Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse is a concert film and live album by Lou Reed released in 2008. The concert film was directed by Julian Schnabel, live at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn during five nights in December 2006. Background shots of the characters Jim and Caroline were done by Lola Schnabel.
| Berlin | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Julian Schnabel |
| Produced by | Jon Kilik Tom Sarig |
| Starring | Lou Reed Emmanuelle Seigner |
| Cinematography | Ellen Kuras |
| Edited by | Benjamin Flaherty |
| Music by | Lou Reed |
| Distributed by | Third Rail Releasing |
Release dates |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $114,860[1] |
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| Released | November 4, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | December 15–16, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 79:30 | |||
| Label | Matador Records | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin, Hal Willner | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| Spectrum Culture | (3.5/5.0) [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.2/10)[6] |
The Berlin tour was the first time Lou Reed had played the full album live in over 30 years, after the original album had been a critical and commercial disappointment (in spite of it being a top 10 album hitting #7 in the UK and going Silver). Individual songs had been played, but not the entire album.[7]
The concert film and album both feature three non-Berlin songs as an encore, "Candy Says", "Rock Minuet" and "Sweet Jane".
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Lou Reed
- "Intro" – 1:51
- "Berlin" – 2:34
- "Lady Day" – 4:12
- "Men of Good Fortune" – 6:35
- "Caroline Says (I)" – 4:31
- "How Do You Think It Feels?" – 5:37
- "Oh, Jim" – 8:16
- "Caroline Says (II)" – 4:33
- "The Kids" – 8:08
- "The Bed" – 5:59
- "Sad Song" – 8:21
- "Candy Says" – 6:04
- "Rock Minuet" – 7:18
- "Sweet Jane" – 5:31
Personnel
edit- Lou Reed – lead vocals, guitar
- Steve Hunter – guitars, bandleader
- Fernando Saunders – bass guitar, synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals
- Tony "Thunder" Smith – drums, backing vocals
- Rupert Christie – keyboards, backing vocals
- Rob Wasserman – double bass
- Sharon Jones – vocals
- Anohni Hegarty – vocals
- Steven Bernstein – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
- Paul Shapiro – saxophone, flute
- Doug Wieselman – bass clarinet, clarinet
- David Gold – viola
- Eyvind Kang – viola
- Jane Scarpantoni – cello
- Brooklyn Youth Chorus – choir
- Bob Ezrin - conductor
References
edit- ^ "Lou Reed's Berlin (2008) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse [Live] by Lou Reed". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Deming, Mark. Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse at AllMusic
- ^ Walters, Barry (2008-10-02). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse : Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Kamal, Nathan (2008-11-04). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Anne's Warehouse - Movie Review, Music Review, Book Review and Food review". spectrumculture.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Baron, Zach (2008-11-12). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Lou Reed Berlin: Q & A with Lou Reed. Film Forum (Podcast). July 28, 2008.