Black eyed Ravens, They spiral down…
We first told you about Lou Reed’s tribute to Edgar Allen Poe more than a year ago. (11/05/01 NEWS: BOWIE CONTRIBUTES TO NEW LOU REED ALBUM) Well, the album finally has a release date of January 27th 2003 and it comes in two formats that both contain ‘Hop Frog’, the track that David has recorded with Lou.
For those of you that can’t possibly wait until January 27th, promo copies (see pic above) of the two disc set are currently fetching more than $100 on eBay!
Meanwhile, those of us that can wait will have to content ourselves with the track listing for now. See below for both versions.
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The Raven (single disc version)
01. Overture
02. Edgar Allen Poe
03. Call on me – Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
04. Valley of unrest (spoken track)
05. Thousand departed friends (instrumental)
06. Change
07. Bed
08. Perfect day
09. Raven (spoken track) – Lou Reed & Willem Dafoe
10. Balloon
11. Broadway song – Lou Reed & Steve Buscemi
12. Blind rage
13. Burning embers
14. Vanishing act
15. Guilty – Lou Reed & Ornette Coleman
16. I wanna know (The pit and the pendulum) – Lou Reed & The Blind Boys Of Alabama17. Science of the mind
18. Hop frog – Lou Reed & David Bowie
19. Tripitena’s speech (spoken track)
20. Who I am (Tripitena’s song)
21. Guardian angel
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The Raven (double disc limited edition)
Disc 1 – Act 1
01. Conqueror worm (spoken track)
02. Overture
03. Old Poe (spoken track)
04. Prologue (spoken track)
05. Edgar Allen Poe
06. Valley of unrest (spoken track)
07. Call on me – Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
08. City in the sea/Shadow (spoken track)
09. Thousand departed friends (instrumental)
10. Change
11. Fall of the House of Usher (spoken track)
12. Bed
13. Perfect day
14. Raven (spoken track) – Lou Reed & Willem Dafoe
15. Balloon (spoken track)
Disc 2 – Act 2
01. Broadway song – Lou Reed & Steve Buscemi
02. Tell tale heart (part 1)
03. Blind rage
04. Tell tale heart (part 2)
05. Burning embers
06. Imp of the perverse (spoken track)
07. Vanishing act
08. Cask (spoken track)
09. Guilty (spoken track)
10. Guilty – Lou Reed & Ornette Coleman
11. Wild being from birth (spoken track)
12. I wanna know (The pit and the pendulum) – Lou Reed & The Blind Boys Of Alabama13. Science of the mind
14. Annabel Lee/The bells (spoken track)
15. Hop frog – Lou Reed & David Bowie
16. Every frog has his day (spoken track)
17. Tripitena’s speech (spoken track)
18. Who am I (Tripitena’s song) (edit)
19. Courtly orangutans (spoken track)
20. Fire music (spoken track)
21. Guardian angel (spoken track)
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