Berlin in flames

It is 73 Lou Reed out what would become his "monster": Berlin, 3rd solo album, last year excroisance a glam decadence to the displayed (Raw Power, Alladin Sane ...), true sound to the peplum glory of hatred and dégout.les topics are of astounding gaiety: suicide, drugs, love and hatred froide.Pour disaster illustrate this charming picture, producer Bob Ezrin (who later produce The Wall) is invited, taking musicians with him / vandals Alice Cooper, for the smell of sulfur alléchés.Tout this little world applies for months in the studio to create a huge sound, crushing the bottom of which arises the jaded and fetid voice of the great lou wicked Lou.Un that looked more like a raccoon at the time because of his gothic makeup ... But none of that in this disque.à fact it should be listened to regardless of the pouch (different from that desired by Reed) or musical trends (no glam here) .It must be alone facing this inimitable output (called "mental cinema" by Ezrin), this view of life cauchemardeque (a so much so that sometimes borders on the burlesque), and especially the terrible history the downfall of Jim and Caroline, two junkies in distress, in a Berlin Baroque and cruel.Non, reed has not inspired for his Ziggy Stardust histoire.Et for once, the chameleon redhead chose not to follow Lou Reed in a perilous business ... I must say that if the album is a success (if the purpose was intended by its créteurs Us disgust of life), Reed and Ezrin will emerge exhausted mentally, will be misunderstood by the press and by the public, and may not present the album in its double lp release, which will force them to reduce disk chansons.Un shaped descent into hell, which may be compared to works like terminal Mellon Collie Smashing or just Wall.Un The disk that nearly added to the table of lost masterpieces of rock like "Smile".