Lou Reed - The Blue Mask

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The Blue Mask is the eleventh studio album by American musician Lou Reed, originally released in February 1982 via RCA Records.

The first album released after Reed had left Arista Records and returned to RCA Records. The Blue Mask was released around Reed's 40th birthday, and covers topics of marriage and settling down, alongside themes of violence, paranoia, and alcoholism.

Reed and Robert Quine's guitars were mixed separately in the right and left stereo channels respectively. To differentiate his guitar's sound from Reed's, Quine used D tuning, playing each song as if it was one major second higher. For example, ‘Heavenly Arms’ is in G major, so Quine used fingerings for A major to play the song.

The Blue Mask peaked at No. 169 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 72 on the UK Album Charts.

This limited LP record is remastered on 150 gram heavyweight black vinyl, reissued in 2016.

(889853490813)

Tracklisting:

No.	Track	Time
A1	My House	5:21
A2	Women	4:55
A3	Underneath The Bottle	2:27
A4	The Gun	3:37
A5	The Blue Mask	5:00
B1	Average Guy	3:10
B2	The Heroine	3:00
B3	Waves Of Fear	4:10
B4	The Day John Kennedy Died	4:05
B5	Heavenly Arms	4:45

SKU	889853490813
Record Label	RCA Records
Label / Model #	Sony
Catalogue Number	88985349081
Country	EU - Europe
Release Date (Year)	01 January 2016
Original Release Date (Year)	23 February 1982
Barcode #	889853490813
Shipping Weight	0.3100kg
Shipping Width	0.005m
Shipping Height	0.314m
Shipping Length	0.314m
Shipping Cubic	0.000493000m3
Type	New
Format	Limited Edition LP Record, 150 Gram Black Vinyl, Reissue
Vinyl Colour	Black
Genre	Rock & Popular
Format	VINYL LP