History Music / Berlin

* OneWordTitle: "Berlin".anSong: "Caroline Says" and "Lady Day".

* SplashOfColor: The photos in the album artwork are monochrome except with prominent elements in red.

* SplashOfColor: The photos in the album artwork are monochrome except with prominent elements in red.

''Berlin'' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. It was produced by Bob Ezrin (Music/AliceCooper, Music/{{KISS}}, Music/PinkFloyd). As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}.

* CallBack and ContinuityNod: "Caroline Says II" calls back to "Candy Says" from Music/TheVelvetUnderground by Music/VelvetUnderground.

* RearrangeTheSong: The title track originally appeared as a bluesy ballad on ''Lou Reed''; "Sad Song", "Oh Jim" and "Caroline Says II" are rewrites of (then) unreleased Music/VelvetUnderground songs.

''Berlin'' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. It was produced by Bob Ezrin (Music/AliceCooper, Music/{{KISS}}, Music/PinkFloyd). As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]]. The album was listed at nr. #344 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] (notably, the same magazine had called it "a disaster" thirty years earlier).

* RhymingWithItself: Lou Reed's "Caroline Says" rhymes "vial" with "vile."

* CoversAlwaysLie: Reed is shown on the cover with an electric guitar, but only played an acoustic one on the album.

* YourCheatingHeart: Caroline's (possibly imagined) unfaithfulness is a major catalyst for a large amount of the plot in ''Berlin''.

* BiTheWay: According to Jim, Caroline cheated on him with both men and women.

''Berlin'' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. It was produced by Bob Ezrin (Music/AliceCooper, Music/{{KISS}}, Music/PinkFloyd). As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]]. The album was listed at nr. #344 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

* LackOfEmpathy: "Men Of Good Fortune"

Not to be confused with the band ''Berlin'' (best known for their hit song "Take My Breath Away").

# "Men Of Good Fortune" (4:37)

* SlobsVersusSnobs: "Men Of Good Fortune"

''Berlin'' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]]. The album was listed at nr. #344 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

''Berlin'' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]], and it is sometimes cited as his best (''Music/{{Transformer}}'' and ''New York'' are also popular choices). The album was listed at nr. #344 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

''Berlin'' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]], and it is sometimes cited as his MagnumOpus (''Music/{{Transformer}}'' and ''New York'' are also popular choices). The album was listed at nr. #344 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

Not to be confused with the band ''Berlin''.

* WhamLine: "The Bed"

'''''Berlin''''' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]], and it is sometimes cited as his MagnumOpus (''Music/{{Transformer}}'' and ''New York'' are also popular choices). The album was listed at nr. #344 in Magazine/RollingStone's ''Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime''.

'''''Berlin''''' is the third studio album by Music/LouReed, released in 1973. As the title suggests, it takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}. In the year of its release it was almost universally lambasted as being a forgettable disaster. As time went by it is now seen [[VindicatedByHistory as one of the most essential albums to come out of the decade]], and it is sometimes cited as his MagnumOpus (''Music/{{Transformer}}'' and ''New York'' are also popular choices).