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Coney Island Baby

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Released
  
January 19, 1976

Length
  
35:15

Release date
  
February 1976

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
October 18-28, 1975

Artist
  
Lou Reed

Label
  
RCA Victor

Producers
  
Lou Reed, Godfrey Diamond

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Studio
  
Mediasound, New York City

Coney Island Baby (1976)
  
Rock and Roll Heart (1976)

Similar
  
Lou Reed albums, Rock music albums


Coney Island Baby is a 1976 album by Lou Reed, released in January by RCA. It is also the title of a song on that album. Many of the album's songs were inspired by Reed's girlfriend and muse at the time, a trans woman named Rachel. According to Aidan Levy, Coney Island Baby was "as much a love letter to Rachel as it was to the nostalgic Coney Island of the mind." The album's title track directly references Rachel with the line: "I'd like to send this one out to Lou and Rachel, and all the kids at P.S. one ninety-two."

Contents

The album includes the song "She's My Best Friend", a version of which was originally recorded by Reed's band the Velvet Underground in 1969, and eventually released on the 1985 compilation album VU. The 30th anniversary re-issue of Coney Island Baby includes bonus tracks featuring Reed's Velvet Underground bandmate Doug Yule.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lou Reed

Side One

  1. "Crazy Feeling" – 2:56
  2. "Charley's Girl" – 2:36
  3. "She's My Best Friend" – 6:00
  4. "Kicks" – 6:06

Side Two

  1. "A Gift" – 3:47
  2. "Ooohhh Baby" – 3:45
  3. "Nobody's Business" – 3:41
  4. "Coney Island Baby" – 6:36

30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

  1. "Nowhere at All" – 3:17 recorded November 18 & 21, 1975 at Mediasound Studios, NYC
  2. "Downtown Dirt" – 4:18 recorded January 3 & 4, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
  3. "Leave Me Alone" – 5:35 recorded October 19 & 20, 1975 at Mediasound Studios, NYC
  4. "Crazy Feeling" – 2:39 recorded January 3 & 4, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
  5. "She's My Best Friend" – 4:08 recorded January 4, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
  6. "Coney Island Baby" – 5:41 recorded January 6, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC

Personnel

  • Lou Reed - vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Bob Kulick - lead and slide guitar
  • Bruce Yaw - acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Michael Suchorsky - drums, percussion
  • Joanne Vent, Michael Wendroff, Godfrey Diamond - background vocals
    • Musicians on bonus tracks
  • Doug Yule - bass on bonus tracks 2, 4-6, guitar on bonus tracks 4-6
  • Bob Meday - drums on bonus tracks 2, 4-6
  • Michael Fonfara - keyboards on bonus tracks 2, 4-6
    • Technical
  • José Rodriguez - recording
  • Mick Rock - photography

    • Songs

    1Crazy Feeling2:55
    2Charley's Girl2:37
    3She's My Best Friend6:00

    References

    Coney Island Baby Wikipedia
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