The Bells (album)
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| Studio album by Lou Reed | ||||
| Released | April 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Delta Studios, Wilster, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:37 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Lou Reed | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B+ |
The Bells is a 1979 album by Lou Reed, released through Arista Records. It is recorded in binaural sound.
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, music critic Lester Bangs wrote, "With The Bells, more than in Street Hassle, perhaps even more than in his work with the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed achieves his oft-stated ambition—to become a great writer, in the literary sense." In a less enthusiastic retrospective review, Select magazine wrote that "The Bells saw his music disappearing down the pan ... Even self-parody is barely achieved in these half-assed songs played by a bunch of dullards, with Lou sounding painfully uninspired."
Horn arrangements by Lou Reed and Marty Fogel, except "With You" - horn arrangement by Don Cherry and Marty Fogel.
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