Coney Island Baby
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| Studio album by Lou Reed | ||||
| Released | January 19, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | October 18-28, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Mediasound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 35:15 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Lou Reed, Godfrey Diamond Steve Katz bonus tracks 2, 4-6 |
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| Allmusic |
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| Chicago Tribune |  |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Blender |
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| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) |
| Rolling Stone | (Positive) |
Coney Island Baby is a 1976 album by Lou Reed, released in January by RCA Records. It is also the title of a song on that album. Many of the album's songs were inspired by Reed's girlfriend and muse at the time, a trans woman named Rachel. According to Aidan Levy, Coney Island Baby was "as much a love letter to Rachel as it was to the nostalgic Coney Island of the mind." The album's title track directly references Rachel with the line: "I'd like to send this one out to Lou and Rachel, and all the kids at P.S. one ninety-two."
The album includes the song "She's My Best Friend", a version of which was originally recorded by Reed's band the Velvet Underground in 1969, and eventually released on the 1985 compilation album VU. The 30th anniversary re-issue of Coney Island Baby includes bonus tracks featuring Reed's Velvet Underground bandmate Doug Yule.
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