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Lou Reed

art rock, rock, glam rock, hard rock

Busiest years

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Swipe sideways for the whole career.Hover a year to see what came out, click it to browse that year. Zoom in to pull a busy stretch apart.

Per yearReleases per year

19722 things · the busiest year; click any year above to look elsewhere

Lou Reed

1972

Transformer

Nov 8, 1972

Click anything in the lanes or on the shelf to see it up close.

On record

1972–2025

54 years, 122 releases, 12 events

Busiest year

1989

7 things happened

Release season

April

11 of 69 releases with a known month

Longest album gap

4.6 years

2007 → 2011