Rock ' n ' Roll Animal - wikipedia Rock ' n ' Roll Animal Rock n Roll Animal Live album by Lou Reed Released February 1974 ( 1974 - 02 ) Recorded December 21, 1973 ( 1973 - 12 - 21 ) Venue Howard Stein 's Academy of Music, New York Genre Glam rock hard rock Length 40 : 32 ( original ) 48 : 12 ( remaster ) Label RCA Producer Steve Katz, Lou Reed Lou Reed chronology Berlin ( 1973 ) Berlin 1973 Rock n Roll Animal ( 1974 ) Sally Ca n't Dance ( 1974 ) Sally Ca n't Dance 1974 Singles from Rock n Roll Animal `` Sweet Jane ( Live ) '' Released : 1974 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Chicago Tribune Robert Christgau A − Rolling Stone ( not rated ) The Rolling Stone Record Guide Rock n Roll Animal is a live album by Lou Reed, released by RCA Records in 1974. In its original form, it features five songs, four of which are Velvet Underground songs. The musicians were Pentti Glan ( drums ) and Prakash John ( bass ), Ray Colcord ( keyboards ), and Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter on guitars. ( The two guitarists would later form the basis of the second Alice Cooper band, beginning on Welcome to My Nightmare, which also features Glan and John. ) The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973 ( 1973 - 12 - 21 ), at Howard Stein 's Academy of Music in New York City. A sleeper hit, it peaked at # 45 on the Billboard album chart during a twenty - eight week stay before earning Reed 's first RIAA gold certification in 1978. Contents 1 Background 2 Re-releases 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 Certifications 7 References Background Paul Nelson of Rolling Stone magazine was in attendance that night. Writing about Rock n Roll Animal and its sequel, Lou Reed Live, which were both recorded at the same show, he recalled : `` As it happens, I had seen Reed and a mediocre pickup band at Lincoln Center some months earlier in his first New York non-Velvets appearance and he was tragic in every sense of the word. So, at the Academy, I did n't expect much and when his new band came out and began to play spectacular, even majestic, rock & roll, management 's strategy for the evening became clear : Elevate the erratic and unstable punkiness of the centerpiece into punchy, swaggering grandeur by using the best arrangements, sound and musicians that money could buy ; the trimmings, particularly guitarists Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter, were awesome enough so that if Reed were merely competent, the concert would be a success. '' `` And it was, as one can judge from the resultant albums. The band does not emulate the violent, hypnotic, dope - trance staccato power and subway lyricism of the Velvet Underground, but rather opts for a hard, clean, clear, near - royal Mott the Hoople / Eric Clapton ( Layla ) opulence and Reed sings out most of the songs in his effective street - talk style. Animal, coming first, naturally contains the best performances ( '' Intro / Sweet Jane, '' `` White Light / White Heat, '' the first half of `` Rock ' n ' Roll '' ). '' Re-releases A remastered version was released on CD in 2000. It featured two tracks not included on the original LP or 1990 CD release. Further excerpts from the same concert were released in 1975 as Lou Reed Live ( between the remastered Rock ' n ' Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live the entire show has been released, albeit in a different order than the original concert ). This live album 's stereo mix puts guitarist Dick Wagner on the right channel, and Steve Hunter on the left ; this arrangement is reversed on Lou Reed Live. Track listing All tracks written by Lou Reed except where noted. Side one No. Title Length 1. `` Intro / Sweet Jane '' ( Steve Hunter, Reed ) 7 : 55 2. `` Heroin '' 13 : 05 Side two No. Title Length 3. `` White Light / White Heat '' 5 : 15 4. `` Lady Day '' 4 : 00 5. `` Rock ' n ' Roll '' 10 : 15 Remastered release No. Title Length 1. `` Intro / Sweet Jane '' 7 : 48 2. `` Heroin '' 13 : 12 3. `` How Do You Think It Feels '' 3 : 41 4. `` Caroline Says I '' 4 : 06 5. `` White Light / White Heat '' 4 : 55 6. `` Lady Day '' 4 : 05 7. `` Rock ' n ' Roll '' 10 : 21 Personnel Lou Reed -- vocals Pentti `` Whitey '' Glan -- drums Steve Hunter -- guitar Prakash John -- bass Dick Wagner -- guitar Ray Colcord -- keyboards Technical Gus Mossler - engineer Bruce Somerfeld, Ralph Moss - production assistance Acy Lehman - art direction DeWayne Dalrymple - photography Charts Album Year Chart Position Billboard Pop Albums 45 Certifications France : Gold US : Gold References Jump up ^ `` Lou Reed and the Tots - Walk On The Wild Side ''. Paste. Retrieved December 31, 2016. Jump up ^ May, Stephen ( July 14, 2014 ). `` Lou Reed - Animal Serenade ''. Pitchfork. Retrieved December 31, 2016. Jump up ^ Deming, Mark. Rock ' n ' Roll Animal at AllMusic Jump up ^ Kot, Greg ( January 12, 1992 ). `` Lou Reed 's Recordings : 25 Years Of Path - breaking Music ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Robert Christgau : CG : Lou Reed ''. Jump up ^ Ferris, Timothy ( 1974 - 03 - 28 ). `` Lou Reed : Rock ' N ' Roll Animal : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone ''. web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009 - 02 - 18. Retrieved 3 September 2011. Jump up ^ Marsh, Dave ; Swenson, John ( Editors ). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House / Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 318. Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/308261/lou-reed/chart?f=305 Jump up ^ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=lou+reed#search_section Jump up ^ `` Lou Reed Live ''. Lou Reed Discography Studio albums Lou Reed Transformer Berlin Sally Ca n't Dance Metal Machine Music Coney Island Baby Rock and Roll Heart Street Hassle The Bells Growing Up in Public The Blue Mask Legendary Hearts New Sensations Mistrial New York Magic and Loss Set the Twilight Reeling Ecstasy The Raven Hudson River Wind Meditations Collaborations Le Bataclan ' 72 ( with John Cale and Nico ) Songs for Drella ( with John Cale ) The Stone : Issue Three ( with John Zorn and Laurie Anderson ) Lulu ( with Metallica ) Live albums Rock ' n ' Roll Animal Lou Reed Live Live : Take No Prisoners Live in Italy Live in Concert Perfect Night : Live in London American Poet Animal Serenade Berlin : Live At St. Ann 's Warehouse The Creation of the Universe Compilations Walk on the Wild Side : The Best of Lou Reed Rock and Roll Diary : 1967 -- 1980 City Lights Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits Different Times : Lou Reed in the ' 70s The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground A Retrospective Perfect Day Retro The Definitive Collection The Very Best of Lou Reed Legendary Lou Reed NYC Man ( The Ultimate Collection 1967 -- 2003 ) The Essential Lou Reed Box sets Between Thought and Expression : The Lou Reed Anthology Related articles The Velvet Underground John Cale Nico Metal Machine Trio Live at Montreux 2000 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Animal&oldid=804397268 '' Categories : Albums produced by Lou Reed Lou Reed live albums 1974 live albums RCA Records live albums Albums recorded at the Palladium ( New York City ) Protopunk albums Live protopunk albums Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Français Italiano Norsk nynorsk Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 8 October 2017, at 19 : 02. 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Question: who played guitar on rock and roll animal
Answer: Dick Wagner