Album Info Hide Show Artist: Lou Reed Album: Set The Twilight Reeling Released: USA & Europe, 2021 Tracklist: A1 Egg Cream 5:18 A2 NYC Man 4:56 A3 Finish Line 3:23 A4 Trade In 4:57 B1 Hang On To Your Emotions 3:46 B2 Sex With Your Parents (Motherfucker) Part II 3:37 B3 HookyWooky 4:19 B4 The Proposition 3:26 C1 Adventurer 4:17 C2 Riptide 7:46 C3 Set The Twilight Reeling 5:04 Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Lou Reeds Set the Twilight Reeling landed in 1996 on Warner Bros., and it feels like walking into a late-night New York bar where the lights are low and the conversations are sharp. After the conceptual weight of Magic and Loss and a Velvet Underground reunion that reminded everyone of his history, Reed came back with a record thats messier in the best way. It is personal and playful, yet still full of that downtown steel. You can hear the room. You can feel the elbows and the guitar amps. Egg Cream kicks the door first, a great Reed opener that doubles as a Brooklyn memory and a tone-setting manifesto. The guitar is wry, the groove is loose, and suddenly youre talking about seltzer and chocolate syrup like theyre sacred objects. He always had a knack for smuggling big feeling into the ordinary, and here he makes a local soda fountain tradition sound like a birthright. That mix of tough and tender runs through the record. NYC Man chimes in as both a love letter and a character study. Its a city song, sure, but also a portrait of a person who has learned how to live in it. Years later Reed used the title for a best-of, which says a lot about how central this song feels in his catalog. What surprises most is how unguarded he sounds. Hookywooky grins and flirts. Hang On to Your Emotions offers advice that feels earned, like it was handed to you across a diner table at 2 a.m. The title track glows with a late-evening hush, that moment when the skyline loses its edge and you start thinking about the people you love. He isnt hiding behind a concept here. It is a small band feel, the kind of production Reed favored when he wanted to hear fingers on strings and breath between lines. He produced the album himself, and you can tell. Solos skid slightly out of frame, vocals sit up front, and the rhythm section keeps things human. Riptide is the long pull, a track that swirls and swells like the title promises, Reed leaning into repetition until it starts to feel like a trance. Then Finish Line arrives, weary and clear-eyed, like someone describing the last mile of a race theyve actually run. Not everything hits with the same force, but even the minor songs carry the grain of his voice and that dry, unforgettable guitar tone. If youve spent time with New York and Ecstasy, this sits right between them, both in chronology and in spirit. Critical reception at the time picked up on the shift. Writers called it a return to guitar-forward rock and a more intimate lens, and fans heard an artist who still had bite but also seemed ready to let warmth into the room. You can drop a needle anywhere and find a detail that rewards close listening. The backing vocals sliding under Hang On to Your Emotions. The way Egg Cream pauses just long enough to make the punchline land. The chiming figures in NYC Man that sound like theyve been ringing in the air since the Maxs Kansas City days. If you collect Lou Reed vinyl, this one is a sleeper favorite. Set the Twilight Reeling vinyl copies dont always sit in the bins for long, and the records open mix breathes nicely at 33. If youre browsing a Melbourne record store on a rainy afternoon, keep an eye out between Transformer and Ecstasy. Same goes if you buy Lou Reed records online and like the thrill of chasing a title that avoids the obvious picks. Among Lou Reed albums on vinyl, its an LP that connects his classic storytelling to the looser late-90s run, and that arc makes sense when you hear it with groove and hiss intact. For collectors in vinyl records Australia circles, its one of those sleeves that looks better worn in, the kind of copy you pass along to a friend with a quick trust me. Set the Twilight Reeling isnt trying to be a definitive statement. It doesnt need to be. Its a lived-in portrait of an artist who knew exactly how to turn daily life into songs that sting a little, then stick around. Drop in for Egg Cream, stay for NYC Man, and by the time the title track rolls through, youll likely remember why Reeds voice remains one of rocks essential instruments. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review