Sally Can't Dance es el cuarto álbum de estudio en solitario del músico de rock estadounidense Lou Reed , lanzado en septiembre de 1974 por RCA Records . [5] Steve Katz y Reed produjeron el álbum. Sigue siendo el álbum de Reed con las listas más altas en los Estados Unidos, habiendo alcanzado el puesto número 10 durante una estadía de 14 semanas en la lista de álbumes Billboard 200 en octubre de 1974. [6] También es el primer álbum en solitario de Lou Reed que no incluye ninguna canción. Grabado originalmente por la banda anterior de Reed, Velvet Underground , así como el primero de los álbumes de estudio en solitario de Reed que se grabó en los Estados Unidos (los tres álbumes anteriores de Reed se grabaron todos en el Reino Unido). La carátula del álbum fue diseñada por el destacadoartista de carteles de Fillmore y Broadway , David Edward Byrd, y fue una de las pocas portadas de álbumes que diseñó.
Aside from the title song, Sally Can't Dance includes "N.Y. Stars" (in which Reed pokes fun at "fourth-rate imitators" who tried to impress him by copying his style), "Kill Your Sons" (a reflection of his stay in a psychiatric hospital at his parents' insistence, during his teen years), and "Billy," about the fate of a schoolmate with more "normal" ambitions than he'd had. The latter track reunited Reed with erstwhile Velvet Underground bandmate Doug Yule, playing bass guitar. According to an interview with Yule, the call from Reed was "out of the blue", because Reed thought Yule's bass playing style would work well on the song "Billy", and Yule agreed to play on the song saying he "liked it" and that he had enjoyed the session.[7] More tracks featuring Yule have emerged on a CD re-issue. The title song reached #88 in Canada,[8] while the album itself was #22 for 3 weeks.[9]
The album's tour featured Danny Weis, on guitar; Michael Fonfara, on keyboards; Prakash John, on bass and Pentti "Whitey" Glan, on drums on the European leg. Eric "Mouse" Johnson played drums on the Australian and U.S. sections. The sound engineer for all the live shows was Robin Mayhew, who had previously worked with David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust period. The following year, Reed contacted Doug Yule again to play guitar on his 1975 world tour.[10]
While the record was a hit and elevated Reed's status as a star, he reportedly was disappointed in its production (in which he took a largely passive role) and the treatment of the songs. Reed remarked, "It seems like the less I'm involved with a record, the bigger a hit it becomes. If I weren't on the record at all next time around, it might go to Number One." In a 1976 interview, Reed stated that Sally Can't Dance was "a piece of shit from beginning to end."[11]
Following the relative critical successes of Transformer, Berlin and Rock 'n' Roll Animal, Sally Can't Dance received largely negative reviews.[12]
Cash Box said of the title song "a bluesy narrative type of vocal singing has made Reed as distinctive a performer as any" that has "the same hit feel" as "Take a Walk on the Wild Side."[13]
En 1974, sin embargo, RCA insistió en un álbum de seguimiento rápido mientras la carrera de Reed parecía estar en su apogeo. Cansado de la presión que ejercía sobre él, y con su contrato exigiendo que RCA publicara cualquier disco que les diera, Reed entregó la cinta maestra de Metal Machine Music : una hora de retroalimentación y ruido, sin posibilidad de convertirse en un éxito.
Todas las pistas están escritas por Lou Reed .
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Los créditos están adaptados de las notas de Sally Can't Dance . [14]
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