Lou Reed / discography

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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American singer-songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed . According to the sources, he has sold more than 2.6 million records in his career. Reed's most successful release is the New York album with around 1.3 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1972 Lou Reed - - - - US189 (2 weeks)
US
First published: 1972
Transformer - - - UK13
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)UK 		US29 (32 weeks)
US
First publication: 1972
number 194 of the Rolling Stone 500
in the UK, republished several times, again reached number 16 in 1998.
Sales: + 400,000
1973 Berlin - - - UK7th
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US98 (11 weeks)
US
First published: 1973
344th place in the Rolling Stone 500.
Sales: + 60,000
1974 Sally Can't Dance - - - - US10 (14 weeks)
US
First published: 1974
1975 Metal Machine Music - - - - -
First published: July 1975
Coney Island baby - - - UK52 (1 week)
UK 		US41 (14 weeks)
US
First published: February 1976
1976 Rock and Roll Heart - - - - US64 (8 weeks)
US
First published: November 1976
1978 Street Hassle - - - - US89 (9 weeks)
US
First published: 1978
1979 The Bells - - - - US130 (4 weeks)
US
First published: 1979
1980 Growing Up in Public - - - - US158 (5 weeks)
US
First published: 1980
1982 The Blue Mask DE52 (1 week)
DE 		- - - US169 (4 weeks)
US
First published: 1982
1983 Legendary Hearts - - - - US159 (7 weeks)
US
First published: 1983
1984 New sensations - - - UK92 (1 week)
UK 		US56 (32 weeks)
US
First published: 1984
1986 Mistrial - - - UK69 (1 week)
UK 		US47 (21 weeks)
US
First published: 1986
1989 new York DE19 (16 weeks)
DE 		AT8 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)CH 		UK14th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)UK 		US40
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: 1989
Sales: + 1,295,000
1992 Magic and Loss DE17 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT9 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (13 weeks)
CH 		UK6 (6 weeks)
UK 		US80 (7 weeks)
US
First published: January 14, 1992
1996 Set the Twilight Reeling DE18 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH16 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK26 (2 weeks)
UK 		US110 (3 weeks)
US
First published: February 20, 1996
2000 Ecstasy DE24 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT48 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH76 (1 week)
CH 		UK54 (1 week)
UK 		US183 (1 week)
US
First published: April 4, 2000
2003 The Raven DE45 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT68 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH64 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: January 28, 2003
2007 Hudson River Wind Meditations - - - - -
First published: 2007

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Collab albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1990 Songs for Drella DE28 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT28 (1 week)
AT 		CH18 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK22 (5 weeks)
UK 		US103 (8 weeks)
US
First published: July 1990
with John Cale
2011 Lulu DE6 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH14 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK36 (1 week)
UK 		US36 (1 week)
US
First published: November 1, 2011
with Metallica

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1974 Rock 'n' Roll Animal - - - UK26 (1 week)
UK 		US45
gold
gold

(28 weeks)US
First published:
Recorded at the Academy of Music in New York in 1974.
Sales: + 1,100,000
1975 Lou Reed Live - - - - US62 (10 weeks)
US
First publication: 1975
further recordings from the performance at the Academy of Music
1998 Perfect Night: Live in London DE98 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
First published: April 21, 1998

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More live albums

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1977 Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed - - - - US156 (6 weeks)
US
First published: 1977
1980 Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980 - - - - US178 (4 weeks)
US
First published: 1980
1989 Retro - - - UK29
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		-
First published: 1989
Sales: + 60,000
1995 The Best of Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground - - - UK56
gold
gold

(4 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 1995
Sales: + 100,000
2003 NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967-2003) - - - UK31 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 12, 2003
2004 NYC Man: Greatest Hits - - - UK43 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 3, 2004
2013 The Essential Lou Reed - - - - US155 (1 week)
US
First published: September 13, 2011; only posthumously in the charts
double CD with several Velvet underground songs

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More compilations

  • 2016: The RCA & Arista Album Collection
  • 2016: Mojo Presents - A Life in Music

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US USTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1972 Walk on the Wild Side
Transformer 		DE67 * (1 week)
DE 		AT57 * (1 week)
AT 		CH39 * (2 weeks)
CH 		UK10
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US16 (14 weeks)
US
Perfect Day
Transformer 		- AT73 * (1 week)
AT 		CH63 * (1 week)
CH 		UK45 *
silver
silver

(1 week)UK 		-
B side
2004 Satellite of Love '04
NYC Man: Greatest Hits 		- - - UK10 (7 weeks)
UK 		-

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*: These singles could only place in the respective charts because of Reed's death in 2013.

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1987 Soul Man - - - UK30 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
with Sam Moore
1997 Perfect Day DE54 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT24 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH37 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK1 (22 weeks)
UK 		-
with Artists for Children in Need
2007 Tranquilize
Sawdust 		- AT57 (3 weeks)
AT 		- UK13 (6 weeks)
UK 		-

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • FranceFrance France
    • 1981: for the album Rock 'n' Roll Animal
    • 1982: for the album Transformer
    • 1990: for the album New York
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2015: for the album Transformer
    • 2017: for the single Perfect Day
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1992: for the album New York
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
    • 1989: for the album New York
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 1989: for the album New York

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2004: for the album New York
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2017: for the single Walk on the Wild Side

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 70,000 aria.com.au
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 300,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 100,000 fimi.it
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 1,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 5 × silver5 Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 1,080,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 5 × silver5 Gold record icon.svg 12 × gold12 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3

literature

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US