Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse is a concert film and live album by Lou Reed released in 2008. The concert film was directed by Julian Schnabel, live at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn during five nights in December 2006. Background shots of the characters Jim and Caroline were done by Lola Schnabel.
The Berlin tour was the first time Lou Reed had played the full album live in over 30 years, after the original album had been a critical and commercial disappointment (in spite of it being a top 10 album hitting #7 in the UK and going Silver). Individual songs had been played, but not the entire album.
The concert film and album both feature three non-Berlin songs as an encore, "Candy Says", "Rock Minuet" and "Sweet Jane".
Track listing All tracks composed by Lou Reed
"Intro" – 1:51 "Berlin" – 2:34 "Lady Day" – 4:12 "Men of Good Fortune" – 6:35 "Caroline Says (I)" – 4:31 "How Do You Think It Feels?" – 5:37 "Oh, Jim" – 8:16 "Caroline Says (II)" – 4:33 "The Kids" – 8:08 "The Bed" – 5:59 "Sad Song" – 8:21 "Candy Says" – 6:04 "Rock Minuet" – 7:18 "Sweet Jane" – 5:31
Personnel Lou Reed – lead vocals, guitar Steve Hunter – guitars, bandleader Fernando Saunders – bass guitar, synthesizer, guitar, backing vocals Tony "Thunder" Smith – drums, backing vocals Rupert Christie – keyboards, backing vocals Rob Wasserman – double bass Sharon Jones – vocals Anohni Hegarty – vocals Steven Bernstein – flugelhorn, trumpet Curtis Fowlkes – trombone Paul Shapiro – saxophone, flute Doug Wieselman – bass clarinet, clarinet David Gold – viola Eyvind Kang – viola Jane Scarpantoni – cello Brooklyn Youth Chorus – choir Bob Ezrin - conductor
Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 78% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.
References
External links
Berlin at setlist.fm