EXCLUSIVE BLACK FRIDAY RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE
Label: Warner / Rhino
Released 11/29/19
LOU REED's 2003 album, and 19th solo album "The Raven", is a concept album, recounting the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The album which features guest vocals from LAURIE ANDERSON and DAVID BOWIE (amongst others) also includes different versions of two classic LOU REED tracks - “Perfect Day” (originally released on his breakthrough album "Transformer") and “The Bed” (originally released on his third studio album "Berlin"). This is the first time "The Raven" will appear on vinyl. It will be pressed on 180gram heavyweight vinyl. Strictly Limited to 5,000 units.
Track Listing:
LP1
Side 1
1. “The Conqueror Worm”
2. “Overture”
3. “Old Poe”
4. “Prologue”
5. “Edgar Allan Poe”
6. “The Valley of Unrest”
7. “Call on Me (feat. Laurie Anderson)”
8. “The City in the Sea / Shadow”
Side 2
1. “A Thousand Departed Friends”
2. “Change”
3. “The Fall of the House of Usher”
4. “The Bed”
LP2
Side 1
1. “Perfect Day (feat. Antony)”
2. “The Raven”
3. “Balloon”
4. “Broadway Song”
5. “The Tell Tale Heart, Pt. 1”
6. “Blind Rage”
Side 2
1. “Tell Tale Heart, Pt. 2”
2. “Burning Embers”
3. “Imp of the Perverse”
4. “Vanishing Act”
5. “The Cask”
LP3
Side 1
1. “Guilty (feat. Ornette Coleman) [Ltd. Edition]”
2. “Guilty (feat. Ornette Coleman)”
3. “A Wild Being from Birth”
4. “I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum) [feat. Blind Boys Of Alabama]”
5. “Science of the Mind”
Side 2
1. “Annabel Lee / The Bells”
2. “Hop Frog (feat. David Bowie)”
3. “Every Frog Has His Day”
4. “Tripitena's Speech”
5. “Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)”
6. “The Courtly Orangutans”
7. “Fire Music”
8. “Guardian Angel”