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Ecstasy (2000) · Tastebuds

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Ecstasy 2000

rock 77 min 14 tracks 3am

Metacritic69Discogs 4.0★ · 47

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Ecstasy is the eighteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released on April 4, 2000, by Reprise Records. A concept album about Reed's personal experiences with marriage and relationships, it is his final rock album that is not a collaboration.

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Character

Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.

sparerichly built
character-ledplot-driven
gravecomic
contemporary

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classical in formformally daring

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Metacritic 69/100

AllMusic3/5 ★
Christgau’s Consumer GuideA
Entertainment WeeklyB−
Mojo3/5 ★
NME7/10
Pitchfork6.5/10
PopMatters8.1/10
Q2/5 ★
Rolling Stone4/5 ★
Spin4/10

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Tracks

1Paranoia Key of E4:28
2Mystic Child5:02
3Mad4:29
4Ecstasy4:25
5Modern Dance4:10
6Tatters5:56
7Future Farmers of America3:02
8Turning Time Around4:22
9White Prism4:00
10Rock Minuet6:57
11Baton Rouge4:55
12Like a Possum18:03
13Rouge1:01
14Big Sky6:33

14 tracks, 77 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Lou Reed
Label: 3am
Released: 2000
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: XE

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