Coney Island Baby

Artist: Lou Reed
Label: Bmg Int'l
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 828767144122
EAN: 0828767144122
ASIN: B0009XFMWE

Release Date: 2005-08-30

Coney Island Baby

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Tracks:

Crazy Feeling
Charley's Girl
She's My Best Friend
Kicks
Gift
Ooohhh Baby
Nobody's Business
Coney Island Baby

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Album Description

Vinyl Classics reissue of the 1976 album comes as a vinyl look-a-like CD that's packaged in a die-cut see-through Slipcase. Described as, 'his most approachable album since Loaded, and features eight tracks including 'Crazy Feeling', 'She's My Best Friend

Album Details

Limited Edition Reissue of this Classic Album Presented in a Special Package featuring a CD with a Top Side that Resembles an Original LP Vinyl Album, but Don't Let the Looks Deceive You...it's A Fully Playable CD.

Customer Reviews:

Sound quality better than 2006 CD in parts.......2006-10-31

Although the 2006 Legacy release with its great bonus cuts is essential, this also meets a need in terms of sound. The Legacy CD in general pushes the lead vocal forward in the mix to take advantage of the greater dynamic range of CD compared to vinyl. This is sometimes a big advantage compared to this version where the lead vocal often sounds too trebly and recessed (eg Charlie's Girl). But .....

while the Legacy edition has a punchier overall sound it ironically has less dynamic nuance with crescendos that build less subtly and therefore less dramatically.

"Kicks" is a good example of the sonic differences with this cd having a far superior version - as well as less subtle dynamics the Legacy version also lacks enormous amounts of sonic information in the upper frequencies and bass. There is deep ominous sounding bass guitar running all through "Kicks" but in the Legacy edition it's pretty much absent.

In general on this CD the bass guitar sounds natural and nuanced whereas on most of the Legacy release it lacks in upper frequenies so sounds extremely lo fi.

So overall this CD retains much of the subtleties of the original vinyl release and bass guitar sounds remain intact. (Plus it looks like a mini vinyl LP, the really cool part being that the playing surface is black too!)

Almost Perfect For Anal Retentive Collectors Like Me.......2005-12-23

The good news is
The remastering of this CD is fantastic. The music is much fuller and every single note is audible. Can't imagine an improvement on the sound.
The bad news is
The artwork. If I find this same CD on a digipak or mini-lp sleeve I would jump on it.

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