Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics

ThecompletelyricsfromoneofthedefiningartistsinRockn'Roll,thiscollectionsspansLouReed'sdayswiththeepicVelvetUndergroundandhissolocareer.Containingabodyofworkthatspansfivedecades,"PassThruFire"isastunninggatheringofthelyricsofanAmericanoriginal.Throughhismanyincarnations,fromprotopunktoglamrockertoelderstatesmanoftheavant-garde,LouReed'sworkhasmaintainedanundeniablevividness,fueledbyprecisecharacterstudiesandrenderedwithanadmirableshotofmoralambiguity.Beginningwithhisformativedaysinthe"VelvetUnderground"andcontinuingthroughhisremarkablesolocareer-albumslike"Transformer","Berlin","NewYork","MagicandLoss",and"Ecstasy-PassThruFire"isbreathtakinginitspowerandrawbeautyandcrucialtoanappreciationofLouReed,notonlyasaconsummatemusicianoftheunderground,butalsoasoneofthetrulysignificantpoetsofourtime.