There are so many Lou Reed collections that are better than this one. The original Walk on the Wild Side: The best of Lou Reed has all the songs that this one has, plus a few more, and much cooler album art. With only six extremely common songs, one can only imagine why a record would release this waste-of-time compilation.

Lou Reed has drawn on his friends, background and experiences to create a memorable and engaging album. Living in the world of rock as it was at that time obviously had a great influence in his choice of songs. No mushy sentimental stuff here! Just everyday life from an ordinary guy on the street. Being one of my favorite songwriters from that era, this album is by far his best.

Walk on the Wild Side is a great song even though there was only 30 seconds of it to listen to. I only wish the whole entire song was there for my listening. All the other songs that could be sampled were amazing as well. This CD will probably get me really into Lou Reed and Deep Pruple as well.