Album · Lou Reed
New York by Lou Reed
New York is an album by Lou Reed, released in 1989. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 57 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dirty Blvd.”, on 35 lists with a best position of #19.
New York, Lou Reed's January 1989 album on Sire, finds the old Velvet Underground ringleader back in fighting shape. He produced it himself and kept the music deliberately plain because he wanted nothing getting in the way of the words. And the words are the point, frank and forceful, delivered in that famous deadpan. Moe Tucker, his old Velvets drummer, drops in on percussion for two tracks.
"Dirty Blvd." sat at number one on the brand-new Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks, and "Busload of Faith" and "Romeo Had Juliette" hit just as hard. After a patchy run through the '80s, the album put Reed back on top, and the buzz ran so high that the Velvet Underground got back together for a world tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from New York on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Blvd. | 35 | #19 | – | 1988–2023 | |
| 2 | Busload of Faith | 17 | #410 | – | 1999–2026 | |
| 3 | Romeo Had Juliette | 5 | #555 | – | 1999–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.