Perfect Night: Live in London is an intimate live album by Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

 recorded during the Meltdown '97

Meltdown (festival)

Meltdown is an annual, English festival, held in London, featuring a mix of music, art, performance and film. Meltdown is held in June at Southbank Centre, the arts complex covering and including the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Hayward...

 festival. It includes a cover of The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...

's "I'll Be Your Mirror", originally sung by Nico

Nico

Nico was a German singer, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress, who initially rose to fame as a Warhol Superstar in the 1960s...

. The cover photography was taken by Timothy Green-Sanders. In Australia, the 2-CD tour edition of Reed's album Ecstasy included Perfect Night as the second disc.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Reed

1. "I'll Be Your Mirror
   I'll Be Your Mirror
   "I'll Be Your Mirror" is a song by The Velvet Underground. It appeared on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. It also surfaced as a single a year earlier with "All Tomorrow's Parties" in 1966....
   
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2. "Perfect Day"
3. "The Kids"
4. "Vicious"
5. "Busload of Faith"
6. "Kicks"
7. "Talking Book"
8. "Into the Divine"
9. "Coney Island Baby"
10. "New Sensations"
11. "Why Do You Talk"
12. "Riptide"
13. "Original Wrapper"
14. "Sex with Your Parents"
15. "Dirty Blvd.
    Dirty Blvd.
    "Dirty Blvd." is a Lou Reed song from his 1989 album, New York. The song contrasts the poor and the rich in New York City, and topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks in early 1989. Live versions appear on Perfect Night: Live in London and Animal Serenade...
    
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Personnel

• Lou Reed - guitar, vocals
• Mike Rathke - guitar
• Fernando Saunders
  Fernando Saunders
  Fernando Saunders is a musician, performer, vocalist and bass player from Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:Fernando Saunders has performed all around the world with music legends such as Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, Slash, Tori Amos, Jimmy Page, Luciano Pavarotti and Jeff Beck...
  
  - bass
• Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums