Coney Island Baby, the song, is about as epic and personal a Lou Reed tune as you're going to get. The imagery is amazing, and the song aches. In no way is this his best album, but it's damn good, and a worthy download for someone who loves great music.
Lou Reed- Coney Island Baby
From Paul Nelson at Rolling Stone:
Are the mid-Seventies the late Sixties in weird disguise? Can Gatorade really be the fountain of youth? Or is there something in the air these days that transforms the tired blood of certain seeminly played out, erstwhile All-Pantheon quarterbacks into something so fresh and vital that new notice must be taken? First Bob Dylan and then Neil Young bounce from the Big Sleep of years of self-imposed benchwarming to launch the Big Comeback, suddenly connecting on a series of breath-taking touchdown passes that make Lynn Swanns of us all. The Vets are on the move. The logical, computerized defenses of the Seventies, apparently unprepared for idiosyncratic acts of individual heroism -- one cannot stay sharp by playing against the homogenized, formulaic offenses of the Los Angeles Eagles or Britain's bland Elton Long Johns every week -- can only watch open-mouthed as point (Blood on the Tracks, Desire) after personized point (Tonight's the Night, Zuma) goes up on the scoreboard. Even the Band kicks a field goal (Northern Lights -- Southern Cross). A few seconds remain, and the game is tied. But the Vets have a secret weapon: a once brilliant broken field runner now deemed so aesthetically confused that his recent efforts have often been laughed at or pitied. From the very end of the bench comes Old Number Nada, the Babylon Zombie, the Bionic Metal Machine, the Coney Island Baby himself -- Lou Reed.
Technical Information:
Artist: Lou Reed
Album: Coney Island Baby (Expanded Edition)
Year: 1976
Audio Codec(s): APE/FLAC8
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: EAC APE + .cue/FLAC split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 867 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 381 MB/394 MB
Length: 1:01:28
Tracklisting:
01. Crazy Feeling (2:55)
02. Charley's Girl (2:40)
03. She's My Best Friend (6:01)
04. Kicks (6:04)
05. A Gift (3:46)
06. Ooohhh Baby (3:46)
07. Nobody's Business (3:49)
08. Coney Island Baby (6:46)
Bonus Tracks:
09. Nowhere at All (3:18)
10. Downtown Dirt (4:18)
11. Leave Me Alone (5:35)
12. Crazy Feeling (Alternative Version) (2:39)
13. She's My Best Friend (Alternative Version) (4:09)
14. Coney Island Baby (Alternative Version) (5:42)
Coney Island Baby Megaupload Links:
APE (img + .cue)
FLAC8 (split tracks)