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'''''Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse''''' is a [[concert film]] and [[live album]] by [[Lou Reed]] released in 2008. The concert film was directed by [[Julian Schnabel]], live at [[St. Ann's Warehouse]] in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] during five nights in December [[2006 in film|2006]]. Background shots of the characters Jim and Caroline were done by [[Lola Schnabel#Personal life|Lola Schnabel]].
'''''Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse''''' is a [[concert film]] and [[live album]] by [[Lou Reed]] released in 2008. The concert film was directed by [[Julian Schnabel]], live at [[St. Ann's Warehouse]] in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] during five nights in December [[2006 in film|2006]]. Background shots of the characters Jim and Caroline were done by [[Lola Schnabel#Personal life|Lola Schnabel]].


The ''Berlin'' tour was the first time Lou Reed had played the full album live in over 30 years, after the [[Berlin (Lou Reed album)|original album]] was a critical and commercial dissappointment (in spite of it being a top 10 album hitting #7 in the UK and going Silver). Individual songs had been played, but not the whole thing.<ref>[http://www.filmforumnewyork.org/mp3/BerlinJuly282008.mp3 Film Forum Podcast.]</ref>
The ''Berlin'' tour was the first time Lou Reed had played the full album live in over 30 years, after the [[Berlin (Lou Reed album)|original album]] was a critical and commercial disappointment (in spite of it being a top 10 album hitting #7 in the UK and going Silver). Individual songs had been played, but not the whole thing.<ref>[http://www.filmforumnewyork.org/mp3/BerlinJuly282008.mp3 Film Forum Podcast.]</ref>


The concert film and album both feature three non-''[[Berlin (Lou Reed album)|Berlin]]'' songs as an encore, "[[The Velvet Underground (album)#Track listing|Candy Says]]", "[[Ecstasy (Lou Reed album)|Rock Minuet]]" and "[[Sweet Jane]]".
The concert film and album both feature three non-''[[Berlin (Lou Reed album)|Berlin]]'' songs as an encore, "[[The Velvet Underground (album)#Track listing|Candy Says]]", "[[Ecstasy (Lou Reed album)|Rock Minuet]]" and "[[Sweet Jane]]".

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Berlin
Original film poster
Directed byJulian Schnabel
Produced byJon Kilik
Tom Sarig
StarringLou Reed
Emmanuelle Seigner
CinematographyEllen Kuras
Edited byBenjamin Flaherty
Music byLou Reed
Distributed byThird Rail Releasing
Release dates
  • September 4, 2007 (2007-09-04) (Venice Film Festival)
  • October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07) (United States)
Running time
81 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$114,860[1]
Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse
Live album by
Lou Reed
ReleasedNovember 4, 2008
RecordedDecember 15–16, 2006
GenreRock
Length79:30
LabelMatador Records
ProducerBob Ezrin, Hal Willner
Lou Reed chronology
Hudson River Wind Meditations
(2007) 		Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse
(2008) 		The Creation of the Universe
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Spectrum Culture(3.5/5.0) [5]
Pitchfork Media(7.2/10)[6]

Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse is a concert film and live album by Lou Reed released in 2008. The concert film was directed by Julian Schnabel, live at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn during five nights in December 2006. Background shots of the characters Jim and Caroline were done by Lola Schnabel.

The Berlin tour was the first time Lou Reed had played the full album live in over 30 years, after the original album was a critical and commercial disappointment (in spite of it being a top 10 album hitting #7 in the UK and going Silver). Individual songs had been played, but not the whole thing.[7]

The concert film and album both feature three non-Berlin songs as an encore, "Candy Says", "Rock Minuet" and "Sweet Jane".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lou Reed

  1. "Intro" – 1:51
  2. "Berlin" – 2:34
  3. "Lady Day" – 4:12
  4. "Men Of Good Fortune" – 6:35
  5. "Caroline Says (I)" – 4:31
  6. "How Do You Think It Feels?" – 5:37
  7. "Oh, Jim" – 8:16)
  8. "Caroline Says (II)" – 4:33
  9. "The Kids" – 8:08
  10. "The Bed" – 5:59
  11. "Sad Song" – 8:21
  12. "Candy Says" – 6:04
  13. "Rock Minuet" – 7:18
  14. "Sweet Jane" – 5:31

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Lou Reed's Berlin (2008) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse [Live] by Lou Reed". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse at AllMusic
  4. ^ Walters, Barry (2008-10-02). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 4 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  5. ^ Kamal, Nathan (2008-11-04). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Anne's Warehouse - Movie Review, Music Review, Book Review and Food review". spectrumculture.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Baron, Zach (2008-11-12). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  7. ^ Film Forum Podcast.
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