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Few rockers have been as "New York City to the bone" as Lou Reed. So it"s fitting that a double-disc set was issued in 2003 titled NYC Man: The Ultimate Lou Reed Collection, followed a year later by a slimmed down single disc, NYC Man: Greatest Hits. With such a long discography behind him, of course picking a single disc is a toughie, but this 18-track compilation does manage to touch upon all era"s of Lou -- his groundbreaking early days with proto-punks the Velvet Underground ("I"m Waiting for the Man," "Sweet Jane"), glam classics ("Walk on the Wild Side"), lovely ballads ("Perfect Day," "Legendary Hearts"), and latter-day, tough rockers ("The Blue Mask," "Dirty Blvd,"). The only flubs are closing out the set with new remixes of "Satellite of Love" (instead of the original) and "Walk on the Wild Side" -- both could have easily been replaced by countless other tracks -- "Vicious," "Rock and Roll," or "Kill Your Sons," to name a few.


Disc 1 
1. Who Am I 
2. Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground (The) 
3. Rock & Roll - Velvet Underground (The) 
4. I"m Waiting For The Man - Velvet Underground (The) 
5. White Light/White Heat (live) 
6. Street Hassle 
7. Berlin 
8. Caroline Says 
9. Kids, The 
10. Walk On The Wild Side 
11. Kill You Sons 
12. Vicious 
13. Blue Mask, The 
14. I"ll Be Your Mirror (live) 
15. Magic And Loss 
16. Ecstasy 

Disc 2 

1. I Wanna Be Black (live) 
2. Temporary Thing 
3. Shooting Star 
4. Legendary Hearts 
5. Heroin (live) 
6. Coney Island Baby 
7. Last Shot, The 
8. Bells, The 
9. Perfect Day 
10. Sally Can"t Dance 
11. Satellite Of Love 
12. NYC Man 
13. Dirty Blvd. 
14. Rock Minuet 
15. Pale Blue Eyes - Velvet Underground (The)