The Bells

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:40:37
Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer, bass); Ellard Bolles (12-string electric guitar, synthesizer, bass, background vocals); Don Cherry (African hunting guitar, trumpet); Marty Fogel (ocarina, soprano & tenor saxophones, Fender Rhodes piano); Michael Fonfara (electric & Fender Rhodes pianos, keyboards, Orberheim synthesizer, background vocals); Michael Suchorsky (percussion). Producer: Lou Reed. Reissue producer: Rob Santos. Recorded at Delta Studios, Wilster, West Germany. Originally released on Arista (4229). Includes liner notes by Timothy & Karin Greenfield-Sanders. Digtially remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York). Intriguing even by Reed's own standards, THE BELLS is an experimental album, recorded in so-called binaural sound, a process which he became enamored with in the late '70s. Theoretically, it was supposed to simulate a 360 degree soundfield, although Reed himself has since admitted it didn't work. Reed's usually plainspoken vocals are somewhat affected here, and the overall sound--courtesy of Marty Fogel's overdubbed saxophone section--verges on early '70s glam rock. Lyrically, the songs range from the meaningless "Disco Mystic" (it consists of the repetition of just those two words over a four minute instrumental), to more typical Reed dissertations about walks on the wild side, the most chilling of which "All Through the Night," is sung against a backdrop of cocktail party chatter. Also noteworthy are "City Lights," one of Reed's first overtly political songs and the title track.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)