Lou Reed – Set the Twilight Reeling 2xLP Vinyl Record (2021 Record Store Day Exclusive)

Lou Reed – Set the Twilight Reeling 2xLP Vinyl Record (2021 Record Store Day Exclusive)

In celebration of the albums 25th Anniversary, Lou Reed’s “Set The Twilight Reeling” has been reissued for Record Store Day 2021. The album is the seventeenth solo studio album by the American musician, originally released in February 1996 and as noted on the lyric sheet, “Finish Line” is Reed’s tribute to the Velvet Underground’s guitarist Sterling Morrison, who had passed the previous year. The album is dedicated to Laurie Anderson, whom Reed would marry twelve years after its release

“Set the Twilight Reeling” bubbles with a whole batch of new sensations, making it one of Reed’s brightest and friendliest records. More often than not on Reed’s albums, the subject matter is dour and he decides to talk his way through, as if singing would distract from the heaviness of it all. But on Set the Twilight Reeling (as with his past love-puppy albums), melodies abound: “NYC Man,” “Trade In,” “Hold On to Your Emotions,” and the title track are all touchy-feely pop songs (by Reed’s standards), complete with acoustic-guitar or jazz chords and aw-shucks lines like “I want to make her my wife” and “I accept the newfound man.” 

Pressed on Classic Black Vinyl

TRACKLISTING

Side A:

1. Egg Cream
2. NYC Man
   
3. Finish Line
   
4. Trade In