Lou Reed

vocal, producer, guitar, performer, electric guitar, guitars, arranger, bass guitar, drums, percussion, mix, programming

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Mike Rathke producer, electric guitar, guitar A Thousand Departed Friends, Baton Rouge, Beginning of a Great Adventure, Big Sky, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Busload of Faith, Call on Me, Change, Cremation (Ashes to Ashes), Dime Store Mystery, Dirty Blvd., Dirty Blvd. (live), Dorita (The Spirit), Dreamin’ (Escape), Ecstasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Endless Cycle, Future Farmers of America, Gassed and Stoked (Loss), Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), Halloween Parade, Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Hold On, Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Last Great American Whale, Like a Possum, Mad, Magic and Loss (The Summation), Magician (Internally), Modern Dance, Mystic Child, No Chance (Regret), Overture, Paranoia Key of E, Power and Glory (The Situation), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation), Rock Minuet, Romeo Had Juliette, Rouge, Sick of You, Solsbury Hill, Strawman, Sword of Damocles (Externally), Tatters, The Bed, The Cask, The Fall of the House of Usher, There Is No Time, Turning Time Around, Warrior King (Revenge), What’s Good, What’s Good (The Thesis), White Prism, Xmas in February
Hal Willner producer, effects A Thousand Departed Friends, A Wild Being From Birth, Annabel Lee / The Bells, Balloon, Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Courtly Orangutans, Ecstasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Every Frog Has His Day, Fire Music, Future Farmers of America, Guardian Angel, Guilty (spoken), Guilty (sung), Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Imp of the Perverse, Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Old Poe, Overture, Paranoia Key of E, Perfect Day, Prologue (Ligiea), Rock Minuet, Rouge, Science of the Mind, Tatters, The Bed, The Cask, The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Conqueror Worm, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2, The Valley of Unrest, Tripitena's Speech, Turning Time Around, Vanishing Act, White Prism, Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Rob Wasserman producer, bass, double bass, electric upright bass Beginning of a Great Adventure, Cremation (Ashes to Ashes), Dime Store Mystery, Dirty Blvd., Dorita (The Spirit), Dreamin’ (Escape), Endless Cycle, Gassed and Stoked (Loss), Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Halloween Parade, Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Hold On, Last Great American Whale, Leave Her Johnny, Magic and Loss (The Summation), Magician (Internally), No Chance (Regret), Power and Glory (The Situation), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation), Sick of You, Strawman, Sword of Damocles (Externally), The Debt I Owe, There Is No Time, Warrior King (Revenge), What’s Good (The Thesis), Xmas in February
Tony Smith (drums) vocal, drums, percussion A Thousand Departed Friends, Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Ecstasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Future Farmers of America, Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Overture, Paranoia Key of E, Rock Minuet, Rouge, Tatters, The Bed, The Cask, Turning Time Around, White Prism
Fernando Saunders mix, producer, programming, vocal, bass, bass guitar, bass synthesizer, drum machine, guitar, percussion, piano A Thousand Departed Friends, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Don't Hurt a Woman, Edgar Allan Poe, Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), Hop Frog, I Remember You, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Leave Her Johnny, Mama's Got a Lover, Mistrial, No Money Down, Old Poe, Outside, Overture, September Song, Spit It Out, Tell It to Your Heart, The Bed, The Cask, The Original Wrapper, Video Violence

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Mike Rathke producer, electric guitar, guitar A Thousand Departed Friends, Baton Rouge, Beginning of a Great Adventure, Big Sky, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Busload of Faith, Call on Me, Change, Cremation (Ashes to Ashes), Dime Store Mystery, Dirty Blvd., Dirty Blvd. (live), Dorita (The Spirit), Dreamin’ (Escape), Ecstasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Endless Cycle, Future Farmers of America, Gassed and Stoked (Loss), Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), Halloween Parade, Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Hold On, Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Last Great American Whale, Like a Possum, Mad, Magic and Loss (The Summation), Magician (Internally), Modern Dance, Mystic Child, No Chance (Regret), Overture, Paranoia Key of E, Power and Glory (The Situation), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation), Rock Minuet, Romeo Had Juliette, Rouge, Sick of You, Solsbury Hill, Strawman, Sword of Damocles (Externally), Tatters, The Bed, The Cask, The Fall of the House of Usher, There Is No Time, Turning Time Around, Warrior King (Revenge), What’s Good, What’s Good (The Thesis), White Prism, Xmas in February
