Discografia di Lou Reed

Lou Reed

La discografia della rockstar statunitense Lou Reed consiste in 22 album in studio, 13 album live, 15 album compilation, e 44 singoli; esistono inoltre 5 album video, e 11 video musicali.

Album

Studio

Year	Title	Release Date	Label	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
				US	UK	FR
1972	Lou Reed	June 1972	RCA Records	189	—	—
	Transformer	December 1972	RCA Records	29	13	—	AUS: Gold FR: Gold UK: Platinum
1973	Berlin	July 1973	RCA Records	98	7	—	UK: Silver
1974	Sally Can't Dance	August 1974	RCA Records	10	—	—
1975	Metal Machine Music	July 1975	RCA Records	—	—	—
1976	Coney Island Baby	December 1975 (USA) January 1976 (UK)	RCA Records	41	52	12
	Rock and Roll Heart	October 1976 (USA) November 1976 (UK)	Arista Records	64	—	—
1978	Street Hassle	February 1978	Arista Records	89	—	20
1979	The Bells	April 1979	Arista Records	130	—	—
1980	Growing Up in Public	April 1980	Arista Records	158	—	—
1982	The Blue Mask	February 1982	RCA Records	169	—	15
1983	Legendary Hearts	March 1983	RCA Records	159	—	—
1984	New Sensations	April 1984	RCA Records	56	92	—
1986	Mistrial	May 1986	RCA Records	47	69	—
1989	New York	January 1989	Sire Records	40	14	29	USA: Gold UK: Gold FR: Gold
1990	Songs for Drella (with John Cale)	April 1990	Sire Records	103	22	—
1992	Magic and Loss	January 1992	Sire Records	80	6	48
1996	Set the Twilight Reeling	February 1996	Sire Records	110	26	17
2000	Ecstasy	April 2000	Sire Records	183	54	48
2003	The Raven	January 2003	Sire Records	—	122	60
2007	Hudson River Wind Meditations	April 2007	Sounds True	—	—	—
2011	Lulu (with Metallica)	October 2011	Warner Bros.	36	36	23
"—" denotes albums that did not chart, or albums not released in a particular territory.

Live

Year	Title	Release Date	Label	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
				US	UK	FR
1974	Rock 'n' Roll Animal	February 1974	RCA Records	45	26	—	USA: Gold FR: Gold
1975	Lou Reed Live	March 1975	RCA Records	62	—	17
1978	Live: Take No Prisoners	November 1978	Arista Records	—	—	—
1984	Live in Italy	January 1984	RCA Records	—	—	30
1996	Live in Concert (reissue of Live in Italy)	1996	RCA Records	—	—	—
1998	Perfect Night: Live in London	April 1998	Sire Records	—	102	56
2001	American Poet	June 2001	Pilot Records	—	—	—
2004	Animal Serenade	March 2004	RCA Records	—	—	157
	Le Bataclan '72 with John Cale and Nico	October 2004	Dynamic	—	—	—
2008	The Stone: Issue Three with John Zorn and Laurie Anderson	April 2008	Tzadik Records	—	—	—
	Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse	November 2008	Matador Records	—	—	144
	The Creation of the Universe	December 2008	Best Seat in the House Productions	—	—	—
"—" denotes albums that did not chart, or albums not released in a particular territory.

Compilation

Year	Title	Release Date	Label	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
				US	UK	FR
1977	Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed	1977	RCA Records	156	144	—
1980	Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980	1980	Arista Records	178	—	—
1985	City Lights	1985	Arista Records	—	—	—
1989	Retro	1989, 1998	Sony Records	—	29	—	UK: Silver
1992	Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology	1992	—	—	—
1992	Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits	March 1992	RCA Records	—	—	—
1995	The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground	1995	Global TV	—	56	—	UK: Silver
1996	Different Times: Lou Reed in the '70s	May 1996	RCA Records	—	—	—
1997	Perfect Day	October 1997	Sony Records	—	—	—
1999	The Definitive Collection	August 1999	Arista Records	—	—	—
2000	The Very Best of Lou Reed	May 2000	Sony Records	—	94	—	UK: Silver
2002	Legendary Lou Reed	July 2002	BMG Records	—	—	—
2003	NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967–2003)	June 2003	RCA Records	—	31	16
2004	NYC Man: Greatest Hits	August 2004	BMG Records	—	43	—
2011	The Essential Lou Reed	September 13, 2011	RCA Records	155	—	—
"—" denotes albums that did not chart, or albums not released in a particular territory.

