Lou Reed-The Blue Mask (1982)

Once Lou Reed overcame his addictions to drugs and alcohol, a period that marked his most decadent phase but also produced some of his best albums, he returned in 1982 with "The Blue Mask", a magnificent album showcasing a more reflective side of him. Recorded at RCA Studios in New York and produced by Sean Fullen, Reed collaborated with a small group of musicians including Robert Quine (guitars), Fernando Saunders (bass), and Doane Perry (drums). The general tone of this new work (the eleventh chronologically by the American musician) is based on ingenious, easily digestible songs, a concise repertoire dominated by the guitar, which has a great luminous intensity and with a large majority of compositions of relaxed sounds except for the energetic "The Blues Mask", "Average Guy" and "Waves Of Fear", while others such as "My House", "Women", "The Gun", "The Day John Kennedy Died" and "Heavenly Armas", show that complacency, giving great stability to this excellent work.