Hal Willner producer, effects A Thousand Departed Friends, A Wild Being From Birth, Annabel Lee / The Bells, Balloon, Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Courtly Orangutans, Ecstasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Every Frog Has His Day, Fire Music, Future Farmers of America, Guardian Angel, Guilty (spoken), Guilty (sung), Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Imp of the Perverse, Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Old Poe, Overture, Paranoia Key of E, Perfect Day, Prologue (Ligiea), Rock Minuet, Rouge, Science of the Mind, Tatters, The Bed, The Cask, The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Conqueror Worm, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2, The Valley of Unrest, Tripitena's Speech, Turning Time Around, Vanishing Act, White Prism, Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Rob Wasserman producer, bass, double bass, electric upright bass Beginning of a Great Adventure, Cremation (Ashes to Ashes), Dime Store Mystery, Dirty Blvd., Dorita (The Spirit), Dreamin’ (Escape), Endless Cycle, Gassed and Stoked (Loss), Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Halloween Parade, Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Hold On, Last Great American Whale, Leave Her Johnny, Magic and Loss (The Summation), Magician (Internally), No Chance (Regret), Power and Glory (The Situation), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation), Sick of You, Strawman, Sword of Damocles (Externally), The Debt I Owe, There Is No Time, Warrior King (Revenge), What’s Good (The Thesis), Xmas in February
Tony Smith (drums) vocal, drums, percussion A Thousand Departed Friends, Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Ecstasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Future Farmers of America, Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Overture, Paranoia Key of E, Rock Minuet, Rouge, Tatters, The Bed, The Cask, Turning Time Around, White Prism
Fernando Saunders mix, producer, programming, vocal, bass, bass guitar, bass synthesizer, drum machine, guitar, percussion, piano A Thousand Departed Friends, Blind Rage, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Don't Hurt a Woman, Edgar Allan Poe, Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), Hop Frog, I Remember You, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Leave Her Johnny, Mama's Got a Lover, Mistrial, No Money Down, Old Poe, Outside, Overture, September Song, Spit It Out, Tell It to Your Heart, The Bed, The Cask, The Original Wrapper, Video Violence
Friedrich Paravicini Hammond organ, cello, electric piano, keyboard, piano, synthesizer Annabel Lee / The Bells, Broadway Song, Call on Me, Edgar Allan Poe, Every Frog Has His Day, Hop Frog, I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Overture, Perfect Day, Prologue (Ligiea), Science of the Mind, The Cask, The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2, Vanishing Act
Steve Katz producer Baby Face, Coney Island Baby, Crazy Feeling, Downtown Dirt, I'm Waiting for the Man, Kill Your Sons, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Sally Can't Dance, Satellite of Love, She’s My Best Friend, Sweet Jane (live), Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side, White Light/White Heat (live)
Michael Blair (American drummer/producer/songwriter based in Sweden) vocal, percussion Cremation (Ashes to Ashes), Dorita (The Spirit), Dreamin’ (Escape), Gassed and Stoked (Loss), Goodby Mass (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Harry’s Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Magic and Loss (The Summation), Magician (Internally), No Chance (Regret), Power and Glory (The Situation), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic Transformation), Sword of Damocles (Externally), Warrior King (Revenge), What’s Good, What’s Good (The Thesis)
Dave Fisher engineer Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Ecstasy, Future Farmers of America, Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Paranoia Key of E, Rock Minuet, Rouge, Tatters, Turning Time Around, White Prism
Ben Holt (mixer) mix Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Ecstasy, Future Farmers of America, Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Paranoia Key of E, Rock Minuet, Rouge, Tatters, Turning Time Around, White Prism
Tim Latham mix, recording Baton Rouge, Big Sky, Ecstasy, Future Farmers of America, Like a Possum, Mad, Modern Dance, Mystic Child, Paranoia Key of E, Rock Minuet, Rouge, Tatters, Turning Time Around, White Prism
Victor Deyglio engineer Beginning of a Great Adventure, Busload of Faith, Dime Store Mystery, Dirty Blvd., Endless Cycle, Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Halloween Parade, Hold On, Last Great American Whale, Romeo Had Juliette, Sick of You, Strawman, There Is No Time, Xmas in February
Fred Maher engineer, producer, programming, bass, bass guitar, drums Beginning of a Great Adventure, Busload of Faith, Dirty Blvd., Endless Cycle, Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Halloween Parade, Hold On, Romeo Had Juliette, Sick of You, Something Happened, Strawman, There Is No Time, Xmas in February
