Lou Reed: 1972 - 1986

This book examines the first decade-and-a-half of Lou Reed's work as a solo artist. It would be easy to paint these years with a broad brush; with the ghost of The Velvet Underground in its aftermath gradually gaining cultural influence, this slow-burning legacy would both tether and liberate its key participant. Between the years of 1972 and 1986, Lou Reed would seek, achieve, reject, lament and,...