Rock and Roll Heart

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Rock and Roll Heart
Rock and Roll Heart cover
Studio album by Lou Reed
Recorded November 1976, Record Plant, New York
Genre Rock
Length 37:42
Label Arista Records
Producer Lou Reed
Professional reviews
Lou Reed chronology
Coney Island Baby
(1976)
Rock and Roll Heart
(1976)
Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed
(1977)

Rock and Roll Heart is the seventh album by Lou Reed, released in 1976. It was his first album for Arista Records (now a sister label to his previous label RCA Records, via Sony BMG) after record mogul Clive Davis reportedly rescued him from bankruptcy.

The cover art is credited to Mick Rock.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Lou Reed

  1. "I Believe In Love" - 2:46
  2. "Banging On My Drum" - 2:11
  3. "Follow the Leader" - 2:13
  4. "You Wear It So Well" - 4:52
  5. "Ladies Pay" - 4:22
  6. "Rock & Roll Heart" - 3:05
  7. "Chooser and the Chosen One" - 2:47
  8. "Senselessly Cruel" - 2:08
  9. "Claim to Fame" - 2:51
  10. "Vicious Circle" - 2:53
  11. "A Sheltered Life" - 2:20
  12. "Temporary Thing" - 5:13

[edit] Personnel:

  • Lou Reed - vocals, guitar, piano
  • Marty Fogel - saxophone
  • Michael Fonfara - piano, organ, clavinet, ARP synthesizer
  • Bruce Yaw - bass
  • Michael Suchorsky - drums
  • Garland Jeffreys - background vocals on "You Wear It So Well"

Mixed & engineered by Corky Stasiak

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