Diary%3A+1967%E2%80%931980+lou+reed&pg=RA8-PA1961|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| producer =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Growing Up in Public (Lou Reed album)|Growing Up in Public]]
| prev_title = [[Growing Up in Public (Lou Reed album)|Growing Up in Public]]
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{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r16384}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r16384}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2score = B<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lou+Reed|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Lou Reed|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
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{{Refimprove|date=December 2007}}'''''Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980''''' was released by [[Arista Records]] in 1980 as a double album split between tracks by [[the Velvet Underground]] and tracks by [[Lou Reed]], attempting to demonstrate the arc of his songwriting over the first fifteen years of his career. The versions of "Heroin" and "Femme Fatale" are from the 1974 Velvet Underground live album ''[[1969: The Velvet Underground Live]]''. "Coney Island Baby" comes from the ''[[Live: Take No Prisoners]]'' album. The liner notes for the album were written by [[Ellen Willis]].
'''''Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980''''' is a compilation album by [[Lou Reed]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/a-refugee-from-rocks-dark-side-lou-reed-says-goodbye-excess-hello-new-jersey-vol-15-no-12/|title=A Refugee from Rock's Dark Side, Lou Reed Says Goodbye Excess, Hello New Jersey|website=PEOPLE.com}}</ref> It was released by [[Arista Records]] in 1980 as a double album split between tracks by [[the Velvet Underground]] and tracks by Reed, attempting to demonstrate the arc of his songwriting over the first fifteen years of his career.

The versions of "Heroin" and "Femme Fatale" are from the Velvet Underground live album ''[[1969: The Velvet Underground Live]]'' (1974). "Coney Island Baby" comes from ''[[Live: Take No Prisoners]]''.

The liner notes for the album were written by [[Ellen Willis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/11/07/ellen-willis-19412006/|title=Ellen Willis, 1941–2006 &#124; The Village Voice|website=www.villagevoice.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=lou_reed|title=TrouserPress.com :: Lou Reed|website=www.trouserpress.com}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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# "Beginning to See the Light"
# "Beginning to See the Light"
# "[[Sweet Jane]]"
# "[[Sweet Jane]]"
# "[[Rock & Roll (Lou Reed song)|Rock & Roll]]"
# "[[Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)|Rock & Roll]]"
# "[[Heroin (The Velvet Underground song)|Heroin]]" (live)
# "[[Heroin (The Velvet Underground song)|Heroin]]" (live)
# "[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]" (live)
# "[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]" (live)
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==Track listing (CD)==
==Track listing (CD)==
# "[[I'm Waiting for the Man]]"
# "[[I'm Waiting for the Man|Waiting for the Man]]"
# "[[White Light/White Heat (song)|White Light/White Heat]]"
# "[[White Light/White Heat (song)|White Light/White Heat]]"
# "I Heard Her Call My Name"
# "I Heard Her Call My Name"
# "[[Pale Blue Eyes]]"
# "[[Pale Blue Eyes]]"
# "[[Sweet Jane]]"
# "[[Sweet Jane]]"
# "[[Rock & Roll (Lou Reed song)|Rock & Roll]]"
# "[[Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)|Rock & Roll]]"
# "[[Heroin (The Velvet Underground song)|Heroin]]" (live)
# "[[Heroin (The Velvet Underground song)|Heroin]]" (live)
# "[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]" (live)
# "[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]" (live)
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[[Category:Lou Reed compilation albums]]
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[[Category:1980 compilation albums]]

Latest revision as of 16:08, 13 August 2023

Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980
Compilation album by
Lou Reed
ReleasedDecember 1980[1]
Recorded1966–1980
GenreRock
Length74:29
LabelArista[2]
Lou Reed chronology
Growing Up in Public
(1980) 		Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980
(1980) 		The Blue Mask
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
Robert ChristgauB[4]

Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980 is a compilation album by Lou Reed.[5] It was released by Arista Records in 1980 as a double album split between tracks by the Velvet Underground and tracks by Reed, attempting to demonstrate the arc of his songwriting over the first fifteen years of his career.

The versions of "Heroin" and "Femme Fatale" are from the Velvet Underground live album 1969: The Velvet Underground Live (1974). "Coney Island Baby" comes from Live: Take No Prisoners.

The liner notes for the album were written by Ellen Willis.[6][7]

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "Waiting for the Man"
  2. "White Light/White Heat"
  3. "I Heard Her Call My Name"
  4. "Pale Blue Eyes"
  5. "Beginning to See the Light"
  6. "Sweet Jane"
  7. "Rock & Roll"
  8. "Heroin" (live)
  9. "Femme Fatale" (live)
  10. "Walk on the Wild Side"
  11. "Berlin"
  12. "Men of Good Fortune"
  13. "The Kids"
  14. "Coney Island Baby" (live)
  15. "Temporary Thing"
  16. "All Through the Night"
  17. "So Alone"
  18. "How Do You Speak to an Angel"
  19. "Keep Away"
  20. "Street Hassle"

An edited version of the album was released on compact disc on September 27, 1994.

Track listing (CD)

[edit]
  1. "Waiting for the Man"
  2. "White Light/White Heat"
  3. "I Heard Her Call My Name"
  4. "Pale Blue Eyes"
  5. "Sweet Jane"
  6. "Rock & Roll"
  7. "Heroin" (live)
  8. "Femme Fatale" (live)
  9. "Walk on the Wild Side"
  10. "Berlin"
  11. "Temporary Thing"
  12. "All Through the Night"
  13. "So Alone"
  14. "Keep Away"
  15. "Street Hassle"

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "The Great Rock Discography". p. 682.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980 at AllMusic
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Lou Reed". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ "A Refugee from Rock's Dark Side, Lou Reed Says Goodbye Excess, Hello New Jersey". PEOPLE.com.
  6. ^ "Ellen Willis, 1941–2006 | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com.
  7. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Lou Reed". www.trouserpress.com.


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