Released January 19, 1976 Length 35:15 Release date February 1976 Genre Rock music | Recorded October 18-28, 1975 Label RCA Victor | |
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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 ReedSide One
- "Crazy Feeling" – 2:56
- "Charley's Girl" – 2:36
- "She's My Best Friend" – 6:00
- "Kicks" – 6:06
Side Two
- "A Gift" – 3:47
- "Ooohhh Baby" – 3:45
- "Nobody's Business" – 3:41
- "Coney Island Baby" – 6:36
30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
- "Nowhere at All" – 3:17 recorded November 18 & 21, 1975 at Mediasound Studios, NYC
- "Downtown Dirt" – 4:18 recorded January 3 & 4, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
- "Leave Me Alone" – 5:35 recorded October 19 & 20, 1975 at Mediasound Studios, NYC
- "Crazy Feeling" – 2:39 recorded January 3 & 4, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
- "She's My Best Friend" – 4:08 recorded January 4, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
- "Coney Island Baby" – 5:41 recorded January 6, 1975 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Personnel
Songs
1Crazy Feeling2:55
2Charley's Girl2:37
3She's My Best Friend6:00