Lou Reed finishes the recording of ‘Sally Can’t Dance,’ his fourth solo album (1974)
Lou Reed‘s ‘Sally Can’t Dance’ is his fourth solo album recorded between March 18 and April 26, 1974 and released in August 1974 by RCA.
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Track Listing : 1.Ride Sally Ride (Lou Reed) – 04:06 . 2.Animal Language (Lou Reed) – 03:05 . 3.Baby Face (Lou Reed) – 05:06 . 4.N.Y. Stars (Lou Reed) – 04:02 . 5.Kill Your Sons (Lou Reed) – 03:40 . 6.Ennui (Lou Reed) – 03:43 . 7.Sally Can’T Dance (Lou Reed) – 04:12 . 8.Billy (Lou Reed) – 05:10
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Musicians : Lou Reed – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar On (8) . Danny Weis – Guitar, Tambourine, Background Vocals . Paul Fleisher – Saxophone On (8) . David Taylor – Horns . Lou Marini – Horns . Trevor Koehler – Horns . Jon Faddis – Horns . Alan Rubin – Horns . Alex Foster – Horns . Lew Soloff – Horns . Steve Katz – Harmonica . Michael Fonfara – Piano, Keyboards, Mellotron On (6) . Prakash John – Bass, Background Vocals . Doug Yule – Bass On (8) . Ritchie Dharma – Drums On (5 – 6) . Pentti Whitey Glan – Drums . Doug Bartenfeld – Guitar . Michael Wendroff – Background Vocals . Joanne Vent – Background Vocals
Production : Produced By Steve Katz, Lou Reed . Mike Stone – Engineer . Ralph Moss – Engineer
Arrangements : Danny Weis, Steve Katz, Lew Soloff, Martin Sheller
Package : Dennis Katz – Cover Concept . Acy Lehman – Art Direction . David Byrd – Artwork . Mick Rock 
– Front Cover Illustration
Recorded March 18 – April 26 , 1974 At Electric Lady Studios, Greenwich Village, Nyc.
Released In August 1974 By Rca.
(Source Lou Reed‘s ‘Sally Can’t Dance’ | Official Site)
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Animal Language, is bonkers. Everything that is bad about Sally Can’t Dance is incorporated into this song. Overblown production, an attempt at the “glam” posturing of Transformer and a disinterested performance from Lou Reed. […]
Robert Christgau
Lou sure is adept at figuring out new ways to shit on people. I mean, what else are we to make of this grotesque hodgepodge of soul horns, flash guitar, deadpan songspeech, and indifferent rhymes? […]
adriandenning.co.uk
The lyrics are fairly trite, although have elements of humour here and there. The album sold, which must have pleased the record company. – See more at: http://www.adriandenning.co.uk/lou.html#sthash.o4gtrTDI.dpuf […]
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