Jeffrey Lesser recording Beginning of a Great Adventure, Busload of Faith, Dime Store Mystery, Dirty Blvd., Endless Cycle, Good Evening Mr. Waldheim, Halloween Parade, Hold On, Last Great American Whale, Sick of You, Strawman, There Is No Time, Xmas in February
Bruce Lampcov mix Don't Hurt a Woman, I Remember You, Mama's Got a Lover, Mistrial, No Money Down, Outside, Spit It Out, Tell It to Your Heart, The Original Wrapper, Video Violence
Willem Dafoe vocal Courtly Orangutans, Every Frog Has His Day, Prologue (Ligiea), The Cask, The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Conqueror Worm, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2
David Greenberg recording Don't Hurt a Woman, I Remember You, Mama's Got a Lover, Mistrial, No Money Down, Outside, Spit It Out, Tell It to Your Heart, The Original Wrapper, Video Violence
Antony (performance name for Antony Hegarty) vocal Blind Rage, Burning Embers, Candy Says, Change, Guardian Angel, Leave Her Johnny, Perfect Day, Science of the Mind, The Bed
Steven Bernstein instrument arranger, flugelhorn, horn, trumpet A Thousand Departed Friends, Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Change, Edgar Allan Poe, Guardian Angel, Guilty (sung), I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), Overture
Steve Buscemi vocal Broadway Song, Imp of the Perverse, Old Poe, The Cask, The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2
Gus Mossler engineer I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
George Semkiw producer I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Prakash John bass I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Pentti Glan drums I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Paul Shapiro alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone A Thousand Departed Friends, Broadway Song, Change, Edgar Allan Poe, Guilty (sung), Overture
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) vocal, electric violin Call on Me, Hang On to Your Emotions, Rock Minuet, Rouge
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist) guitar I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Bruce Somerfeld producer I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) instrument arranger, cello, strings Broadway Song, Burning Embers, Call on Me, Change, Leave Her Johnny, Vanishing Act
Dick Wagner guitar I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Ray Colcord keyboard I'm Waiting for the Man, Oh, Jim, Sad Song, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Kate Valk vocal A Wild Being From Birth, Guilty (spoken), Imp of the Perverse, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2
Godfrey Diamond producer Charley’s Girl, Coney Island Baby, Leave Me Alone, Nobody’s Business, Nowhere at All
Elizabeth Ashley vocal A Wild Being From Birth, Guilty (spoken), The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Valley of Unrest
Doug Wieselman baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone A Thousand Departed Friends, Broadway Song, Change, Edgar Allan Poe, Overture
Bob Ezrin producer Berlin, Caroline Says II, How Do You Think It Feels, Lady Day, Wild Child
Amanda Plummer vocal Annabel Lee / The Bells, Courtly Orangutans, Every Frog Has His Day, The City in the Sea / Shadow, Tripitena's Speech
David Bowie arranger, producer, vocal Hop Frog, Perfect Day, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Sammy Merendino programming, drum machine, percussion Don't Hurt a Woman, Outside, Tell It to Your Heart, The Original Wrapper, Video Violence
Kate & Anna McGarrigle vocal Balloon, Call on Me, Guardian Angel, The City in the Sea / Shadow
Frank Wulff didgeridoo, hurdy gurdy, oboe Overture, The City in the Sea / Shadow, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven
J.T. Lewis drumset, percussion Don't Hurt a Woman, Mistrial, No Money Down, Tell It to Your Heart
Richard Robinson producer I Wanna Be Black, Lisa Says, Shooting Star, Street Hassle
Mick Ronson arranger, instrument arranger, producer Perfect Day, Satellite of Love, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side
Fisher Stevens vocal The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1, The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2
Eddie Martinez (guitar) guitar Don't Hurt a Woman, No Money Down, The Original Wrapper
Herbie Flowers arranger, performer, double bass, electric bass guitar, tuba Goodnight Ladies, Make Up, Walk on the Wild Side
Moe Tucker percussion Dime Store Mystery, Last Great American Whale
Ornette Coleman alto saxophone Guilty, Guilty (sung)
Antoine Silverman (Jazz Violinist) violin Burning Embers, Call on Me
Gene Martynec acoustic guitar, bass, synthesizer Lady Day, The Bed
Ronnie Ross baritone saxophone Goodnight Ladies, Walk on the Wild Side
Rubén Blades vocal I Remember You, Tell It to Your Heart
Bob Funk (trombonist) horn September Song
Arthur Baker programming Something Happened
G.E. Smith guitar Foot of Pride
Dion (US singer-songerwriter, blends doo-wop, pop rock & R&B) vocal Dirty Blvd.
