Walk On The Wild Side (track)
by Lou Reed
Year: 1972
From the album Transformer (track #5)
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Walk On The Wild Side appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- Transformer (track #5) (this album) (1972)
- American Poet (track #9) (2001)
- NYC Man (track #10) (compilation) (2003)
- Lou Reed Live - Take No Prisoners (track #9) (1978)
- Live In Concert (track #12) (1998)
- Live In Italy (track #12) (1984)
- Lou Reed Live (track #3) (1975)
- Between Thought And Expression - The Lou Reed Anthology (track #4) (compilation) (1992)
- Walk On The Wild Side: The Best Of Lou Reed (track #6) (compilation) (1977)
- Best Of Lou Reed - Retro (track #1) (compilation) (1989)
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| ! | 09/14/2026 15:28 | bonnequestion | 17,330 | 74/100 |
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GandalfORiley345 05/10/2014 05:19 | #111416
This song it´s beautiful, it´s Lou Reed´s masterpiece (after Perfect Day), this is one of that songs that had born to show it´s lyrically work, UNIQUE
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/11/2012 19:15 | #44255
For 1972, this was pretty brutally honest. And yet a beautiful song.
tgarritsen 03/13/2015 01:01 | #136644
Perhaps my favorite bassline of any song. The lyrics make this the ultimate Lou Reed.
Undeniably his best post-VU song. Just beautiful.
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