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- Summary: The remastered reissue of the rock artist's 1989 solo album includes 26 previously unreleased live and early versions of album tracks, a DVD of his performance at Montreal's Theatre St. Denis originally released on VHS/Laserdisc and an audio-only interview.
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- Record Label: Rhino / Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Sep 28, 2020All the songs get the live treatment from an already available concert recorded in Montreal. Work tapes and a live Sweet Jane and Walk On The Wild Side add heft, but the main work is the thing here.
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Sep 28, 2020The new deluxe edition of New York contains live versions of every track, glizted-up arrangements of the Reed standards “Sweet Jane” and “Walk on the Wild Side,” one non-album instrumental, a long-out-of-print concert film, and a number of demos and rough mixes. These works in progress largely serve to show that Reed got it right with the album’s final version.
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UncutSep 28, 2020Much of New York still resonates over 30 years on. ... The new remaster is crisp - it's hard to mess with the original's direct, unadorned musicianship. ... What this second disc [of live tracks] demonstrates is the quality of Reed's New York band. [Nov 2020, p.44]
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MojoSep 28, 2020New York is one of Reed's strongest solo albums, with its tight focus, impassioned lyrics and spare, almost punky music. This is a deserved reissue, but the extras - a complete, energetic live rendition of the record from 1989, and some outtakes including he unissued The Room - are for fans only. [Nov 2020, p.92]