Why don't you smile now - Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

"This collection is at its most intriguing in the brief moments where listeners can hear Reed experimenting with these ideas, ones he'd fully realize a little further down the road with the Velvet Underground. These moments show up fairly unambiguously in the sadistic sneering of the Primitives, but they're also there to be found just a little bit deeper below the surface of songs where Reed was trying his best to emulate simplistic pop music but couldn't keep his inherent darkness from showing".

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"Helt overordnet bærer materialet her i sagens natur præg af, at det ikke er Reeds eget, kunstneriske projekt, men lønarbejde - udført med indlysende tæft for den enkle popsang og glimt i øjet ... Og indimellem sætter den uregerlige rebel Reed sig så alligevel igennem - med strudseguitar og sin karakteristisk drævende vokal. Og det er naturligvis dér, albummet her er mest interessant".

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"This collection is at its most intriguing in the brief moments where listeners can hear Reed experimenting with these ideas, ones he'd fully realize a little further down the road with the Velvet Underground. These moments show up fairly unambiguously in the sadistic sneering of the Primitives, but they're also there to be found just a little bit deeper below the surface of songs where Reed was trying his best to emulate simplistic pop music but couldn't keep his inherent darkness from showing".

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"Helt overordnet bærer materialet her i sagens natur præg af, at det ikke er Reeds eget, kunstneriske projekt, men lønarbejde - udført med indlysende tæft for den enkle popsang og glimt i øjet ... Og indimellem sætter den uregerlige rebel Reed sig så alligevel igennem - med strudseguitar og sin karakteristisk drævende vokal. Og det er naturligvis dér, albummet her er mest interessant".

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