Singoli

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album
		US	UK
1972	"I Can't Stand It"	—	—	Lou Reed
	"Walk and Talk It"	—	—
	"Walk on the Wild Side"	16	10	Transformer
1973	"Satellite of Love"	119	51
	"Vicious"	—	—
	"How Do You Think It Feels"	—	—	Berlin
1974	"Caroline Says"	—	—
	"Sweet Jane"	—	—	Rock 'n' Roll Animal
	"Sally Can't Dance"	103	—	Sally Can't Dance
1976	"Charley's Girl"	—	—	Coney Island Baby
	"Crazy Feeling"	—	—
	"I Believe In Love"	—	—	Rock and Roll Heart
1977	"Chooser and the Chosen One"	—	—
	"Rock and Roll Heart"	—	—
1978	"Street Hassle"	—	—	Street Hassle
1979	"Disco Mystic"	—	—	The Bells
	"City Lights"	—	—
1980	"The Power of Positive Drinking"	—	—	Growing Up in Public
1982	"The Blue Mask"	—	—	The Blue Mask
	"Women"	—	—
1983	"Don't Talk to Me About Work"	—	—	Legendary Hearts
	"Martial Law"	—	—
1984	"High in the City"	—	—	New Sensations
	"My Red Joystick"	—	—
	"I Love You, Suzanne"	—	78
1985	"My Love Is Chemical"	—	—	White Nights
	"September Song"	—	—	Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
1986	"The Original Wrapper"	—	—	Mistrial
	"No Money Down"	—	—
1989	"Busload of Faith"	—	—	New York
	"Romeo Had Juliette"	—	—
	"Dirty Blvd."	—	—
1992	"Sword of Damocles"	—	—	Magic and Loss
	"What's Good"	—	—
1996	"Adventurer"	—	—	Set the Twilight Reeling
	"NYC Man"	—	—
	"Hookywooky"	—	—
1997	"Perfect Day" (as part of Artists for Children in Need)	—	1	Non-album single
2000	"Future Farmers of America"	—	—	Ecstasy
	"Modern Dance"	—	—
	"Paranoia Key of E"	—	—
2002	"Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)"	—	—	The Raven
2004	"Satellite of Love '04"	—	10	NYC Man: Greatest Hits
2007	"Gravity"/"Safety Zone"	—	—	Music Inspired by the Film Nanking
	"Tranquilize" (with The Killers)	—	13	Sawdust
2011	"The View" (with Metallica)	—	—	Lulu
"—" denotes singles that did not chart, or singles not released in a particular territory.

Video album

Year	Video details
1991	A Night with Lou Reed Distributor: Image Entertainment Format: VHS
1992	Magic and Loss Live in Concert Distributor: Sire Records Format: VHS
1992	Coney Island Baby: Live in Jersey Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment Format: VHS
2005	Lou Reed: Spanish Fly Distributor: Sanctuary Records Group Format: DVD
2008	Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse Distributor: Third Rail Releasing Format: Theatrical, DVD

Video musicali

Year	Title	Director(s)	Ref.
1982	"Women"
1983	"Legendary Hearts"
	"Don't Talk to Me About Work"
1984	"I Love You, Suzanne"
	"My Red Joystick"
1986	"The Original Wrapper"	Zbigniew Rybczyński
	"No Money Down"	Godley and Creme
1989	"Bus Load of Faith"
1990	"Work" (with John Cale)
1992	"What's Good"	Matt Mahurin
1996	"Hookywooky"
2000	"Ecstasy"	Michele Civetta
	"Modern Dance"	Stefan Sagmeister
2003	"NYC Man"
2007	"Tranquilize" (with The Killers)	Anthony Mandler
2011	"The View" (with Metallica)	Darren Aronofsky

