Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse

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.

Berlin
Original film poster
Directed by	Julian Schnabel
Produced by	Jon Kilik Tom Sarig
Starring	Lou Reed Emmanuelle Seigner
Cinematography	Ellen Kuras
Edited by	Benjamin Flaherty
Music by	Lou Reed
Distributed by	Third Rail Releasing
Release dates	September 4, 2007 (2007-09-04) (Venice Film Festival) October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07) (United States)
Running time	81 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Box office	$114,860^[1]

Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse
Live album by Lou Reed
Released	November 4, 2008
Recorded	December 15–16, 2006
Genre	Rock
Length	79:30
Label	Matador Records
Producer	Bob Ezrin, Hal Willner
Lou Reed chronology
Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007) Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (2008) The Creation of the Universe (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Rolling Stone	^[4]
Spectrum Culture	(3.5/5.0) ^[5]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)^[6]

The Berlin tour was the first time Lou Reed had played the full album live in over 30 years, after the original album was 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.^[7]

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

1. "Intro" – 1:51
2. "Berlin" – 2:34
3. "Lady Day" – 4:12
4. "Men of Good Fortune" – 6:35
5. "Caroline Says (I)" – 4:31
6. "How Do You Think It Feels?" – 5:37
7. "Oh, Jim" – 8:16
8. "Caroline Says (II)" – 4:33
9. "The Kids" – 8:08
10. "The Bed" – 5:59
11. "Sad Song" – 8:21
12. "Candy Says" – 6:04
13. "Rock Minuet" – 7:18
14. "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

References

1. "Lou Reed's Berlin (2008) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. "Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse [Live] by Lou Reed". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. Deming, Mark. Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse at AllMusic
4. Walters, Barry (2008-10-02). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
5. Kamal, Nathan (2008-11-04). . spectrumculture.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
6. Baron, Zach (2008-11-12). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
7. Lou Reed Berlin: Q & A with Lou Reed. Film Forum (Podcast). July 28, 2008.

External links

• Berlin at IMDb  
• Berlin at AllMovie
• Berlin at setlist.fm