Consumer Guide Album

Lou Reed: City Lights [Arista, 1985]
His second Arista mix-and-match is said to unveil Lou the evolving romantic, though the voice is more compassionate than the songs it sings. The theme is "Gimmie Some Good Times," much more at home here than on the aimless Rock and Roll Heart. Who ever said a romantic couldn't crack jokes whilst baring his heart--his lust and anger casual, his passion no more deeply felt than his cool? Reinforcing the impression: all the sides you need of Take No Prisoners--one. B+