Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse

Berlin
Original film poster
Directed by	Julian Schnabel
Produced by	Jon Kilik Tom Sarig
Starring	Lou Reed Emmanuelle Seigner
Music by	Lou Reed
Cinematography	Ellen Kuras
Edited by	Benjamin Flaherty
Distributed by	Third Rail Releasing
Release dates	September 4, 2007 (Venice Film Festival) October 7, 2008 (United States)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom
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]

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 was a critical and commercial flop. Individual songs had been played, but not the whole thing.^[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
• 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
• Antony 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". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
3. Deming, Mark. Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse at AllMusic
4. Walters, Barry (2008-10-02). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 4 September 2011. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
5. Kamal, Nathan (2008-11-04). "Lou Reed: Berlin: Live at St. Anne's Warehouse - Movie Review, Music Review, Book Review and Food review". spectrumculture.com. 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. Film Forum Podcast.

External links

• Berlin
• Berlin at the Internet Movie Database
• Berlin at AllMovie
• Berlin at setlist.fm