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Lou Reed, John Cale – Songs For Drella (1990/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:51 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records

Released in 1990, Songs for Drella was recorded as a concept album dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. The songs focus on Warhol’s life and relationships, and are roughly set in chronological order.

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of the Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol’s crowd but never liked by Warhol himself. The song cycle focuses on Warhol’s interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol’s first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.

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