The Velvet Underground may have influenced hundreds of bands since the late 1960s, but it was Lou Reed's second solo album Transformer (1972) that contained "Walk on the Wild Side," a surprise hit single that introduced the iconoclastic New Yorker to the general public. That uneven album set the stage for much of his career -- Reed's personal, commercial and artistic interests change faster than the times. His despairing Berlin (1973) is a key "darkside of the counterculture" album, while the live Rock N' Roll Animal introduced millions to revved-up versions of such classic VU songs as "Sweet Jane." Even as he started working with top session players and recording warm, evocative songs like "Coney Island Baby," the fledgling art rock and punk scenes embraced Reed with the same enthusiasm that their London counterparts had for his friend David Bowie. With this strong cult following, Reed entered the '80s as a respected and vital elder statesman and continued to change stylistic hats. Praise for his often hyperrealistic and brutal lyrics obscures the fact that Reed has written some of the best songs of the last three decades, many as sweet as the family dedication "Little Sister."

AMERICAN POET 2XLP	ANIMAL SERENADE	BETWEEN THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION	BLUE MASK / WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
CONEY ISLAND BABY	HIGH IN THE CITY/I LOVE Y	HISTORIA DELLA MUSICA ROC	LOU REED
MAGIC AND LOSS	NEW SENSATIONS	NEW YORK SUPERSTAR	NYC MAN - BEST OF
PERFECT NIGHT - LIVE IN LONDON	ROCK AND ROLL HEART	ROCK N ROLL ANIMAL	ROCK'N'ROLL HEART
SALLY CAN'T DANCE	SALLY CANT DANCE	SATELLITE OF LOVE 04	SET THE TWILIGHT REELING
SONGS FOR DRELLA	STREET HASSLE	WALK O.T.WILD SIDE	WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - THE BEST OF...
Perfect Night: Live in London	Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed	The Bells	The Blue Mask
Hudson River Wind Meditations	Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology	NYC Man: The Collection	Music Inspired by the Film "Nanking"
Different Times: Lou Reed in the 70s	Small Club in N.Y.	Greatest Hits: Steel Box Collection	Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse
Live in Italy, September 1983	The Phantom of Rock & Roll	How Do You Think It Feels	Charley's Girl
Disco Mystic	The Power of Positive Drinking	Metal Machine Music: Re-mastered	The Best of Lou Reed
All Tomorrow's Dance Parties	Lou Reed Live: Extended Versions	Sessions at West 54th Street	2000-04-24: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Méér dan het beste van 1972-1986	Waiting for Lou	A Vicious Man in Philadelphia Music Centre 1986	Live Stockholm 1974
Retro: Best of Lou Reed	The 1972 Interview	Century Sessions: Best Of	Live, In Concert
Rock and Roll Diary 1967-1980	The Wild Side	Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits	Satellite of Love 2004
Essential Lou Reed	Rock 'N' Roll Animal