{"product_id":"transformer-splatter-vinyl","title":"Transformer (Splatter Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack and white splatter vinyl edition for National Album Day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground's music had a major impact on Bowie's work, it was only fitting that as Ziggy Stardust mania was reaching its peak, Bowie would offer Lou Reed some much needed help with his career, which was stuck in neutral after his first solo album came and went.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Musically, Reed's work didn't have too much in common with the sonic bombast of the glam scene, but at least it was a place where his eccentricities could find a comfortable home, and on Transformer \u003c\/span\u003eBowie\u003cspan\u003e and his right-hand man, \u003c\/span\u003eMick Ronson\u003cspan\u003e, crafted a new sound for Reed that was better fitting (and more commercially astute) than the ambivalent tone of his first solo album. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRonson\u003cspan\u003e adds some guitar raunch to \"Vicious\" and \"Hangin' Round\" that's a lot flashier than what Reed cranked out with \u003c\/span\u003ethe Velvets\u003cspan\u003e, but still honors Lou's strengths in guitar-driven hard rock, while the imaginative arrangements \u003c\/span\u003eRonson\u003cspan\u003e cooked up for \"Perfect Day,\" \"Walk on the Wild Side,\" and \"Goodnight Ladies\" blend pop polish with musical thinking just as distinctive as Reed's lyrical conceits. And while Reed occasionally overplays his hand in writing stuff he figured the glam kids wanted (\"Make Up\" and \"I'm So Free\" being the most obvious examples), \"Perfect Day,\" \"Walk on the Wild Side,\" and \"New York Telephone Conversation\" proved he could still write about the demimonde with both perception and respect. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sound and style of Transformer would in many ways define Reed's career in the 1970s, and while it led him into a style that proved to be a dead end, you can't deny that \u003c\/span\u003eBowie\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eRonson\u003cspan\u003e gave their hero a new lease on life -- and a solid album in the bargain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Deming - Allmusic (4.5 Stars)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52010897998138,"sku":"198029719611","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/889853490318.jpg?v=1724219678","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/transformer-splatter-vinyl","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}