Apparizioni in altri album

Colonne sonore

Year	Song(s)	Album	Notes	Ref.
1983	"Little Sister"	Get Crazy soundtrack
1983	"My Name is Mok","Triumph"	Rock & Rule soundtrack	Lou Reed was one of the singing voices for the character Mok
1985	"Hot Hips"	Perfect soundtrack
	"My Love Is Chemical"	White Nights soundtrack
1986	"Soul Man" (with Samuel David Moore)	Soul Man soundtrack	Cover of Sam & Dave's 1967 song.
1988	"Something Happened"	Permanent Record soundtrack
1991	"What's Good"	Until the End of the World soundtrack	Earlier extended mix
1994	"Why Can't I Be Good"	Faraway, So Close! soundtrack
1995	"You'll Know You Were Loved"	Friends soundtrack
1997	"This Magic Moment"	Lost Highway soundtrack
2003	"America"	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde soundtrack

Album compilation di vari artisti

Year	Song(s)	Album	Notes	Ref.
1985	"September Song"	Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
1993	"Tarbelly and Featherfoot"	Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams
	"Foot of Pride"	The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration	Recorded live on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1997	"September Songs from Knickerbocker Holiday"	September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill
2001	"Set the Twilight Reeling" (Live)	The Best of Sessions at West 54th
2006	"Perfect Day" (Live), "Vicious" (Live)	The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1
	"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Live)	The Harry Smith Project Live, Vol. 2
	"Leave Her Johnny"	Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
2011	"The Debt I Owe"	Note of Hope - A Celebration of Woody Guthrie
	"Peggy Sue"	Rave On Buddy Holly
	"Sweet Jane" (Live) (with Soul Asylum)	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Vol. 3: 1995 (Live)
2013	"Solsbury Hill"	And I'll Scratch Yours	A response to Peter Gabriel's cover of "The Power of the Heart".

Apparizioni come ospite speciale

Year	Album	Artist	Details	Ref.
1988	Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom	Tom Tom Club	Backing vocals ("Femme Fatale")
	Nothing But the Truth	Rubén Blades	Guest vocals ("Hopes on Hold," "Letters to the Vatican," "The Calm Before the Storm")
1989	Yo Frankie	Dion DiMucci
	Street Fighting Years	Simple Minds	Guest vocals ("This Is Your Land")
1991	I Spent a Week There the Other Night	Maureen Tucker
1992	I Still Believe in You	Vince Gill
1994	A Date with The Smithereens	The Smithereens	Guest vocals ("Point of No Return", "Long Way Back Again")
	Greetings from the Gutter	David A. Stewart
1998	Music for Children	John Zorn	Guest vocals ("Cycles Du Nord")
2002	Hitting the Ground	Gordon Gano	Guest vocals ("Catch 'Em In the Act")
	No Regrets	Jamie Richards
2005	No Balance Palace	Kashmir	Guest vocals ("Black Building")
	I Am a Bird Now	Antony and the Johnsons	Guest vocals ("Fistful of Love")
2006	I Will Break Your Fall	Fernando Saunders	Guest vocals, guitar, writer ("Baton Rouge")
	Intersections 1985–2005	Bruce Hornsby	Guest vocals ("The Mighty Quinn")
	A Portrait of Howard	Howard Tate	Guest vocals ("How Do You Think It Feels")
2007	Sawdust	The Killers	Guest vocals ("Tranquilize")
	The Family Album	Lucibel Crater	Guest vocals ("Threadbare Funeral")
2008	Recitement	Stephen Emmer	Guest vocals ("Passengers")
2009	Solid Ground	Sara Wasserman (Rob Wasserman's daughter)	Guest vocals ("Need To Know")
	Havana Winter	Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle	Guest vocals ("Coma", "In The Shade", "Helicopter in the Sand")
2010	Plastic Beach	Gorillaz	Guest vocals ("Some Kind of Nature")
2011	The Road from Memphis	Booker T. Jones	Guest vocals ("The Bronx")
2012	Synthetica	Metric	Guest vocals ("The Wanderlust")