Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 24 January 1976
ARGUABLY, THERE IS no more exciting rock artist to listen to than one whose time has come; one whose art (not to mention attitude, appearance, persona et cet) is uniquely relevant and appropriate to the era in which it is heard.
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