Rock 'n' Roll Animal

Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Live album by
Lou Reed
ReleasedFebruary 1974 (1974-02)
RecordedDecember 21, 1973
VenueHoward Stein's Academy of Music, New York City
Genre
Length40:32 (original)
48:12 (remaster)
LabelRCA Victor
Producer
Lou Reed chronology
Berlin
(1973) 		Rock 'n' Roll Animal
(1974) 		Sally Can't Dance
(1974)
Singles from Rock 'n' Roll Animal
  1. "Sweet Jane (Live)"
    Released: April 1974[4]

Rock 'n' Roll Animal is a live album by American musician Lou Reed, released in February 1974 by RCA Records. In its original form, it features five songs, four of which were initially recorded by The Velvet Underground. Reed's band included Pentti Glan (drums), Prakash John (bass), Ray Colcord (keyboards), and Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter (guitars). (The two guitarists would later form the basis of the first Alice Cooper solo band, beginning on Welcome to My Nightmare, which also features Glan and John.)

The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973, at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in New York City. A sleeper hit, it peaked at No. 26 in the UK and No. 45 on the Billboard 200 album chart during a 28-week stay before earning Reed's first RIAA gold certification in 1978.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Lou Reed and the Tots – Walk On The Wild Side". Paste. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  2. ^ May, Stephen (July 14, 2014). "Lou Reed: Animal Serenade". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 138. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Great Rock Discography". p. 681.
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