Live: Take No Prisoners is Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

's third live album. Released in 1978, it was Reed's contribution to the double live album era. It was recorded at the Bottom Line in New York

New York

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, and there is no overdubbing

Overdubbing

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. It is distinguished for featuring several lengthy and humorous monologue

Monologue

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s from the artist, among them a detailed story of the origin of "Walk on the Wild Side," and a rant against rock music critics, particularly Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

. The illustrations on the cover were credited to Brent Bailer.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed

CD One:

1. "Sweet Jane
   Sweet Jane
   "Sweet Jane" is a song by The Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by band's leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the piece into live performances years later as a solo artist....
   
   " (10'44)
2. "I Wanna Be Black" (6'27)
3. "Satellite of Love
   Satellite of Love
   "Satellite of Love" is one of Lou Reed's best-known songs from his solo career. It is the second single from his 1972 album Transformer. At the time of its release it did not achieve any chart success, though it later became a staple of his concerts and compilation albums.-Background and...
   
   " (7'06)
4. "Pale Blue Eyes
   Pale Blue Eyes
   "Pale Blue Eyes" is a song written by Lou Reed and performed by The Velvet Underground. It was included on the band's eponymous 1969 album The Velvet Underground....
   
   " (7'36)
5. "Berlin" (6'13)
6. "I'm Waiting For My Man" (13'59)

CD Two:

1. "Coney Island Baby
   Coney Island Baby
   Coney Island Baby is the sixth solo album by Lou Reed, released in 1975. It is also the title of a song on that album. The name presumably refers to the Excellents' 1962 doo wop song of the same name, and/or a 1924 Les Appleton barbershop music song of the same name...
   
   " (8'37)
2. "Street Hassle
   Street Hassle
   Street Hassle is the eighth solo album by Lou Reed, originally released by Arista Records. The album is notable as the first commercially released pop album to employ binaural recording technology. Street Hassle combines live concert tapings and studio recordings.The album is also notable for...
   
   " (13'15)
3. "Walk on the Wild Side" (16'54)
4. "Leave Me Alone" (7'29)

Personnel

• Lou Reed
  Lou Reed
  Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
  
   - vocals, guitar, guitar synthesizer
• Stuart Heinrich - guitar, background vocals
• Marty Fogel - electric saxophone
• Michael Fonfara - electric piano
• Ellard "Moose" Boles - bass, background vocals
• Michael Suchorsky - drums
• Angel Howell - tambourine, background vocals
• Chrissy Faith - background vocals

Mixed and engineered by Manfred Schunke at Delta Studio, Wilster

Wilster

-History:Wilster was granted town rights under Lübeck law in 1282, and thereby counts itself among Schleswig-Holstein's oldest towns. Wilster forms the centre of the Wilstermarsch, a major cattle raising area in Germany....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...