- rock, alternative rock
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
The Blue Mask is the eleventh solo studio album by the American rock musician Lou Reed, released in February 1982, by RCA Records. Reed had returned to the label after having left Arista Records. The album was released around Reed's 40th birthday, and covers topics of marriage and settling down, alongside themes of violence, paranoia, and alcoholism.
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Character-led, grave, spare and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.2/10
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10
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Tracks
- 1My House5:25
- 2Women4:57
- 3Underneath the Bottle2:34
- 4The Gun3:41
- 5The Blue Mask5:07
- 6Average Guy3:13
- 7The Heroine3:06
- 8Waves of Fear4:11
- 9The Day John Kennedy Died4:09
- 10Heavenly Arms4:48
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Lou Reed
- Released
- 1982
- Type
- Album
- Country
- DE
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