Art Baron trombone Broadway Song
Arno Hecht horn September Song
Anton Fig drums Foot of Pride
Don Alias percussion Ecstasy
Hollywood Paul Litteral horn September Song
J.D. Parran horn NYC Man
Don Wershba mix, recording September Song
Donald “Duck” Dunn bass Foot of Pride
Allan MacMillan piano Berlin
Jim Carroll vocal Video Violence
Jim Keltner drums Foot of Pride
John Halsey drums Walk on the Wild Side
John Jansen producer I Love You Suzanne
John Kilgore engineer Leave Her Johnny
Crispin Cioe horn September Song
Marc Urselli mix The Debt I Owe
Marti Sweet violin Call on Me
David Hewitt (engineer) recording Foot of Pride
David Rosenberg programming September Song
Mino Cinelu percussion Finish Line
Bruce Springsteen vocal Street Hassle
Oliver Lake instrument arranger, horn NYC Man
Eric Kramer engineer Solsbury Hill
Patrick Carroll (Production music composer) programming Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Patrick Ford (engineer) engineer Leave Her Johnny
Peter Wood (UK keyboardist/pianist) keyboard September Song
Ric Wake producer Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Richard James Burgess producer Voices of Freedom
Eric Parker drums September Song
Rick Bell (US Saxophone) tenor saxophone No Money Down
Rob Hegel vocal Sad Song
Rob Mathes instrument arranger Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Booker T. Jones organ Foot of Pride
Roger Moutenot vocal What’s Good
David Thoener mix Foot of Pride
Roy Bittan piano Finish Line
Dave Greenberg mix September Song
Russ DeSalvo guitar, keyboard Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Russell Gunn horn NYC Man
Sarth Calhoun programming Solsbury Hill
Sean Fullan producer The Blue Mask
Shelly Woodworth English horn Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
Steve Cropper guitar Foot of Pride
The Blind Boys of Alabama vocal I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum)
The Thunder Thighs (70s UK vocal group) vocal Walk on the Wild Side
Thom Cadley mix Foot of Pride
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/chapman stick) bass The Kids

Work on other artists' recordings

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Laurie Anderson vocal, guitar In Our Sleep, One Beautiful Evening
Orie Suzuki performer Dirty Boulevard, Queen Bitch, Waiting for My Man, White Light/White Heat
Amduscias Tales vocal Iced Honey, The View, White Light/White Heat
Antony and the Johnsons vocal, guitars Fistful of Love
西沢幸彦 vocal, guitar Tranquilize
Victoria Williams performer Crazy Mary (feat. Lou Reed)
Vanajan laulu performer, guitar Some Kind of Nature
U2 performer Satellite of Love (feat. Lou Reed)
Sphinx Mix performer Crazy Mary
Simple Minds vocal This Is Your Land
Mouth Breather vocal Perfect Day ’97 (male version)
Metric vocal The Wanderlust
Kashmir vocal Black Building
Gordon Gano performer Catch ’Em in the Act (feat. Lou Reed)
Garland Jeffreys vocal The Contortionist
Dreamcatcher performer Satellite of Love
Caxton Press vocal, guitar One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Casualty vocal Perfect Day 2000: BBC Music Live Version
Vargabee performer Sunday Morning