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BEFORE.YOU.DIE.PART.60

LOU REED - THE BELLS

The Bells is the ninth album by Lou Reed released through Arista Records in 1979. It is recorded in binaural sound. "City Lights" is a tribute to Charlie Chaplin. "Disco Mystic" is indeed played in a disco style, and the lyrics consist of those two words repeated. "Families" is an explicitly personal entreaty to his own parents and sister, with the closing line "Families that live out in the suburbs often make each other cry". "I Want to Boogie With You" has a doo-wop flavor (even if underneath the horns are the synthesizers which permeate this album), a I-to-IV Plagal cadence repeated throughout. The title track is said to be a favorite of Reed's, and he claims the lyrics were made up extemporaneously.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed; except where indicated

"Stupid Man" - 2:33 (Reed, Nils Lofgren)
"Disco Mystic" - 4:30 (Reed, Ellard Boles, Marty Fogel, Michael Fonfara, Michael Suchorsky)
"I Want to Boogie With You" - 3:55 (Reed, Michael Fonfara)
"With You" - 2:21 (Reed, Nils Lofgren)
"Looking for Love" - 3:29
"City Lights" - 3:22 (Reed, Nils Lofgren)
"All Through the Night" - 5:00 (Reed, Don Cherry)
"Families" - 6:09 (Reed, Ellard Boles)
"The Bells" - 9:17 (Reed, Marty Fogel)

Personnel

Lou Reed - vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer, bass
Ellard "Moose" Boles - 12-string electric guitar, synthesizer, bass, background vocals
Don Cherry - African hunting guitar, trumpet
Marty Fogel - ocarina, soprano & tenor saxophones, Fender Rhodes piano, guitar on "The Bells"
Michael Fonfara - electric & Fender Rhodes pianos, keyboards, Oberheim synthesizer, background vocals, Executive Producer
Michael Suchorsky - percussion