Coney Island Baby
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Following the commercial disaster of Metal Machine Music’s atonal feedback squall, Lou Reed swung a full 180 to make one of the most approachable records of his career. The subject of many of Coney Island Baby’s songs was Reed’s transgender partner/manager/on tour hairdresser Rachel Humphreys and songs such as buoyant opener “Crazy Feeling” shine with an uncharacteristically breezy optimism, producer Godfrey Diamond’s fuss free arrangements and production giving everything a warm FM glow. The title track’s nostalgic doo-wop drift, meanwhile, might be the old curmudgeon’s most heartfelt and romantic song.