Lou Reed's Solo Albums, Ranked; and, Should You Bother?

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If all goes well, I will have a review dropping tomorrow of the new Lou Reed biography by Will Hermes. In preparing for this I have listened to all of Lou’s albums and dug into some of the ephemera. I have listened to more versions of “Heroin” than I thought one person was capable of. I have asked myself whether the properly solemn, frightening versions…