The Raven

~ Release by Lou Reed (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Act 1 - The Play
#TitleRatingLength
1The Conqueror Worm
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Willem Dafoe (actor)
2:17
2Overture
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
hurdy gurdy:
Frank Wulff
keyboard:
Friedrich Paravicini
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Shapiro and Doug Wieselman (US composer and jazz reedist)
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
horn arranger:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
31:06
3Old Poe
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
guitar:
Fernando Saunders
vocals:
Steve Buscemi
0:40
4Prologue (Ligiea)
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
cello:
Friedrich Paravicini
vocals:
Willem Dafoe (actor)
4:49
5Edgar Allan Poe
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
keyboard:
Friedrich Paravicini
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Shapiro and Doug Wieselman (US composer and jazz reedist)
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
horn arranger:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
33:20
6The Valley of Unrest
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Elizabeth Ashley
22:27
7Call on Me
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
cello:
Friedrich Paravicini and Jane Scarpantoni (cellist)
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
violin:
Antoine Silverman and Marti Sweet
background vocals:
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
strings arranger:
Jane Scarpantoni (cellist)
22:08
8The City in the Sea / Shadow
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
didgeridoo:
Frank Wulff
synthesizer:
Friedrich Paravicini
background vocals:
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
vocals:
Elizabeth Ashley, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe (actor) and Amanda Plummer
4:15
9A Thousand Departed Friends
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
baritone saxophone:
Paul Shapiro and Doug Wieselman (US composer and jazz reedist)
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
44:55
10Change
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
baritone saxophone:
Doug Wieselman (US composer and jazz reedist)
bass:
Fernando Saunders
cello:
Jane Scarpantoni (cellist)
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Shapiro and Doug Wieselman (US composer and jazz reedist)
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
background vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty)
horn arranger:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
42:19
11The Fall of the House of Usher
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
effects:
Hal Willner
guitar:
Mike Rathke
hurdy gurdy:
Frank Wulff
vocals:
Elizabeth Ashley, Willem Dafoe (actor) and Fisher Stevens
8:44
12The Bed
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
background vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty)
recording of:
The Bed
composer:
Lou Reed
33:32
13Perfect Day
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
keyboard:
Friedrich Paravicini
guest lead vocals:
ANOHNI (Anohni Hegarty)
vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty)
recording of:
Perfect Day (in 2002)
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
43:28
14The Raven
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
cello and keyboard:
Friedrich Paravicini
oboe:
Frank Wulff
guest vocals:
Willem Dafoe (actor)
vocals:
Willem Dafoe (actor)
26:30
15Balloon
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
31:01
▼ CD 2: Act 2
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1Broadway Song
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Paul Shapiro
baritone saxophone:
Doug Wieselman (US composer and jazz reedist)
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
piano:
Friedrich Paravicini
trombone:
Art Baron
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
guest vocals:
Steve Buscemi
vocals:
Steve Buscemi
horn arranger:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
strings arranger:
Jane Scarpantoni (cellist)
23:13
2The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 1
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
keyboard:
Friedrich Paravicini
vocals:
Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe (actor), Fisher Stevens and Kate Valk
2:24
3Blind Rage
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
background vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty)
43:27
4The Tell-Tale Heart, Part 2
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
keyboard and synthesizer:
Friedrich Paravicini
vocals:
Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe (actor), Fisher Stevens and Kate Valk
1:43
5Burning Embers
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
cello:
Jane Scarpantoni (cellist)
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
violin:
Antoine Silverman
background vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty)
23:21
6Imp of the Perverse
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Steve Buscemi and Kate Valk
3:12
7Vanishing Act
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
piano:
Friedrich Paravicini
strings arranger:
Jane Scarpantoni (cellist)
25:23
8The Cask
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
electric piano and synthesizer:
Friedrich Paravicini
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
vocals:
Steve Buscemi and Willem Dafoe (actor)
6:41
9Guilty (spoken)
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Elizabeth Ashley and Kate Valk
2:46
10Guilty (sung)
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
guitar:
Mike Rathke and Fernando Saunders
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
soprano saxophone:
Paul Shapiro
trumpet:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
horn arranger:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
4:55
11A Wild Being From Birth
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Elizabeth Ashley and Kate Valk
5:35
12I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum)
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
guitar:
Mike Rathke
Hammond organ:
Friedrich Paravicini
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
vocals:
The Blind Boys of Alabama
horn arranger:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
36:59
13Science of the Mind
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
piano:
Friedrich Paravicini
background vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty)
31:36
14Annabel Lee / The Bells
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
synthesizer:
Friedrich Paravicini
vocals:
Amanda Plummer
1:42
15Hop Frog
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
engineer:
Tim Latham
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
drums (drum set):
Tony Smith (drums) (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
guitar:
Mike Rathke (from 2001-10 until 2001-11) and Lou Reed (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
keyboard:
Friedrich Paravicini (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
background vocals and lead vocals:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
lead vocals:
Lou Reed (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
recording of:
Hop Frog (from 2001-10 until 2001-11)
writer:
Lou Reed
31:47
16Every Frog Has His Day
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
synthesizer:
Friedrich Paravicini
vocals:
Willem Dafoe (actor) and Amanda Plummer
1:06
17Tripitena's Speech
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Amanda Plummer
22:19
18Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
bass programming and membranophone programming:
Patrick Carroll (Production music composer)
producer:
Lou Reed, Ric Wake and Hal Willner
cor anglais:
Shelly Woodworth
guitar and keyboard:
Russ DeSalvo
strings arranger:
Rob Mathes
44:31
19Courtly Orangutans
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
vocals:
Willem Dafoe (actor) and Amanda Plummer
1:41
20Fire Music
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
2:44
21Guardian Angel
producer:
Lou Reed and Hal Willner
bass:
Fernando Saunders
flugelhorn:
Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
guitar:
Mike Rathke
membranophone:
Tony Smith (drums)
background vocals:
Antony (Anohni Hegarty), Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Fernando Saunders and Tony Smith (drums)
46:52