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Reed's 'Berlin' Challenging, Harrowing, Rewarding

by George Varga

Few albums have charted a more curiously rocky path — or inspired as much controversy and belated acclaim — as Lou Reed's "Berlin," which has now been reborn as a concert film directed by Julian Schnabel. Originally released in 1973, it is easily the second most misunderstood work in this legendary New York rocker's discography.

The first, of course, was "Metal Machine Music," his almost perversely unlistenable 1975 double-album of ear-numbingly distorte ...

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