The Blue Mask (Vinyl LP) Electronic

The Blue Mask (Vinyl LP) ElectronicThe Blue Mask is the eleventh solo studio album by singer songwriter Lou Reed. Released in 1982 near Reed's 40th birthday, and covers topics of marriage and settling down, alongside themes of violence, paranoia, and alcoholism.

A kitsch classic

as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the intensity of newly born love affairs and the disappointment of failed romance (add in some general statements about loss of innocence and modern-day confusion as well)

Featuring 14 tracks lined with Rainbow and Deep Purple classics like "Stargazer" and "Highway Star

would have no part in

(EPs show up on the half-moon

A Beard of Stars

kaleidoscopically eclectic

This classic LP - the first of two that Nilsson recorded in England with producer Richard Perry - features the Grammy Award winning Number one hit Without You (written and originally recorded by Badfinger and later a hit for Mariah Carey) plus the quirky Top 10 smash Coconut and the hard-driving Jump Into the Fire

but emotionally it's as compelling as anything Lou Reed released in the 1970s

In this collection

gelhorn is blared from time to time on top of the accentuated drums

This ‘ultra hip’ vocal group from the 60s sound a lot like Pentangle