Released November 1978 Length 98:27 Live Take No Prisoners
(1978) The Bells
(1979) Release date November 1978 Genre Rock music | Recorded May 17–21, 1978 Producer Lou Reed Artist Lou Reed Label Arista Records | |
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Venue The Bottom Line, New York City Similar Lou Reed albums, Rock music albums | ||
Live: Take No Prisoners is a 1978 live album by Lou Reed, recorded during May 1978 at The Bottom Line in New York.
Contents
The album contains adlibs by Lou Reed during and between songs, among them a detailed story of the origin of "Walk on the Wild Side," and a rant against rock music critics, particularly Robert Christgau.
Cover
The illustrations on the cover were officially credited to Brent Bailer but Spanish illustrator Nazario won in 2000 a legal battle after which it was determined that the original drawing had been done by him, for the cover of a magazine in the seventies. RCA was forced to pay Nazario 4 million pesetas (about 24,000 euros). Nazario has said that if Lou Reed had ever asked him for permission to use his drawing, he would probably have given it for free.
Track listing
All tracks written by Lou Reed
CD One:
- "Sweet Jane" – 10:44
- "I Wanna Be Black" – 6:27
- "Satellite of Love" – 7:06
- "Pale Blue Eyes" – 7:36
- "Berlin" – 6:13
- "I'm Waiting for the Man" – 13:59
CD Two:
- "Coney Island Baby" – 8:37
- "Street Hassle" – 13:15
- "Walk on the Wild Side" – 16:54
- "Leave Me Alone" – 7:29
Personnel
Songs
1Sweet Jane10:45
2I Wanna Be Black6:29
3Satellite of Love7:05